diff --git a/CONFIGURATION_OPTIONS.md b/CONFIGURATION_OPTIONS.md
index 88cf9664..725c28fa 100644
--- a/CONFIGURATION_OPTIONS.md
+++ b/CONFIGURATION_OPTIONS.md
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ Example:
 }
 ```
 
+### `ajaxTimeout` [Optional, HasDefault]
+This configuration parameter sets the maximum duration of calls to all endpoints. By default, there is no timeout. Please refer to `identityResolutionConfig.ajaxTimeout` for the special handling of the timeout for the IdentityResolution endpoint.
+
 #### `identityResolutionConfig` [Optional, HasDefault]
 LiveConnect module comes with a functionality to resolve all the identifiers set in the `identifiersToResolve`, additionally to the first party ones created by LiveConnect (in case `storageStrategy` is anything else than `none`, and an actual identifier has been stored).
 This configuration setting consists of the following
@@ -158,7 +161,8 @@ sets the cookie expiration time to 4 hours, which means that in a given browser,
 
 ##### `identityResolutionConfig.ajaxTimeout` [Optional, HasDefault]
 By default, 5000 milliseconds.
-This configuration parameter sets the maximum duration of a call to the IdentityResolution endpoint, after which the callback passed to the `resolve` function will be invoked.
+This configuration parameter sets the maximum duration of a call to the IdentityResolution endpoint, after which the callback passed to the `resolve` function will be invoked. If `identityResolutionConfig.ajaxTimeout` is not configured and the global `ajaxTimeout` is configured, the global setting is used. If none of the two is configured, the default of 5000ms is used. 
+
 Example:
 ```javascript
 {
diff --git a/src/idex.ts b/src/idex.ts
index c8d883a9..46bc0f5b 100644
--- a/src/idex.ts
+++ b/src/idex.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class IdentityResolver {
     this.source = this.idexConfig.source || 'unknown'
     this.publisherId = this.idexConfig.publisherId || 'any'
     this.url = this.idexConfig.url || DEFAULT_IDEX_URL
-    this.timeout = this.idexConfig.ajaxTimeout || DEFAULT_IDEX_AJAX_TIMEOUT
+    this.timeout = this.idexConfig.ajaxTimeout || config.ajaxTimeout || DEFAULT_IDEX_AJAX_TIMEOUT
     this.requestedAttributes = this.idexConfig.requestedAttributes || DEFAULT_REQUESTED_ATTRIBUTES
     this.tuples = []
 
diff --git a/src/pixel/sender.ts b/src/pixel/sender.ts
index e47bc85b..e317582d 100644
--- a/src/pixel/sender.ts
+++ b/src/pixel/sender.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const DEFAULT_AJAX_TIMEOUT = 0
 
 export class PixelSender {
   url: string
+  timeout: number
   calls: WrappedCallHandler
   eventBus: EventBus
   onload?: () => void
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export class PixelSender {
 
   constructor (liveConnectConfig: LiveConnectConfig, calls: WrappedCallHandler, eventBus: EventBus, onload?: () => void, presend?: () => void) {
     this.url = (liveConnectConfig && liveConnectConfig.collectorUrl) || 'https://rp.liadm.com'
+    this.timeout = (liveConnectConfig && liveConnectConfig.ajaxTimeout) || DEFAULT_AJAX_TIMEOUT
     this.calls = calls
     this.eventBus = eventBus
     this.onload = onload
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ export class PixelSender {
           this.sendPixel(state)
           this.eventBus.emitError('AjaxFailed', e)
         },
-        DEFAULT_AJAX_TIMEOUT
+        this.timeout
       )
     })
   }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index c2825706..002e1760 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface LiveConnectConfig {
   globalVarName?: string
   urlCollectionMode?: UrlCollectionMode
   queryParametersFilter?: string
+  ajaxTimeout?: number
 }
 
 export type ResolutionParams = Record<string, string | string[]>