diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4b50dac..93baa6bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The minor version will be incremented upon a breaking change and the patch versi
 ### Features
 
 - geyser: add optional TLS to gRPC server config ([#183](https://github.com/rpcpool/yellowstone-grpc/pull/183)).
+- client: add timeout options to rust ([#187](https://github.com/rpcpool/yellowstone-grpc/pull/187)).
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/examples/rust/src/bin/client.rs b/examples/rust/src/bin/client.rs
index 11da5763..109b2fcd 100644
--- a/examples/rust/src/bin/client.rs
+++ b/examples/rust/src/bin/client.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use {
         collections::HashMap,
         env,
         sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+        time::Duration,
     },
     yellowstone_grpc_client::{GeyserGrpcClient, GeyserGrpcClientError},
     yellowstone_grpc_proto::{
@@ -379,8 +380,17 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             }
 
             let commitment = args.get_commitment();
-            let mut client = GeyserGrpcClient::connect(args.endpoint, args.x_token, None)
-                .map_err(|e| backoff::Error::transient(anyhow::Error::new(e)))?;
+            let mut client = GeyserGrpcClient::connect_with_timeout(
+                args.endpoint,
+                args.x_token,
+                None,
+                Some(Duration::from_secs(10)),
+                Some(Duration::from_secs(10)),
+                false,
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| backoff::Error::transient(anyhow::Error::new(e)))?;
+            info!("Connected");
 
             match &args.action {
                 Action::HealthCheck => client
diff --git a/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs b/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs
index b44ef7a8..4517f4c3 100644
--- a/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ use {
         stream::Stream,
     },
     http::uri::InvalidUri,
-    std::collections::HashMap,
+    std::{collections::HashMap, time::Duration},
     tonic::{
         codec::Streaming,
         metadata::{errors::InvalidMetadataValue, AsciiMetadataValue},
         service::{interceptor::InterceptedService, Interceptor},
-        transport::channel::{Channel, ClientTlsConfig},
+        transport::channel::{Channel, ClientTlsConfig, Endpoint},
         Request, Response, Status,
     },
     tonic_health::pb::{health_client::HealthClient, HealthCheckRequest, HealthCheckResponse},
@@ -65,23 +65,21 @@ pub struct GeyserGrpcClient<F> {
 }
 
 impl GeyserGrpcClient<()> {
-    pub fn connect<E, T>(
+    fn connect2<E, T>(
         endpoint: E,
-        x_token: Option<T>,
         tls_config: Option<ClientTlsConfig>,
-    ) -> GeyserGrpcClientResult<GeyserGrpcClient<impl Interceptor>>
+        x_token: Option<T>,
+    ) -> GeyserGrpcClientResult<(Endpoint, InterceptorFn)>
     where
         E: Into<Bytes>,
         T: TryInto<AsciiMetadataValue, Error = InvalidMetadataValue>,
     {
         let mut endpoint = Channel::from_shared(endpoint)?;
-
         if let Some(tls_config) = tls_config {
             endpoint = endpoint.tls_config(tls_config)?;
         } else if endpoint.uri().scheme_str() == Some("https") {
             endpoint = endpoint.tls_config(ClientTlsConfig::new())?;
         }
-        let channel = endpoint.connect_lazy();
 
         let x_token: Option<AsciiMetadataValue> = match x_token {
             Some(x_token) => Some(x_token.try_into()?),
@@ -95,6 +93,53 @@ impl GeyserGrpcClient<()> {
         }
         let interceptor = InterceptorFn { x_token };
 
+        Ok((endpoint, interceptor))
+    }
+
+    pub fn connect<E, T>(
+        endpoint: E,
+        x_token: Option<T>,
+        tls_config: Option<ClientTlsConfig>,
+    ) -> GeyserGrpcClientResult<GeyserGrpcClient<impl Interceptor>>
+    where
+        E: Into<Bytes>,
+        T: TryInto<AsciiMetadataValue, Error = InvalidMetadataValue>,
+    {
+        let (endpoint, interceptor) = Self::connect2(endpoint, tls_config, x_token)?;
+        let channel = endpoint.connect_lazy();
+        Ok(GeyserGrpcClient {
+            health: HealthClient::with_interceptor(channel.clone(), interceptor.clone()),
+            geyser: GeyserClient::with_interceptor(channel, interceptor)
+                .max_decoding_message_size(64 * 1024 * 1024), // 64 MiB
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn connect_with_timeout<E, T>(
+        endpoint: E,
+        x_token: Option<T>,
+        tls_config: Option<ClientTlsConfig>,
+        connect_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        request_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        connect_lazy: bool,
+    ) -> GeyserGrpcClientResult<GeyserGrpcClient<impl Interceptor>>
+    where
+        E: Into<Bytes>,
+        T: TryInto<AsciiMetadataValue, Error = InvalidMetadataValue>,
+    {
+        let (mut endpoint, interceptor) = Self::connect2(endpoint, tls_config, x_token)?;
+
+        if let Some(timeout) = connect_timeout {
+            endpoint = endpoint.connect_timeout(timeout);
+        }
+        if let Some(timeout) = request_timeout {
+            endpoint = endpoint.timeout(timeout);
+        }
+        let channel = if connect_lazy {
+            endpoint.connect_lazy()
+        } else {
+            endpoint.connect().await?
+        };
+
         Ok(GeyserGrpcClient {
             health: HealthClient::with_interceptor(channel.clone(), interceptor.clone()),
             geyser: GeyserClient::with_interceptor(channel, interceptor)