diff --git a/lib/axios.js b/lib/axios.js
index e29e9ebbd6df3953fba725068929bc3523a27bd3..ca9ba1548e86da5f9fe3096ac9f107eb0b74c4ac 100644
--- a/lib/axios.js
+++ b/lib/axios.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var axios = module.exports = function (config) {
   config = utils.merge({
     method: 'get',
     headers: {},
+    timeout: defaults.timeout,
     transformRequest: defaults.transformRequest,
     transformResponse: defaults.transformResponse
   }, config);