diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8165bb4..11c81116 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 All Notable changes to `laravel-backup` will be documented in this file
 
+###2.5.0
+- Added option to specify the timeout of the mysqldump command
+
 ###2.4.2
 - Fixed an issue where the incorrect backup filename would be displayed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6472602..82a9c441 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ return [
          * See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html#option_mysqldump_extended-insert
          */
         'useExtendedInsert' => false,
+        
+        /*
+         * If the dump of the db takes more seconds that the specified value,
+         * it will abort the backup.
+         */
+        'timeoutInSeconds' => 60,
     ],
 ];
 ```
diff --git a/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php b/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php
index 0a37c296..50f523a4 100644
--- a/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php
+++ b/src/BackupHandlers/Database/Databases/MySQLDatabase.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MySQLDatabase implements DatabaseInterface
      * @param $password
      * @param $host
      * @param $port
+     * @param $socket
      */
     public function __construct(Console $console, $database, $user, $password, $host, $port, $socket)
     {
@@ -62,7 +63,9 @@ public function dump($destinationFile)
             escapeshellcmd($this->getSocketArgument())
         );
 
-        return $this->console->run($command);
+
+
+        return $this->console->run($command, config('laravel-backup.mysql.timeoutInSeconds'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Console.php b/src/Console.php
index 0edeb3c6..68676458 100644
--- a/src/Console.php
+++ b/src/Console.php
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@
 
 class Console
 {
-    public function run($command)
+    /**
+     * Run a command in the shell.
+     *
+     * @param $command
+     * @param $timeoutInSeconds
+     * @return bool|string
+     */
+    public function run($command, $timeoutInSeconds = 60)
     {
         $process = new Process($command);
 
-        $process->setTimeout(60 * 1);
+        $process->setTimeout($timeoutInSeconds);
 
         $process->run();
 
diff --git a/src/config/laravel-backup.php b/src/config/laravel-backup.php
index 308cb0bf..c32b6b32 100644
--- a/src/config/laravel-backup.php
+++ b/src/config/laravel-backup.php
@@ -80,5 +80,11 @@
          * See: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html#option_mysqldump_extended-insert
          */
         'useExtendedInsert' => false,
+
+        /*
+         * If the dump of the db takes more seconds that the specified value,
+         * it will abort the backup.
+         */
+        'timeoutInSeconds' => 60,
     ],
 ];