diff --git a/eventbrite/client.py b/eventbrite/client.py
index be43d4a..f3730b5 100755
--- a/eventbrite/client.py
+++ b/eventbrite/client.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def api(self, method, path, data, expand=()):
         return method(path, data)
 
     @objectify
-    def get(self, path, data=None, expand=()):
+    def get(self, path, data=None, expand=(), timeout=None):
         # Resolves the search result response problem
         headers = self.headers
         if 'content-type' in headers:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def get(self, path, data=None, expand=()):
         else:
             # Anything else is None
             data['expand'] = 'none'
-        return requests.get(path, headers=headers, params=data or {})
+        return requests.get(path, headers=headers, params=data or {}, timeout=timeout)
 
     @objectify
     def post(self, path, data=None):