diff --git a/lualib/http/httpc.lua b/lualib/http/httpc.lua
index 68d3ce9c..16a52823 100644
--- a/lualib/http/httpc.lua
+++ b/lualib/http/httpc.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+local skynet = require "skynet"
 local socket = require "http.sockethelper"
 local url = require "http.url"
 local internal = require "http.internal"
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ function httpc.dns(server,port)
 end
 
 function httpc.request(method, host, url, recvheader, header, content)
+	local timeout = httpc.timeout	-- get httpc.timeout before any blocked api
 	local hostname, port = host:match"([^:]+):?(%d*)$"
 	if port == "" then
 		port = 80
@@ -98,8 +100,21 @@ function httpc.request(method, host, url, recvheader, header, content)
 		hostname = dns.resolve(hostname)
 	end
 	local fd = socket.connect(hostname, port)
+	local finish
+	if timeout then
+		skynet.timeout(timeout, function()
+			if not finish then
+				local temp = fd
+				fd = nil
+				socket.close(temp)
+			end
+		end)
+	end
 	local ok , statuscode, body = pcall(request, fd,method, host, url, recvheader, header, content)
-	socket.close(fd)
+	finish = true
+	if fd then	-- may close by skynet.timeout
+		socket.close(fd)
+	end
 	if ok then
 		return statuscode, body
 	else
diff --git a/test/testhttp.lua b/test/testhttp.lua
index 76a5a4da..e66d6c19 100644
--- a/test/testhttp.lua
+++ b/test/testhttp.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local dns = require "dns"
 
 skynet.start(function()
 	httpc.dns()	-- set dns server
+	httpc.timeout = 100	-- set timeout 1 second
 	print("GET baidu.com")
 	local respheader = {}
 	local status, body = httpc.get("baidu.com", "/", respheader)