diff --git a/.schema/config.schema.json b/.schema/config.schema.json
index 63fca93c44..e5715510e8 100644
--- a/.schema/config.schema.json
+++ b/.schema/config.schema.json
@@ -4,6 +4,50 @@
   "title": "ORY Oathkeeper Configuration",
   "type": "object",
   "definitions": {
+    "serverTimeout": {
+      "title": "HTTP Timeouts",
+      "description": "Control the HTTP timeouts.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "read": {
+          "title": "HTTP Read Timeout",
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "5s",
+          "pattern": "^[0-9]+(ns|us|ms|s|m|h)$",
+          "description": "The maximum duration for reading the entire request, including the body.",
+          "examples": [
+            "5s",
+            "5m",
+            "5h"
+          ]
+        },
+        "write": {
+          "title": "HTTP Write Timeout",
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "120s",
+          "pattern": "^[0-9]+(ns|us|ms|s|m|h)$",
+          "description": "The maximum duration before timing out writes of the response. Increase this parameter to prevent unexpected closing a client connection if an upstream request is responding slowly.",
+          "examples": [
+            "5s",
+            "5m",
+            "5h"
+          ]
+        },
+        "idle": {
+          "title": "HTTP Idle Timeout",
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "120s",
+          "pattern": "^[0-9]+(ns|us|ms|s|m|h)$",
+          "description": " The maximum amount of time to wait for any action of a request session, reading data or writing the response.",
+          "examples": [
+            "5s",
+            "5m",
+            "5h"
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "retry": {
       "type": "object",
       "additionalProperties": false,
@@ -985,6 +1029,9 @@
               "title": "Host",
               "description": "The network interface to listen on."
             },
+            "timeout": {
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/serverTimeout"
+            },
             "cors": {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/cors"
             },
@@ -1015,48 +1062,7 @@
               "description": "The network interface to listen on. Leave empty to listen on all interfaces."
             },
             "timeout": {
-              "title": "HTTP Timeouts",
-              "description": "Control the reverse proxy's HTTP timeouts.",
-              "type": "object",
-              "additionalProperties": false,
-              "properties": {
-                "read": {
-                  "title": "HTTP Read Timeout",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "default": "5s",
-                  "pattern": "^[0-9]+(ns|us|ms|s|m|h)$",
-                  "description": "The maximum duration for reading the entire request, including the body.",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "5s",
-                    "5m",
-                    "5h"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "write": {
-                  "title": "HTTP Write Timeout",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "default": "120s",
-                  "pattern": "^[0-9]+(ns|us|ms|s|m|h)$",
-                  "description": "The maximum duration before timing out writes of the response. Increase this parameter to prevent unexpected closing a client connection if an upstream request is responding slowly.",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "5s",
-                    "5m",
-                    "5h"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "idle": {
-                  "title": "HTTP Idle Timeout",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "default": "120s",
-                  "pattern": "^[0-9]+(ns|us|ms|s|m|h)$",
-                  "description": " The maximum amount of time to wait for any action of a request session, reading data or writing the response.",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "5s",
-                    "5m",
-                    "5h"
-                  ]
-                }
-              }
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/serverTimeout"
             },
             "cors": {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/cors"
diff --git a/cmd/server/server.go b/cmd/server/server.go
index 7557150996..57ef8e9612 100644
--- a/cmd/server/server.go
+++ b/cmd/server/server.go
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ func runAPI(d driver.Driver, n *negroni.Negroni, logger *logrus.Logger, prom *me
 		certs := cert("api", logger)
 		addr := d.Configuration().APIServeAddress()
 		server := graceful.WithDefaults(&http.Server{
-			Addr:      addr,
-			Handler:   h,
-			TLSConfig: &tls.Config{Certificates: certs},
+			Addr:         addr,
+			Handler:      h,
+			TLSConfig:    &tls.Config{Certificates: certs},
+			ReadTimeout:  d.Configuration().APIReadTimeout(),
+			WriteTimeout: d.Configuration().APIWriteTimeout(),
+			IdleTimeout:  d.Configuration().APIIdleTimeout(),
 		})
 
 		if err := graceful.Graceful(func() error {
diff --git a/driver/configuration/provider.go b/driver/configuration/provider.go
index 6ce9bd7826..3a111a203a 100644
--- a/driver/configuration/provider.go
+++ b/driver/configuration/provider.go
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ type Provider interface {
 	ProxyWriteTimeout() time.Duration
 	ProxyIdleTimeout() time.Duration
 
+	APIReadTimeout() time.Duration
+	APIWriteTimeout() time.Duration
+	APIIdleTimeout() time.Duration
+
 	AccessRuleRepositories() []url.URL
 	AccessRuleMatchingStrategy() MatchingStrategy
 
diff --git a/driver/configuration/provider_viper.go b/driver/configuration/provider_viper.go
index b85bf60991..b87ed060c5 100644
--- a/driver/configuration/provider_viper.go
+++ b/driver/configuration/provider_viper.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ const (
 	ViperKeyProxyServeAddressPort      = "serve.proxy.port"
 	ViperKeyAPIServeAddressHost        = "serve.api.host"
 	ViperKeyAPIServeAddressPort        = "serve.api.port"
+	ViperKeyAPIReadTimeout             = "serve.api.timeout.read"
+	ViperKeyAPIWriteTimeout            = "serve.api.timeout.write"
+	ViperKeyAPIIdleTimeout             = "serve.api.timeout.idle"
 	ViperKeyPrometheusServeAddressHost = "serve.prometheus.host"
 	ViperKeyPrometheusServeAddressPort = "serve.prometheus.port"
 	ViperKeyPrometheusServeMetricsPath = "serve.prometheus.metrics_path"
@@ -173,6 +176,18 @@ func (v *ViperProvider) ProxyServeAddress() string {
 	)
 }
 
+func (v *ViperProvider) APIReadTimeout() time.Duration {
+	return viperx.GetDuration(v.l, ViperKeyAPIReadTimeout, time.Second*5)
+}
+
+func (v *ViperProvider) APIWriteTimeout() time.Duration {
+	return viperx.GetDuration(v.l, ViperKeyAPIWriteTimeout, time.Second*10)
+}
+
+func (v *ViperProvider) APIIdleTimeout() time.Duration {
+	return viperx.GetDuration(v.l, ViperKeyAPIIdleTimeout, time.Second*120)
+}
+
 func (v *ViperProvider) APIServeAddress() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%s:%d",
diff --git a/internal/config/.oathkeeper.yaml b/internal/config/.oathkeeper.yaml
index 40d77feee9..7f5cea7293 100644
--- a/internal/config/.oathkeeper.yaml
+++ b/internal/config/.oathkeeper.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ serve:
   api:
     port: 1235
     host: 127.0.0.2
+
+    timeout:
+      read: 1s
+      write: 2s
+      idle: 3s
+
     cors:
       enabled: true
       allowed_origins: