diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71678ae..ac60f41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /TAGS
 /doc
 /pkg
+.idea
diff --git a/lib/net/http/persistent.rb b/lib/net/http/persistent.rb
index 18e5729..2f5ebc8 100644
--- a/lib/net/http/persistent.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http/persistent.rb
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@ def self.detect_idle_timeout uri, max = 10
 
   attr_accessor :read_timeout
 
+  ##
+  # Seconds to wait until writing one block.  See Net::HTTP#write_timeout
+
+  attr_accessor :write_timeout
+
   ##
   # By default SSL sessions are reused to avoid extra SSL handshakes.  Set
   # this to false if you have problems communicating with an HTTPS server
@@ -530,6 +535,7 @@ def initialize name: nil, proxy: nil, pool_size: DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE
     @keep_alive       = 30
     @open_timeout     = nil
     @read_timeout     = nil
+    @write_timeout    = nil
     @idle_timeout     = 5
     @max_requests     = nil
     @socket_options   = []
@@ -643,6 +649,7 @@ def connection_for uri
     end
 
     http.read_timeout = @read_timeout if @read_timeout
+    http.write_timeout = @write_timeout if @write_timeout && http.respond_to?(:write_timeout=)
     http.keep_alive_timeout = @idle_timeout if @idle_timeout
 
     return yield connection