diff --git a/lib/private/davclient.php b/lib/private/davclient.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f48f3b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/private/davclient.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * ownCloud
+ *
+ * @author Vincent Petry
+ * @copyright 2013 Vincent Petry <pvince81@owncloud.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This class extends the SabreDAV client with additional functionality
+ * like request timeout.
+ */
+
+class OC_DAVClient extends \Sabre_DAV_Client {
+
+	protected $requestTimeout;
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Sets the request timeout or 0 to disable timeout.
+	 * @param int timeout in seconds or 0 to disable
+	 */
+	public function setRequestTimeout($timeout) {
+		$this->requestTimeout = (int)$timeout;
+	}
+
+	protected function curlRequest($url, $settings) {
+		if ($this->requestTimeout > 0) {
+			$settings[CURLOPT_TIMEOUT] = $this->requestTimeout;
+		}
+		return parent::curlRequest($url, $settings);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/private/util.php b/lib/private/util.php
index 6c0a8d7bab..43f2c9bb63 100755
--- a/lib/private/util.php
+++ b/lib/private/util.php
@@ -806,7 +806,9 @@ class OC_Util {
 			'baseUri' => OC_Helper::linkToRemote('webdav'),
 		);
 
-		$client = new \Sabre_DAV_Client($settings);
+		$client = new \OC_DAVClient($settings);
+
+		$client->setRequestTimeout(10);
 
 		// for this self test we don't care if the ssl certificate is self signed and the peer cannot be verified.
 		$client->setVerifyPeer(false);