1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xs_curl.h b/xs_curl.h
index 386fe8b..335c07a 100644
--- a/xs_curl.h
+++ b/xs_curl.h
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ d_char *xs_http_request(char *method, char *url, d_char *headers,
 
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
 
+#ifdef FORCE_TIMEOUT
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5L);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef FORCE_HTTP_1_1
     /* force HTTP/1.1 */