diff --git a/reqtools/sessions.py b/reqtools/sessions.py
index ac1fbe6..5203b55 100644
--- a/reqtools/sessions.py
+++ b/reqtools/sessions.py
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 class RemoteApiSession(Session):
     __attrs__ = Session.__attrs__ + ['_base_url', '_prefix']
 
-    def __init__(self, base_url: str, *, prefix: str = None):
+    def __init__(self, base_url: str, *, prefix: str = None, request_timeout: int = None):
         super().__init__()
 
         self._base_url = base_url
         self._prefix = prefix
+        self._request_timeout = request_timeout
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return f'{self.__class__.__name__}({self.url})'
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ def url(self):
         return self._build_url(self._base_url, self._prefix)
 
     def request(self, method: str, url_path: str, **kwargs):
+        if self._request_timeout:
+            kwargs.setdefault('timeout', self._request_timeout)
 
         url = self._build_url(self.url, url_path)