diff --git a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ClientAPI.cs b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ClientAPI.cs
index fb87d7c5..aff8fc67 100644
--- a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ClientAPI.cs
+++ b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ClientAPI.cs
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ namespace IEC61850
             [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
             static extern void IedConnection_setConnectTimeout(IntPtr self, UInt32 timeoutInMs);
 
+            [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            static extern void IedConnection_setRequestTimeout(IntPtr self, UInt32 timeoutInMs);
+
+            [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            static extern UInt32 IedConnection_getRequestTimeout(IntPtr self);
+
             [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
             static extern void IedConnection_connect(IntPtr self, out int error, string hostname, int tcpPort);
 
@@ -769,6 +775,22 @@ namespace IEC61850
                 }
             }
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Gets or sets the request timeout for this connection
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <value>The request timeout in milliseconds</value>
+            public UInt32 RequestTimeout
+            {
+                get
+                {
+                    return IedConnection_getRequestTimeout(connection);
+                }
+                set
+                {
+                    IedConnection_setRequestTimeout(connection, value);
+                }
+            }
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Gets or sets the maximum size if a PDU (has to be set before calling connect!).
             /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/iec61850/client/ied_connection.c b/src/iec61850/client/ied_connection.c
index a78e2b50..5f9d2124 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/client/ied_connection.c
+++ b/src/iec61850/client/ied_connection.c
@@ -638,6 +638,24 @@ IedConnection_setConnectTimeout(IedConnection self, uint32_t timeoutInMs)
     self->connectionTimeout = timeoutInMs;
 }
 
+void
+IedConnection_setRequestTimeout(IedConnection self, uint32_t timeoutInMs)
+{
+    if (self->connection) {
+        MmsConnection_setRequestTimeout(self->connection, timeoutInMs);
+    }
+}
+
+uint32_t
+IedConnection_getRequestTimeout(IedConnection self)
+{
+    if (self->connection) {
+        return MmsConnection_getRequestTimeout(self->connection);
+    }
+    else
+        return 0;
+}
+
 IedConnectionState
 IedConnection_getState(IedConnection self)
 {
diff --git a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_client.h b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_client.h
index 45cae7f5..1c049ff8 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_client.h
+++ b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_client.h
@@ -244,6 +244,28 @@ IedConnection_destroy(IedConnection self);
 LIB61850_API void
 IedConnection_setConnectTimeout(IedConnection self, uint32_t timeoutInMs);
 
+/**
+ * \brief set the request timeout in ms
+ *
+ * Set the request timeout for this connection. You can call this function any time to adjust
+ * timeout behavior.
+ *
+ * \param self the connection object
+ * \param timoutInMs the connection timeout in ms
+ */
+LIB61850_API void
+IedConnection_setRequestTimeout(IedConnection self, uint32_t timeoutInMs);
+
+/**
+ * \brief get the request timeout in ms for this connection
+ *
+ * \param self the connection object
+ *
+ * \return request timeout in milliseconds
+ */
+LIB61850_API uint32_t
+IedConnection_getRequestTimeout(IedConnection self);
+
 /**
  * \brief Perform MMS message handling and house-keeping tasks (for non-thread mode only)
  *
diff --git a/src/mms/inc/mms_client_connection.h b/src/mms/inc/mms_client_connection.h
index e7e57338..275ecf41 100644
--- a/src/mms/inc/mms_client_connection.h
+++ b/src/mms/inc/mms_client_connection.h
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ MmsConnection_setFilestoreBasepath(MmsConnection self, const char* basepath);
 LIB61850_API void
 MmsConnection_setRequestTimeout(MmsConnection self, uint32_t timeoutInMs);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Get the request timeout in ms for this connection
+ *
+ * \param self MmsConnection instance to operate on
+ *
+ * \return request timeout in milliseconds
+ */
+LIB61850_API uint32_t
+MmsConnection_getRequestTimeout(MmsConnection self);
+
 /**
  * \brief Set the connect timeout in ms for this connection instance
  *
diff --git a/src/mms/iso_mms/client/mms_client_connection.c b/src/mms/iso_mms/client/mms_client_connection.c
index b943f026..1002c42a 100644
--- a/src/mms/iso_mms/client/mms_client_connection.c
+++ b/src/mms/iso_mms/client/mms_client_connection.c
@@ -1555,6 +1555,12 @@ MmsConnection_setRequestTimeout(MmsConnection self, uint32_t timeoutInMs)
     self->requestTimeout = timeoutInMs;
 }
 
+uint32_t
+MmsConnection_getRequestTimeout(MmsConnection self)
+{
+    return self->requestTimeout;
+}
+
 void
 MmsConnection_setConnectTimeout(MmsConnection self, uint32_t timeoutInMs)
 {