diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/miniftpclient.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/miniftpclient.cpp
index 19eb45a3..9e4a4f77 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/miniftpclient.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/miniftpclient.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ FTP_Client_ResultType FTPClientThread::getMapFromServer(string mapFileName, stri
         /* Set a pointer to our struct to pass to the callback */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &ftpfile);
 
+        // Max 10 minutes to transfer
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 600);
+
         /* Switch on full protocol/debug output */
         if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
 
@@ -407,6 +410,9 @@ FTP_Client_ResultType FTPClientThread::getTilesetFromServer(string tileSetName,
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, file_progress);
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, &ftpfile);
 
+        // Max 10 minutes to transfer
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 600);
+
         // Switch on full protocol/debug output
         if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);