diff --git a/linkchecker b/linkchecker
index e542cdff..951b9736 100755
--- a/linkchecker
+++ b/linkchecker
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ if not hasattr(sys, 'version_info') or sys.version_info<(2, 1, 0, 'final', 0):
 
 import getopt, re, os, urlparse, pprint, linkcheck
 import linkcheck.timeoutsocket
-# set default 10 seconds timeout
-linkcheck.timeoutsocket.setDefaultSocketTimeout(10)
+# set default 30 seconds timeout
+linkcheck.timeoutsocket.setDefaultSocketTimeout(30)
 # import several helper debugging things
 from linkcheck.debuglevels import *
 from linkcheck import StringUtil