diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b4007e3f..511bb20a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/")
 # Find necessare libraries
 
 FIND_PACKAGE(PkgConfig)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB2 glib-2.0>=2.28 REQUIRED)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB2 glib-2.0>=2.28 gio-2.0 REQUIRED)
 PKG_SEARCH_MODULE(LIBCRYPTO REQUIRED libcrypto openssl)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBXML2 libxml-2.0 REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE(CURL 7.52.0 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/librepo/handle.c b/librepo/handle.c
index 2c23ed09..70630d9c 100644
--- a/librepo/handle.c
+++ b/librepo/handle.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <gio/gio.h>
 
 
 #include "handle_internal.h"
@@ -264,6 +266,33 @@ lr_handle_remote_sources_changed(LrHandle *handle, LrChangedRemoteSource type)
     }
 }
 
+struct callback_data {
+   GMainLoop *loop; 
+   long input_seconds;
+   time_t begin;
+   GNetworkMonitor *monitor;
+   GSocketConnectable *connectable; 
+   GCancellable *cancellable;
+};
+
+gboolean timeout_callback(gpointer data)
+{ 
+  struct callback_data *dt = (struct callback_data*)data;
+   if(!g_network_monitor_can_reach(dt->monitor, dt->connectable, dt->cancellable, NULL) &&
+      time(NULL) - dt->begin <= dt->input_seconds){
+      return TRUE;
+   } 
+   g_main_loop_quit(dt->loop);
+   return FALSE;
+}
+
+void on_network_available(GObject *object, GParamSpec *pspec, gpointer data)
+{
+    g_timeout_add(200, timeout_callback, data); 
+    struct callback_data *dt = (struct callback_data*)data;
+    g_main_loop_run(dt->loop);
+}
+
 gboolean
 lr_handle_setopt(LrHandle *handle,
                  GError **err,
@@ -841,7 +870,56 @@ lr_handle_setopt(LrHandle *handle,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static gboolean
+gboolean
+lr_handle_network_wait(LrHandle *handle, GError **err, guint seconds)
+{
+
+    assert(!err || *err == NULL);
+
+    if (!handle) {
+        g_set_error(err, LR_HANDLE_ERROR, LRE_BADFUNCARG,
+                    "No handle specified");
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    GNetworkMonitor *monitor = g_network_monitor_get_default();
+    GCancellable *cancellable = g_cancellable_new ();
+
+    struct callback_data data_struct;
+    data_struct.input_seconds = seconds;
+    data_struct.begin = time(NULL);
+    data_struct.cancellable = cancellable;
+    data_struct.monitor = monitor;
+
+    gchar *baseurl;
+    if(handle->metalinkurl)
+      baseurl = handle->metalinkurl;
+    else if(handle->mirrorlisturl)
+      baseurl = handle->mirrorlisturl;
+    else if(handle->urls)
+      baseurl = handle->urls[0];
+    assert(baseurl);
+
+    GUri *uri = g_uri_parse(baseurl, G_URI_FLAGS_NONE, NULL);
+    if(uri == NULL){
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    const gchar* scheme = g_uri_get_scheme(uri);
+    if(!g_strcmp0(scheme, "file")){
+      return TRUE; 
+    }
+    const gchar* host = g_uri_get_host(uri);
+    guint16 port = g_uri_get_port(uri);
+    GSocketConnectable *connectable =  g_network_address_new(host, port);
+    data_struct.connectable = connectable;
+    g_autoptr(GMainLoop) loop;
+    loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
+    data_struct.loop = loop;
+    g_signal_connect(monitor, "notify::network-available", G_CALLBACK(on_network_available), &data_struct);    
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
 lr_handle_prepare_urls(LrHandle *handle, GError **err)
 {
     assert(!handle->urls_mirrors);
diff --git a/librepo/handle.h b/librepo/handle.h
index 7c55a95b..90150e34 100644
--- a/librepo/handle.h
+++ b/librepo/handle.h
@@ -560,6 +560,15 @@ lr_handle_getinfo(LrHandle *handle,
 gboolean
 lr_handle_perform(LrHandle *handle, LrResult *result, GError **err);
 
+/** Handle waiting on network for LRO_URLS.
+ * @param handle        Librepo handle.
+ * @param seconds       Network timeout seconds 
+ * @param err           GError **
+ * @return              TRUE if everything is ok, FALSE if err is set.
+ */
+gboolean
+lr_handle_network_wait(LrHandle *handle, GError **err, guint seconds);
+
 /** @} */
 
 G_END_DECLS