diff --git a/makebuildserver b/makebuildserver
index 063f4461..ed037da8 100755
--- a/makebuildserver
+++ b/makebuildserver
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ def update_cache(cachedir):
             logging.info("Downloading %s to cache", filename)
 
         if download:
-            r = requests.get(srcurl, headers=resume_header,
-                             stream=True, allow_redirects=True)
+            r = requests.get(srcurl, headers=resume_header, stream=True,
+                             allow_redirects=True, timeout=60)
             content_length = int(r.headers.get('content-length'))
             with open(local_filename, 'ab') as f:
                 for chunk in progress.bar(r.iter_content(chunk_size=65536),