diff --git a/config/vufind/DAIA.ini b/config/vufind/DAIA.ini
index 2986e6b32eabf2b65f5a8d3c0e1c6dcef3bba931..97b0cfe2e0c3a3dddf97d6318c402369fca6b862 100644
--- a/config/vufind/DAIA.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/DAIA.ini
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 ; The base URL for the DAIA webservice.
 baseUrl = [your DAIA server base url]
 
+; Set a DAIA specific timeout in seconds to be used for DAIA http requests (defaults
+; to Zend defaults or as defined in
+; vendor/vufind-org/vufindhttp/src/VuFindHttp/HttpService.php)
+;timeout = 30
+
 ; The prefix prepended to the VuFind record Id resulting in the document URI
 ; used for the DAIA request (default = ppn:) (the prefix usually defines the
 ; field which the DAIA server uses for the loookup - e.g. ppn: or isbn:).
diff --git a/config/vufind/PAIA.ini b/config/vufind/PAIA.ini
index dd7ade3a47ece701f5d681b07ad14bff565f8643..38f6e661c4da13f6f16f45ad0a3338f0ea0a3184 100644
--- a/config/vufind/PAIA.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/PAIA.ini
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 ; base URL of the PAIA server WITH trailing slash
 baseUrl = ""
 
+; Set a PAIA specific timeout in seconds to be used for PAIA http requests (defaults
+; to Zend defaults or as defined in
+; vendor/vufind-org/vufindhttp/src/VuFindHttp/HttpService.php)
+;timeout = 30
+
 ; Enable caching for PAIA items (default is false). TTL for cached data will be the
 ; same as for DAIA cache (see cacheLifetime setting in DAIA.ini).
 ;paiaCache = false
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/DAIA.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/DAIA.php
index 2395dbc0dac0f322cac596c0a0691f81072746bb..3d08827771f47bf5fed01bc4e5b62aea01fa6c55 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/DAIA.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/DAIA.php
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ class DAIA extends AbstractBase implements
      */
     protected $baseUrl;
 
+    /**
+     * Timeout in seconds to be used for DAIA http requests
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $daiaTimeout = null;
+
     /**
      * Flag to switch on/off caching for DAIA items
      *
@@ -142,6 +149,10 @@ class DAIA extends AbstractBase implements
         } else {
             throw new ILSException('DAIA/baseUrl configuration needs to be set.');
         }
+        // use DAIA specific timeout setting for http requests if configured
+        if ((isset($this->config['DAIA']['timeout']))) {
+            $this->daiaTimeout = $this->config['DAIA']['timeout'];
+        }
         if (isset($this->config['DAIA']['daiaResponseFormat'])) {
             $this->daiaResponseFormat = strtolower(
                 $this->config['DAIA']['daiaResponseFormat']
@@ -448,7 +459,7 @@ class DAIA extends AbstractBase implements
         try {
             $result = $this->httpService->get(
                 $this->baseUrl,
-                $params, null, $http_headers
+                $params, $this->daiaTimeout, $http_headers
             );
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             throw new ILSException(
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
index df079cbaaee23ecdb908083756215a68c35e4d5a..9129e7270b09ea0e0b9b972d8d1bd8daa9cd4a0f 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/PAIA.php
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ class PAIA extends DAIA
      */
     protected $paiaURL;
 
+    /**
+     * Timeout in seconds to be used for PAIA http requests
+     *
+     * @var
+     */
+    protected $paiaTimeout = null;
+
     /**
      * Flag to switch on/off caching for PAIA items
      *
@@ -164,6 +171,11 @@ class PAIA extends DAIA
         }
         $this->paiaURL = $this->config['PAIA']['baseUrl'];
 
+        // use PAIA specific timeout setting for http requests if configured
+        if ((isset($this->config['PAIA']['timeout']))) {
+            $this->paiaTimeout = $this->config['PAIA']['timeout'];
+        }
+
         // do we have caching enabled for PAIA
         if (isset($this->config['PAIA']['paiaCache'])) {
             $this->paiaCacheEnabled = $this->config['PAIA']['paiaCache'];
@@ -1502,7 +1514,7 @@ class PAIA extends DAIA
                 $this->paiaURL . $file,
                 $postData,
                 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
-                null,
+                $this->paiaTimeout,
                 $http_headers
             );
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -1539,7 +1551,7 @@ class PAIA extends DAIA
         try {
             $result = $this->httpService->get(
                 $this->paiaURL . $file,
-                [], null, $http_headers
+                [], $this->paiaTimeout, $http_headers
             );
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             throw new ILSException($e->getMessage());