diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index ff164c2..fe5688b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@
 
 class MockOpener:
     addheaders = []
-    def open(self, req, data=None):
-        self.req, self.data = req, data
+    def open(self, req, data=None,timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+        self.req, self.data, self.timeout  = req, data, timeout
     def error(self, proto, *args):
         self.proto, self.args = proto, args
 
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@
                 method = getattr(h, "http_error_%s" % code)
                 req = Request(from_url, data)
                 req.add_header("Nonsense", "viking=withhold")
+                req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
                 if data is not None:
                     req.add_header("Content-Length", str(len(data)))
                 req.add_unredirected_header("Spam", "spam")
@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@
 
         # loop detection
         req = Request(from_url)
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         def redirect(h, req, url=to_url):
             h.http_error_302(req, MockFile(), 302, "Blah",
                              MockHeaders({"location": url}))
@@ -887,6 +889,7 @@
         # detect infinite loop redirect of a URL to itself
         req = Request(from_url, origin_req_host="example.com")
         count = 0
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         try:
             while 1:
                 redirect(h, req, "http://example.com/")
@@ -898,6 +901,7 @@
         # detect endless non-repeating chain of redirects
         req = Request(from_url, origin_req_host="example.com")
         count = 0
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         try:
             while 1:
                 redirect(h, req, "http://example.com/%d" % count)
diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
index ef8bbc8..d36aa80 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
         fp.read()
         fp.close()
 
-        return self.parent.open(new)
+        return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
 
     http_error_301 = http_error_303 = http_error_307 = http_error_302
 
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
             # {'http': 'ftp://proxy.example.com'}, we may end up turning
             # a request for http://acme.example.com/a into one for
             # ftp://proxy.example.com/a
-            return self.parent.open(req)
+            return self.parent.open(req, timeout=req.timeout)
 
 class HTTPPasswordMgr:
 
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@
             if req.headers.get(self.auth_header, None) == auth:
                 return None
             req.add_header(self.auth_header, auth)
-            return self.parent.open(req)
+            return self.parent.open(req, timeout=req.timeout)
         else:
             return None
 
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@
             if req.headers.get(self.auth_header, None) == auth_val:
                 return None
             req.add_unredirected_header(self.auth_header, auth_val)
-            resp = self.parent.open(req)
+            resp = self.parent.open(req, timeout=req.timeout)
             return resp
 
     def get_cnonce(self, nonce):