diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dae5dba..1c0a4a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ format={"additional_field": "value"}
  - Logz.io Listener address (defaults to "https://listener.logz.io:8071")
  - Debug flag. Set to True, will print debug messages to stdout. (defaults to "False")
  - Backup logs flag. Set to False, will disable the local backup of logs in case of failure. (defaults to "True")
+ - Network timeout, in seconds, int or float, for sending the logs to logz.io. (defaults to 10)
 
  Please note, that you have to configure those parameters by this exact order.
  i.e. you cannot set Debug to true, without configuring all of the previous parameters as well.
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ LOGGING = {
             'logzio_type': "django",
             'logs_drain_timeout': 5,
             'url': 'https://listener.logz.io:8071',
-            'debug': True
+            'debug': True,
+            'network_timeout': 10,
         },
     },
     'loggers': {
diff --git a/logzio/handler.py b/logzio/handler.py
index a4c741f..d412747 100644
--- a/logzio/handler.py
+++ b/logzio/handler.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class LogzioHandler(logging.Handler):
                  logs_drain_timeout=3,
                  url="https://listener.logz.io:8071",
                  debug=False,
-                 backup_logs=True):
+                 backup_logs=True,
+                 network_timeout=10.0):
 
         if not token:
             raise LogzioException('Logz.io Token must be provided')
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ class LogzioHandler(logging.Handler):
             url=url,
             logs_drain_timeout=logs_drain_timeout,
             debug=debug,
-            backup_logs=backup_logs)
+            backup_logs=backup_logs,
+            network_timeout=network_timeout)
         logging.Handler.__init__(self)
 
     def __del__(self):
diff --git a/logzio/sender.py b/logzio/sender.py
index 922d266..4defe74 100644
--- a/logzio/sender.py
+++ b/logzio/sender.py
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ class LogzioSender:
                  token, url='https://listener.logz.io:8071',
                  logs_drain_timeout=5,
                  debug=False,
-                 backup_logs=True):
+                 backup_logs=True,
+                 network_timeout=10.0):
         self.token = token
         self.url = '{}/?token={}'.format(url, token)
         self.logs_drain_timeout = logs_drain_timeout
         self.logger = get_logger(debug)
         self.backup_logs = backup_logs
+        self.network_timeout = network_timeout
 
         # Function to see if the main thread is alive
         self.is_main_thread_active = lambda: any(
@@ -109,7 +111,8 @@ class LogzioSender:
                 should_retry = False
                 try:
                     response = requests.post(
-                        self.url, headers=headers, data='\n'.join(logs_list))
+                        self.url, headers=headers, data='\n'.join(logs_list),
+                        timeout=self.network_timeout)
                     if response.status_code != 200:
                         if response.status_code == 400:
                             self.logger.info(