Index: s3/trunk/lib/aws/s3/connection.rb
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--- s3/trunk/lib/aws/s3/connection.rb	(revision 177)
+++ s3/trunk/lib/aws/s3/connection.rb	(working copy)
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
           http             = http_class.new(options[:server], options[:port])
           http.use_ssl     = !options[:use_ssl].nil? || options[:port] == 443
           http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+		  http.connect_timeout = options[:connect_timeout] if !options[:connect_timeout].nil?
+		  http.read_timeout = options[:read_timeout] if !options[:read_timeout].nil?
+		  http.write_timeout = options[:write_timeout] if !options[:write_timeout].nil?
           http
         end