diff --git a/configuration.go b/configuration.go
index 081189eb..f6177dd3 100644
--- a/configuration.go
+++ b/configuration.go
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ const (
 	defaultMaxRedirections = 64
 	defaultTimeout         = 10 * time.Second
 	agentName              = "muffet"
+	tcpTimeout             = time.Minute
 )
diff --git a/fasthttp_http_client_factory.go b/fasthttp_http_client_factory.go
index 20fd8ce2..b6b0987d 100644
--- a/fasthttp_http_client_factory.go
+++ b/fasthttp_http_client_factory.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"net"
 
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ func (*fasthttpHTTPClientFactory) Create(o httpClientOptions) httpClient {
 			TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
 				InsecureSkipVerify: o.SkipTLSVerification,
 			},
-		},
+			Dial: func(addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+				return fasthttp.DialTimeout(addr, tcpTimeout)
+			}},
 		o.MaxRedirections,
 		o.Timeout,
 	)