diff --git a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
index 26688a0366bb201559c29b5107409d1abbcd336d..ca6471dbc274290d800f42fab7f085db17002ec0 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
+++ b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ sub c2s
     $client = SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client->new();
   } or return errMsg('Unknown error in c2s() when creating socket, SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client->new(), ' . $@);
  
-  eval {$client->timeout(10);}
+  eval {$client->timeout($WardenClientConf::CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);}
   or return errMsg('Unknown error in c2s() when setting socket timeout, ' . $@);
 
   eval {
diff --git a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientConf.pm b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientConf.pm
index 6d865bdcd2e25864813eff3b8fa1b6063683302b..a83d40f741ce10224c420eefdcac7883d5ff46e2 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientConf.pm
+++ b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientConf.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ our $LOG_STDERR = 1;
 our $LOG_SYSLOG = 0;
 our $LOG_SYSLOG_FACILITY = "local7";
 our $LOG_VERBOSE = 0;
+our $CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 60;
 
 
 our $VERSION = "2.2";