diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py b/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py
index 81fb878d..2a4d2fe6 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ def serve(bind_host, bind_port):
                 ' a second\n')
             eventlet.sleep(1)
     eventlet.wsgi.server(sock, resourcehandler, log=False, log_output=False,
-                         debug=False)
+                         debug=False, socket_timeout=60)
 
 
 class HttpApi(object):