diff --git a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
index 45eef5a8cf..8aace3b59e 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
@@ -2167,6 +2167,9 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_connect_backend(const char *proxy_function,
     int loglevel;
     apr_sockaddr_t *backend_addr = conn->addr;
     apr_socket_t *newsock;
+    void *sconf = s->module_config;
+    proxy_server_conf *conf =
+        (proxy_server_conf *) ap_get_module_config(sconf, &proxy_module);
 
     if (conn->sock) {
         /*
@@ -2215,6 +2218,9 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_connect_backend(const char *proxy_function,
         if (worker->timeout_set == 1) {
             apr_socket_timeout_set(newsock, worker->timeout);
         }
+        else if (conf->timeout_set == 1) {
+            apr_socket_timeout_set(newsock, conf->timeout);
+        }
         else {
              apr_socket_timeout_set(newsock, s->timeout);
         }