diff --git a/config/config.default.js b/config/config.default.js
index 90a013bbff..cc4fa18e29 100644
--- a/config/config.default.js
+++ b/config/config.default.js
@@ -299,6 +299,16 @@ module.exports = appInfo => {
    */
   config.workerStartTimeout = 10 * 60 * 1000;
 
+  /**
+   * server timeout in milliseconds, default to 2 minutes.
+   *
+   * for special request, just use `ctx.req.setTimeout(ms)`
+   *
+   * @member {Number} Config#serverTimeout
+   * @see https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_server_timeout
+   */
+  config.serverTimeout = null;
+
   /**
    *
    * @member {Object} Config#cluster
diff --git a/lib/application.js b/lib/application.js
index a17e3e21ed..bcf085fa72 100644
--- a/lib/application.js
+++ b/lib/application.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const ms = require('ms');
+const is = require('is-type-of');
 const graceful = require('graceful');
 const http = require('http');
 const cluster = require('cluster-client');
@@ -154,6 +155,14 @@ class Application extends EggApplication {
     }
   }
 
+  _onServerTimeout(socket) {
+    const req = socket.parser.incoming;
+    if (req) {
+      this.coreLogger.warn('[http_server] A request `%s %s` timeout with client (%s:%d)', req.method, req.url, socket.remoteAddress, socket.remotePort);
+    }
+    socket.destroy();
+  }
+
   onServer(server) {
     // expose app.server
     this.server = server;
@@ -170,6 +179,10 @@ class Application extends EggApplication {
     });
 
     server.on('clientError', (err, socket) => this.onClientError(err, socket));
+
+    // server timeout
+    if (is.number(this.config.serverTimeout)) server.setTimeout(this.config.serverTimeout);
+    server.on('timeout', socket => this._onServerTimeout(socket));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/app/router.js b/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/app/router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aeb896a516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/app/router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { sleep } = require('mz-modules');
+
+module.exports = app => {
+  app.get('/', async ctx => {
+    ctx.body = 'ok';
+  });
+
+  app.get('/timeout', async ctx => {
+    await sleep(500);
+    ctx.body = 'timeout';
+  });
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/config/config.default.js b/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/config/config.default.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a74ce2a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/config/config.default.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+exports.keys = 'my keys';
+
+exports.serverTimeout = 100;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/package.json b/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9052c596dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apps/app-server-timeout/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "name": "app-server-timeout"
+}
diff --git a/test/lib/cluster/app_worker.test.js b/test/lib/cluster/app_worker.test.js
index 53cd30dac4..75da0c190c 100644
--- a/test/lib/cluster/app_worker.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/cluster/app_worker.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const net = require('net');
 const request = require('supertest');
 const address = require('address');
-const assert = require('assert');
+const assert = require('assert-extends');
 const sleep = require('mz-modules/sleep');
 const utils = require('../../utils');
 
@@ -64,6 +64,29 @@ describe('test/lib/cluster/app_worker.test.js', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  describe('server timeout', () => {
+    let app;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      app = utils.cluster('apps/app-server-timeout');
+      // app.debug();
+      return app.ready();
+    });
+    afterEach(() => app.close());
+
+    it('should not timeout', () => {
+      return app.httpRequest()
+        .get('/')
+        .expect(200);
+    });
+
+    it('should timeout', async () => {
+      await assert.asyncThrows(() => {
+        return app.httpRequest().get('/timeout');
+      }, /socket hang up/);
+      app.expect('stdout', /\[http_server] A request `GET \/timeout` timeout with client/);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('customized client error', () => {
     let app;
     beforeEach(() => {