diff --git a/pkg/datasource/datasource.go b/pkg/datasource/datasource.go
index e8a6f8d..621c709 100644
--- a/pkg/datasource/datasource.go
+++ b/pkg/datasource/datasource.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alexanderzobnin/grafana-zabbix/pkg/gtime"
@@ -49,18 +50,18 @@ func newZabbixDatasourceInstance(settings backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (i
 	logger := log.New()
 	logger.Debug("Initializing new data source instance")
 
-	zabbixAPI, err := zabbixapi.New(settings.URL, &settings)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error("Error initializing Zabbix API", "error", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	zabbixSettings, err := readZabbixSettings(&settings)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error("Error parsing Zabbix settings", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	zabbixAPI, err := zabbixapi.New(&settings, zabbixSettings.Timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("Error initializing Zabbix API", "error", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return &ZabbixDatasourceInstance{
 		dsInfo:     &settings,
 		zabbixAPI:  zabbixAPI,
@@ -154,6 +155,10 @@ func readZabbixSettings(dsInstanceSettings *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings)
 		zabbixSettingsDTO.CacheTTL = "1h"
 	}
 
+	if zabbixSettingsDTO.Timeout == "" {
+		zabbixSettingsDTO.Timeout = "30"
+	}
+
 	trendsFrom, err := gtime.ParseInterval(zabbixSettingsDTO.TrendsFrom)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -169,11 +174,17 @@ func readZabbixSettings(dsInstanceSettings *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	timeout, err := strconv.Atoi(zabbixSettingsDTO.Timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("failed to parse timeout: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
 	zabbixSettings := &ZabbixDatasourceSettings{
 		Trends:      zabbixSettingsDTO.Trends,
 		TrendsFrom:  trendsFrom,
 		TrendsRange: trendsRange,
 		CacheTTL:    cacheTTL,
+		Timeout:     time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second,
 	}
 
 	return zabbixSettings, nil
diff --git a/pkg/datasource/models.go b/pkg/datasource/models.go
index 03813d9..b2291e1 100644
--- a/pkg/datasource/models.go
+++ b/pkg/datasource/models.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type ZabbixDatasourceSettingsDTO struct {
 	TrendsFrom  string `json:"trendsFrom"`
 	TrendsRange string `json:"trendsRange"`
 	CacheTTL    string `json:"cacheTTL"`
+	Timeout     string `json:"timeout"`
 
 	DisableReadOnlyUsersAck bool `json:"disableReadOnlyUsersAck"`
 }
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ type ZabbixDatasourceSettings struct {
 	TrendsFrom  time.Duration
 	TrendsRange time.Duration
 	CacheTTL    time.Duration
+	Timeout     time.Duration
 
 	DisableReadOnlyUsersAck bool `json:"disableReadOnlyUsersAck"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go b/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go
index 991d0e7..d7240c2 100644
--- a/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go
+++ b/pkg/httpclient/httpclient.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	simplejson "github.com/bitly/go-simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/log"
 )
 
 type proxyTransportCache struct {
@@ -46,14 +47,16 @@ var ptc = proxyTransportCache{
 }
 
 // GetHttpClient returns new http.Client. Transport either initialized or got from cache.
-func GetHttpClient(ds *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (*http.Client, error) {
+func GetHttpClient(ds *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings, timeout time.Duration) (*http.Client, error) {
 	transport, err := getHttpTransport(ds)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	log.DefaultLogger.Debug("Initializing new HTTP client", "timeout", timeout.Seconds())
+
 	return &http.Client{
-		Timeout:   time.Duration(time.Second * 30),
+		Timeout:   timeout,
 		Transport: transport,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/zabbixapi/zabbix_api.go b/pkg/zabbixapi/zabbix_api.go
index dfc4f86..812d41d 100644
--- a/pkg/zabbixapi/zabbix_api.go
+++ b/pkg/zabbixapi/zabbix_api.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alexanderzobnin/grafana-zabbix/pkg/httpclient"
 	"github.com/bitly/go-simplejson"
@@ -31,14 +32,14 @@ type ZabbixAPI struct {
 type ZabbixAPIParams = map[string]interface{}
 
 // New returns new ZabbixAPI instance initialized with given URL or error.
-func New(api_url string, dsInfo *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (*ZabbixAPI, error) {
+func New(dsInfo *backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings, timeout time.Duration) (*ZabbixAPI, error) {
 	apiLogger := log.New()
-	zabbixURL, err := url.Parse(api_url)
+	zabbixURL, err := url.Parse(dsInfo.URL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	client, err := httpclient.GetHttpClient(dsInfo)
+	client, err := httpclient.GetHttpClient(dsInfo, timeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/datasource-zabbix/components/ConfigEditor.tsx b/src/datasource-zabbix/components/ConfigEditor.tsx
index 66f1bb2..9e47d50 100644
--- a/src/datasource-zabbix/components/ConfigEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/datasource-zabbix/components/ConfigEditor.tsx
@@ -154,6 +154,17 @@ export const ConfigEditor = (props: Props) => {
             tooltip="Zabbix data source caches metric names in memory. Specify how often data will be updated."
           />
         </div>
+        <div className="gf-form">
+          <FormField
+            labelWidth={7}
+            inputWidth={4}
+            label="Timeout"
+            value={options.jsonData.timeout || ''}
+            placeholder="30"
+            onChange={jsonDataChangeHandler('timeout', options, onOptionsChange)}
+            tooltip="Zabbix API connection timeout in seconds. Default is 30."
+          />
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <div className="gf-form-group">
diff --git a/src/datasource-zabbix/types.ts b/src/datasource-zabbix/types.ts
index 1828e5d..a39f134 100644
--- a/src/datasource-zabbix/types.ts
+++ b/src/datasource-zabbix/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export interface ZabbixDSOptions extends DataSourceJsonData {
   trendsFrom: string;
   trendsRange: string;
   cacheTTL: string;
+  timeout?: string;
   dbConnectionEnable: boolean;
   dbConnectionDatasourceId?: number;
   dbConnectionDatasourceName?: string;