diff --git a/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php b/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php
index 37620e9cfd..4f516aa8cc 100644
--- a/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Client/Adapter/Curl.php
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ public function connect($host, $port = 80, $secure = false)
         }
 
         if (isset($this->config['connecttimeout'])) {
-            $connectTimeout = $this->config['connecttimeout'];
+            $connectTimeout = (int) $this->config['connecttimeout'];
         } elseif (isset($this->config['timeout'])) {
-            $connectTimeout = $this->config['timeout'];
+            $connectTimeout = (int) $this->config['timeout'];
         } else {
             $connectTimeout = null;
         }
diff --git a/test/Client/CurlTest.php b/test/Client/CurlTest.php
index 89ac19e5f5..bdf5d53495 100644
--- a/test/Client/CurlTest.php
+++ b/test/Client/CurlTest.php
@@ -95,6 +95,22 @@ public function testConfigSetAsZendConfig()
         $this->assertEquals($config->nested->item, $hasConfig['nested']['item']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test not integer timeout casted to int
+     *
+     */
+    public function testCastTimeOutConfig()
+    {
+        $config = new Config([
+            'timeout'  => "timeout",
+        ]);
+
+        $this->_adapter->setOptions($config);
+
+        $hasConfig = $this->_adapter->getConfig();
+        $this->assertEquals((int) $config->timeout, $hasConfig['timeout']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check that an exception is thrown when trying to set invalid config
      *