diff --git a/ftpfs.c b/ftpfs.c
index 866a2a4..3d26ff4 100644
--- a/ftpfs.c
+++ b/ftpfs.c
@@ -1580,6 +1580,7 @@ static void set_common_curl_stuff(CURL* easy) {
   }
 
   curl_easy_setopt_or_die(easy, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, ftpfs.connect_timeout);
+  curl_easy_setopt_or_die(easy, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, ftpfs.connect_timeout);
 
   /* CURLFTPSSL_CONTROL and CURLFTPSSL_ALL should make the connection fail if
    * the server doesn't support SSL but libcurl only honors this beginning