diff --git a/dvc/config.py b/dvc/config.py
index 3a4a20d1d..15091ebc9 100644
--- a/dvc/config.py
+++ b/dvc/config.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class Config(object):
     SECTION_REMOTE_USER = 'user'
     SECTION_REMOTE_PORT = 'port'
     SECTION_REMOTE_KEY_FILE = 'keyfile'
+    SECTION_REMOTE_TIMEOUT = 'timeout'
     SECTION_REMOTE_SCHEMA = {
         SECTION_REMOTE_URL: And(supported_url, error="Unsupported URL"),
         Optional(SECTION_AWS_REGION): str,
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ class Config(object):
         Optional(SECTION_REMOTE_USER): str,
         Optional(SECTION_REMOTE_PORT): Use(int),
         Optional(SECTION_REMOTE_KEY_FILE): str,
+        Optional(SECTION_REMOTE_TIMEOUT): Use(int),
     }
 
     SCHEMA = {
diff --git a/dvc/remote/ssh.py b/dvc/remote/ssh.py
index b6b8afdbb..19da77fcb 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/ssh.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/ssh.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class RemoteSSH(RemoteBase):
     PARAM_MD5 = 'md5'
 
     DEFAULT_PORT = 22
+    TIMEOUT = 1800
 
     def __init__(self, project, config):
         self.project = project
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class RemoteSSH(RemoteBase):
         self.prefix = self.group('path')
         self.port = config.get(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_PORT, self.DEFAULT_PORT)
         self.keyfile = config.get(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_KEY_FILE, None)
+        self.timeout= config.get(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_TIMEOUT, self.TIMEOUT)
 
     def md5s_to_path_infos(self, md5s):
         return [{'scheme': 'ssh',
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ class RemoteSSH(RemoteBase):
         ssh.connect(host,
                     username=user,
                     port=port,
-                    key_filename=self.keyfile)
+                    key_filename=self.keyfile,
+                    timeout=self.timeout)
 
         return ssh