diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
+
+import socket
+import urllib2
+import sys
+
+class URLTimeoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    TIMEOUT = 10.0
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        socket.setdefaulttimeout(self.TIMEOUT)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        socket.setdefaulttimeout(None)
+
+    def testURLread(self):
+        f = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.python.org/")
+        x = f.read()
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.requires('network')
+
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(URLTimeoutTest))
+    test_support.run_suite(suite)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()