diff --git a/bin/blc b/bin/blc
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 70a0ad51..17294cad 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ function cli()
 		name: "blc",
 		options:
 		{
+			"response-timeout":
+			{
+				rename: "responseTimeout",
+				info: "Set the request's response timeout (in milliseconds).",
+				type: Number,
+				default: defaultOptions.responseTimeout
+
+			},
 			"exclude":
 			{
 				rename: "excludedKeywords",
@@ -169,7 +177,8 @@ cli.prototype.input = function(args, showArgs)
 			maxSockets:             args.maxSockets,
 			maxSocketsPerHost:      args.maxSocketsPerHost,
 			requestMethod:          args.get!==true ? "head" : "get",
-			userAgent:              args.userAgent
+			userAgent:              args.userAgent,
+			responseTimeout:		args.responseTimeout
 		},
 		{
 			excludeCachedLinks:   args.verbose!==true,
diff --git a/lib/internal/checkUrl.js b/lib/internal/checkUrl.js
index 5130761f..334f64e8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/checkUrl.js
+++ b/lib/internal/checkUrl.js
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ function checkUrl(link, baseUrl, cache, options, retry)
 	{
 		discardResponse: true,
 		headers: { "user-agent":options.userAgent },
-		method: retry!==405 ? options.requestMethod : "get"
+		method: retry!==405 ? options.requestMethod : "get",
+		responseTimeout: options.responseTimeout
 	})
 	.then( function(response)
 	{
diff --git a/lib/internal/defaultOptions.js b/lib/internal/defaultOptions.js
index c8936ce9..fae62fdb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/defaultOptions.js
+++ b/lib/internal/defaultOptions.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ var defaultOptions =
 	requestMethod: "head",
 	retry405Head: true,
 	tags: require("./tags"),
-	userAgent: userAgent(pkg.name, pkg.version)
+	userAgent: userAgent(pkg.name, pkg.version),
+	responseTimeout: 120000
 };