diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7e80a44..3aea77f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Release 0.8 (dev)
+-----------------
+
+- Add ``EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT`` to settings.
+
+
 Release 0.7 (Dec. 21, 2013)
 ---------------------------
 
@@ -13,9 +19,9 @@ Release 0.7 (Dec. 21, 2013)
 Release 0.6 (Oct. 04, 2013)
 ---------------------------
 
-- Ability to overwrite embed code of backend 
+- Ability to overwrite embed code of backend
 
-- Caching backends properties 
+- Caching backends properties
 
 - PyPy compatibility
 
@@ -31,14 +37,14 @@ Release 0.5 (Sep. 03, 2013)
 
 - Added example project
 
-- Fixed template tag embed 
+- Fixed template tag embed
 
 - Fixed raising UnknownIdException in YouTube detecting.
 
 
 
 Release 0.4 (Aug. 22, 2013)
-----------------------------
+---------------------------
 
 - Documentation was rewrited and moved to http://django-embed-video.rtfd.org/ .
 
@@ -54,14 +60,14 @@ Release 0.4 (Aug. 22, 2013)
 
 
 Release 0.3 (Aug. 20, 2013)
-----------------------------
+---------------------------
 
 - Security fix: faked urls are treated as invalid. See `this page
   <https://github.com/yetty/django-embed-video/commit/d0d357b767e324a7cc21b5035357fdfbc7c8ce8e>`_
-  for more details. 
+  for more details.
 
 - Fixes:
-  
+
   - allow of empty video field.
 
   - requirements in setup.py
@@ -73,18 +79,18 @@ Release 0.3 (Aug. 20, 2013)
 - ``backend`` variable in ``video`` template tag.
 
   Usage::
-      
+
     {% video item.video as my_video %}
         Backend: {{ my_video.backend }}
     {% endvideo %}
 
 
-Release 0.2 (June 25, 2013) 
-----------------------------
+Release 0.2 (June 25, 2013)
+---------------------------
 
 - Support of SoundCloud
 
 Release 0.1 (June 1, 2013)
-----------------------------
+--------------------------
 
 - Initial release
diff --git a/docs/api/embed_video.settings.rst b/docs/api/embed_video.settings.rst
index 6b26f82..d071e55 100644
--- a/docs/api/embed_video.settings.rst
+++ b/docs/api/embed_video.settings.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Settings
-===========
+========
 
 .. setting:: EMBED_VIDEO_BACKENDS
 
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ EMBED_VIDEO_BACKENDS
 
 List of backends to use.
 
-Default:: 
-    
+Default::
+
   EMBED_VIDEO_BACKENDS = (
       'embed_video.backends.YoutubeBackend',
       'embed_video.backends.VimeoBackend',
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ Default::
   )
 
 
+.. setting:: EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT
+
+EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT
+-------------------
+
+Sets timeout for ``GET`` requests to remote servers.
+
+Default: ``10``
diff --git a/embed_video/backends.py b/embed_video/backends.py
index 6ec51c8..951195a 100644
--- a/embed_video/backends.py
+++ b/embed_video/backends.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 
 from .utils import import_by_path
-from .settings import EMBED_VIDEO_BACKENDS
+from .settings import EMBED_VIDEO_BACKENDS, EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT
 
 
 class VideoDoesntExistException(Exception):
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ class VimeoBackend(VideoBackend):
     def get_info(self):
         try:
             response = requests.get(
-                self.pattern_info.format(code=self.code, protocol=self.protocol)
+                self.pattern_info.format(code=self.code, protocol=self.protocol),
+                timeout=EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT
             )
             return json.loads(response.text)[0]
         except ValueError:
@@ -235,7 +236,9 @@ class SoundCloudBackend(VideoBackend):
             'format': 'json',
             'url': self._url,
         }
-        r = requests.get(self.base_url, data=params)
+        r = requests.get(self.base_url, data=params,
+                         timeout=EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT)
+        
         return json.loads(r.text)
 
     def get_thumbnail_url(self):
diff --git a/embed_video/settings.py b/embed_video/settings.py
index ea7c0d9..36eae7e 100644
--- a/embed_video/settings.py
+++ b/embed_video/settings.py
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ EMBED_VIDEO_BACKENDS = getattr(settings, 'EMBED_VIDEO_BACKENDS', (
     'embed_video.backends.VimeoBackend',
     'embed_video.backends.SoundCloudBackend',
 ))
+
+EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT = getattr(settings, 'EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT', 10)
diff --git a/embed_video/tests/tests_backend.py b/embed_video/tests/tests_backend.py
index 5056ea1..d6b8b47 100644
--- a/embed_video/tests/tests_backend.py
+++ b/embed_video/tests/tests_backend.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
+from mock import patch
+import requests
 
 from ..backends import detect_backend, YoutubeBackend, VimeoBackend, \
         SoundCloudBackend, UnknownBackendException, \
@@ -87,6 +89,11 @@ class VimeoBackendTestCase(BackendTestMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(backend.get_thumbnail_url(),
                          'http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/446/150/446150690_640.jpg')
 
+    @patch('embed_video.backends.EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT', 0.000001)
+    def test_timeout_in_get_info(self):
+        backend = VimeoBackend('http://vimeo.com/72304002')
+        self.assertRaises(requests.Timeout, backend.get_info)
+
 
 class SoundCloudBackendTestCase(BackendTestMixin, TestCase):
     urls = (
@@ -127,3 +134,8 @@ class SoundCloudBackendTestCase(BackendTestMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.foo.get_embed_code(100, 200),
                          '<iframe width="100" height="321" src="foobar" '
                          'frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>')
+
+    @patch('embed_video.backends.EMBED_VIDEO_TIMEOUT', 0.000001)
+    def test_timeout_in_get_info(self):
+        backend = SoundCloudBackend('https://soundcloud.com/community/soundcloud-case-study-wildlife')
+        self.assertRaises(requests.Timeout, backend.get_info)
diff --git a/embed_video/tests/tests_tags.py b/embed_video/tests/tests_tags.py
index 365c871..efe3d97 100644
--- a/embed_video/tests/tests_tags.py
+++ b/embed_video/tests/tests_tags.py
@@ -153,5 +153,3 @@ class EmbedVideoNodeTestCase(TestCase):
         backend = VideoNode.get_backend('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsrRJyHBvzw', context)
         self.assertFalse(backend.is_secure)
 
-
-