diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index 3118dfb..94b6003 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ SERVER_COUNTER=0                        # Counter for multiple servers
 
 TLS_LOW_BYTE=""                         # For "secret" development stuff, see -q below
 HEX_CIPHER=""                           # "
+CONNECT_TIMEOUT=180
 
 
 ########### Global variables for parallel mass testing
@@ -10172,7 +10173,7 @@ fd_socket() {
                     break
                fi
           done
-     elif ! timeout 2 bash -c "exec 3<>/dev/tcp/$nodeip/$PORT" || \
+     elif ! timeout $CONNECT_TIMEOUT bash -c "exec 3<>/dev/tcp/$nodeip/$PORT" || \
           ! exec 5<>/dev/tcp/$nodeip/$PORT; then  #  2>/dev/null would remove an error message, but disables debugging
           ((NR_SOCKET_FAIL++))
           connectivity_problem $NR_SOCKET_FAIL $MAX_SOCKET_FAIL "TCP connect problem" "repeated TCP connect problems, giving up"
@@ -19461,6 +19462,10 @@ parse_cmd_line() {
                     OPENSSL_TIMEOUT="$(parse_opt_equal_sign "$1" "$2")"
                     [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && shift
                     ;;
+               --connect-timeout|--connect-timeout=*)
+                    CONNECT_TIMEOUT="$(parse_opt_equal_sign "$1" "$2")"
+                    [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && shift
+                    ;;
                --mapping|--mapping=*)
                     cipher_mapping="$(parse_opt_equal_sign "$1" "$2")"
                     [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && shift