diff --git a/src/Selenium2Driver.php b/src/Selenium2Driver.php
index e74fcb3a..d24f680e 100755
--- a/src/Selenium2Driver.php
+++ b/src/Selenium2Driver.php
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 use WebDriver\Element;
 use WebDriver\Exception\InvalidArgument;
 use WebDriver\Exception\NoSuchElement;
+use WebDriver\Exception\ScriptTimeout;
 use WebDriver\Exception\StaleElementReference;
+use WebDriver\Exception\Timeout;
 use WebDriver\Exception\UnknownCommand;
 use WebDriver\Exception\UnknownError;
 use WebDriver\Key;
@@ -61,6 +63,11 @@ class Selenium2Driver extends CoreDriver
      */
     private $wdSession;
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $isW3C = false;
+
     /**
      * The timeout configuration
      * @var array{script?: int, implicit?: int, page?: int}
@@ -343,14 +350,17 @@ public function start()
     {
         try {
             $this->wdSession = $this->webDriver->session($this->browserName, $this->desiredCapabilities);
+
+            $status = $this->webDriver->status();
+            $this->isW3C = version_compare($status['build']['version'], '3.0.0', '>=');
+
+            $this->applyTimeouts();
+            $this->initialWindowHandle = $this->getWebDriverSession()->window_handle();
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             throw new DriverException('Could not open connection: '.$e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
         }
 
         $this->started = true;
-
-        $this->applyTimeouts();
-        $this->initialWindowHandle = $this->getWebDriverSession()->window_handle();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -376,15 +386,34 @@ public function setTimeouts(array $timeouts)
      */
     private function applyTimeouts(): void
     {
+        $validTimeoutTypes = array('script', 'implicit', 'page', 'page load', 'pageLoad');
+
         try {
             foreach ($this->timeouts as $type => $param) {
-                $this->getWebDriverSession()->timeouts($type, $param);
+                if (!in_array($type, $validTimeoutTypes)) {
+                    throw new DriverException('Invalid timeout type: ' . $type);
+                }
+
+                if ($type === 'page load' || $type === 'pageLoad') {
+                    @trigger_error(
+                        'Using "' . $type . '" timeout type is deprecated, please use "page" instead',
+                        E_USER_DEPRECATED
+                    );
+                    $type = 'page';
+                }
+
+                if ($type === 'page') {
+                    $type = $this->isW3C ? 'pageLoad' : 'page load';
+                }
+
+                if ($this->isW3C) {
+                    $this->getWebDriverSession()->timeouts(array($type => $param));
+                } else {
+                    $this->getWebDriverSession()->timeouts($type, $param);
+                }
             }
-        } catch (UnknownError $e) {
-            // Selenium 2.x.
-            throw new DriverException('Error setting timeout: ' . $e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
-        } catch (InvalidArgument $e) {
-            // Selenium 3.x.
+        } catch (UnknownError|InvalidArgument $e) {
+            // UnknownError (Selenium 2.x). InvalidArgument (Selenium 3.x).
             throw new DriverException('Error setting timeout: ' . $e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
         }
     }
@@ -401,6 +430,7 @@ public function stop()
         }
 
         $this->started = false;
+        $this->isW3C = false;
         try {
             $this->wdSession->close();
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -428,7 +458,12 @@ public function reset()
 
     public function visit(string $url)
     {
-        $this->getWebDriverSession()->open($url);
+        try {
+            $this->getWebDriverSession()->open($url);
+        } catch (ScriptTimeout|Timeout $e) {
+            // ScriptTimeout (Selenium 2.x). Timeout (Selenium 3.x).
+            throw new DriverException('Page failed to load: ' . $e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
+        }
     }
 
     public function getCurrentUrl()
diff --git a/tests/Custom/TimeoutTest.php b/tests/Custom/TimeoutTest.php
index e17e5f0d..c8a8ed58 100644
--- a/tests/Custom/TimeoutTest.php
+++ b/tests/Custom/TimeoutTest.php
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 namespace Behat\Mink\Tests\Driver\Custom;
 
 use Behat\Mink\Driver\Selenium2Driver;
+use Behat\Mink\Exception\DriverException;
 use Behat\Mink\Tests\Driver\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Bridge\PhpUnit\ExpectDeprecationTrait;
 
 class TimeoutTest extends TestCase
 {
+    use ExpectDeprecationTrait;
+
     /**
      * @after
      */
@@ -36,7 +40,8 @@ public function testInvalidTimeoutSettingThrowsException()
         $driver = $session->getDriver();
         \assert($driver instanceof Selenium2Driver);
 
-        $this->expectException('\Behat\Mink\Exception\DriverException');
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Invalid timeout type: invalid');
         $driver->setTimeouts(array('invalid' => 0));
     }
 
@@ -70,4 +75,43 @@ public function testLongTimeoutWaitsForElementToAppear()
 
         $this->assertNotNull($element);
     }
+
+    public function testShortPageLoadTimeoutThrowsException()
+    {
+        $session = $this->getSession();
+        $driver = $session->getDriver();
+        \assert($driver instanceof Selenium2Driver);
+
+        $driver->setTimeouts(array('page' => 500));
+
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Page failed to load: ');
+        $session->visit($this->pathTo('/page_load.php?sleep=2'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group legacy
+     * @dataProvider deprecatedPageLoadDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testDeprecatedShortPageLoadTimeoutThrowsException(string $type)
+    {
+        $session = $this->getSession();
+        $driver = $session->getDriver();
+        \assert($driver instanceof Selenium2Driver);
+
+        $this->expectDeprecation('Using "' . $type . '" timeout type is deprecated, please use "page" instead');
+        $driver->setTimeouts(array($type => 500));
+
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Page failed to load: ');
+        $session->visit($this->pathTo('/page_load.php?sleep=2'));
+    }
+
+    public static function deprecatedPageLoadDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return array(
+            'w3c style' => array('pageLoad'),
+            'non-w3c style' => array('page load'),
+        );
+    }
 }