diff --git a/expected/http.out b/expected/http.out
index 555bf3b..53f1a22 100644
--- a/expected/http.out
+++ b/expected/http.out
@@ -175,3 +175,17 @@ SELECT status FROM http_get('http://httpbin.org/status/555');
     555
 (1 row)
 
+-- Alter the default timeout and then run a query that is longer than 
+-- the default (5s), but shorter than the new timeout
+SELECT http_set_curlopt('CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS', '10000');
+ http_set_curlopt 
+------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT status FROM http_get('http://httpstat.us/200?sleep=7000');
+ status 
+--------
+    200
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/sql/http.sql b/sql/http.sql
index 0174422..577a2b8 100644
--- a/sql/http.sql
+++ b/sql/http.sql
@@ -100,3 +100,7 @@ SELECT http_reset_curlopt();
 -- Now it should work
 SELECT status FROM http_get('http://httpbin.org/status/555');
 
+-- Alter the default timeout and then run a query that is longer than 
+-- the default (5s), but shorter than the new timeout
+SELECT http_set_curlopt('CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS', '10000');
+SELECT status FROM http_get('http://httpstat.us/200?sleep=7000');