diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5fc41a8..5db20e0f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ checksum = "a12aa0eb539080d55c3f2d45a67c3b58b6b0773c1a3ca2dfec66d58c97fd66ca"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
@@ -232,12 +233,36 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "88d1c26957f23603395cd326b0ffe64124b818f4449552f960d815cfba83a53d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-executor"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "45025be030969d763025784f7f355043dc6bc74093e4ecc5000ca4dc50d8745c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
 version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "522de2a0fe3e380f1bc577ba0474108faf3f6b18321dbf60b3b9c39a75073377"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-macro"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "18e4a4b95cea4b4ccbcf1c5675ca7c4ee4e9e75eb79944d07defde18068f79bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -257,11 +282,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "36568465210a3a6ee45e1f165136d68671471a501e632e9a98d96872222b5481"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-macro",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "pin-utils",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro-nested",
+ "slab",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -435,6 +467,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "plotters-backend",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-hack"
+version = "0.5.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dbf0c48bc1d91375ae5c3cd81e3722dff1abcf81a30960240640d223f59fe0e5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-nested"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc881b2c22681370c6a780e47af9840ef841837bc98118431d4e1868bd0c1086"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.29"
@@ -511,11 +555,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rmp-ipc"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "byteorder",
  "criterion",
+ "futures",
  "lazy_static",
  "rmp-serde",
  "serde",
@@ -613,6 +658,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slab"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9def91fd1e018fe007022791f865d0ccc9b3a0d5001e01aabb8b40e46000afb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.80"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 300b0499..84ce761a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rmp-ipc"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.10.0"
 authors = ["trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 typemap_rev = "0.1.5"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
+futures = "0.3.17"
 
 [dependencies.serde]
 version = "1.0.130"
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 22d01973..113ba491 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[error("Error response: {0}")]
     ErrorEvent(#[from] ErrorEventData),
+
+    #[error("Timed out")]
+    Timeout,
 }
 
 impl From<String> for Error {
diff --git a/src/ipc/builder.rs b/src/ipc/builder.rs
index dcfe6948..f25f8409 100644
--- a/src/ipc/builder.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/builder.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use typemap_rev::{TypeMap, TypeMapKey};
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ pub struct IPCBuilder<L: AsyncStreamProtocolListener> {
     address: Option<L::AddressType>,
     namespaces: HashMap<String, Namespace<L::Stream>>,
     data: TypeMap,
+    timeout: Duration,
 }
 
 impl<L> IPCBuilder<L>
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ where
             address: None,
             namespaces: HashMap::new(),
             data: TypeMap::new(),
+            timeout: Duration::from_secs(60),
         }
     }
 
@@ -121,6 +124,13 @@ where
         self
     }
 
+    /// Sets the timeout when listening for a response
+    pub fn timeout(mut self, timeout: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.timeout = timeout;
+
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Builds an ipc server
     #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     pub async fn build_server(self) -> Result<()> {
@@ -129,6 +139,7 @@ where
             namespaces: self.namespaces,
             handler: self.handler,
             data: self.data,
+            timeout: self.timeout,
         };
         server.start(self.address.unwrap()).await?;
 
@@ -146,6 +157,7 @@ where
             handler: self.handler,
             data,
             reply_listeners,
+            timeout: self.timeout,
         };
 
         let ctx = client.connect(self.address.unwrap()).await?;
@@ -174,6 +186,7 @@ where
                 handler: self.handler.clone(),
                 data: Arc::clone(&data),
                 reply_listeners: Arc::clone(&reply_listeners),
+                timeout: self.timeout.clone(),
             };
 
             let ctx = client.connect(address.clone()).await?;
diff --git a/src/ipc/client.rs b/src/ipc/client.rs
index d8cc9b6b..f0a2f329 100644
--- a/src/ipc/client.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/client.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::namespaces::namespace::Namespace;
 use crate::protocol::AsyncProtocolStream;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use typemap_rev::TypeMap;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ pub struct IPCClient<S: AsyncProtocolStream> {
     pub(crate) namespaces: HashMap<String, Namespace<S>>,
     pub(crate) data: Arc<RwLock<TypeMap>>,
     pub(crate) reply_listeners: ReplyListeners,
+    pub(crate) timeout: Duration,
 }
 
 impl<S> IPCClient<S>
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ where
             self.data,
             Some(tx),
             self.reply_listeners,
+            self.timeout,
         );
         let handler = Arc::new(self.handler);
         let namespaces = Arc::new(self.namespaces);
diff --git a/src/ipc/context.rs b/src/ipc/context.rs
index aa341a90..65eee3e1 100644
--- a/src/ipc/context.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/context.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::event::Event;
 use crate::ipc::stream_emitter::StreamEmitter;
 use crate::protocol::AsyncProtocolStream;
+use futures::future;
+use futures::future::Either;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender;
 use tokio::sync::{oneshot, Mutex, RwLock};
+use tokio::time::Duration;
 use typemap_rev::TypeMap;
 
 pub(crate) type ReplyListeners = Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u64, oneshot::Sender<Event>>>>;
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ pub struct Context<S: AsyncProtocolStream> {
     stop_sender: Arc<Mutex<Option<Sender<()>>>>,
 
     reply_listeners: ReplyListeners,
+
+    reply_timeout: Duration,
 }
 
 impl<S> Clone for Context<S>
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ where
             data: Arc::clone(&self.data),
             stop_sender: Arc::clone(&self.stop_sender),
             reply_listeners: Arc::clone(&self.reply_listeners),
+            reply_timeout: self.reply_timeout.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -60,12 +66,14 @@ where
         data: Arc<RwLock<TypeMap>>,
         stop_sender: Option<Sender<()>>,
         reply_listeners: ReplyListeners,
+        reply_timeout: Duration,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
             emitter,
             reply_listeners,
             data,
             stop_sender: Arc::new(Mutex::new(stop_sender)),
+            reply_timeout,
         }
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +85,20 @@ where
             let mut listeners = self.reply_listeners.lock().await;
             listeners.insert(message_id, rx);
         }
-        let event = tx.await?;
+        let result = future::select(
+            Box::pin(tx),
+            Box::pin(tokio::time::sleep(self.reply_timeout)),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        let event = match result {
+            Either::Left((tx_result, _)) => Ok(tx_result?),
+            Either::Right(_) => {
+                let mut listeners = self.reply_listeners.lock().await;
+                listeners.remove(&message_id);
+                Err(Error::Timeout)
+            }
+        }?;
 
         Ok(event)
     }
diff --git a/src/ipc/server.rs b/src/ipc/server.rs
index 095310df..904cd488 100644
--- a/src/ipc/server.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/server.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::namespaces::namespace::Namespace;
 use crate::protocol::{AsyncProtocolStreamSplit, AsyncStreamProtocolListener};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use typemap_rev::TypeMap;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ pub struct IPCServer<L: AsyncStreamProtocolListener> {
     pub(crate) handler: EventHandler<L::Stream>,
     pub(crate) namespaces: HashMap<String, Namespace<L::Stream>>,
     pub(crate) data: TypeMap,
+    pub(crate) timeout: Duration,
 }
 
 impl<L> IPCServer<L>
@@ -38,12 +40,19 @@ where
             let handler = Arc::clone(&handler);
             let namespaces = Arc::clone(&namespaces);
             let data = Arc::clone(&data);
+            let timeout = self.timeout.clone();
 
-            tokio::spawn(async {
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
                 let (read_half, write_half) = stream.protocol_into_split();
                 let emitter = StreamEmitter::new(write_half);
                 let reply_listeners = ReplyListeners::default();
-                let ctx = Context::new(StreamEmitter::clone(&emitter), data, None, reply_listeners);
+                let ctx = Context::new(
+                    StreamEmitter::clone(&emitter),
+                    data,
+                    None,
+                    reply_listeners,
+                    timeout.into(),
+                );
 
                 handle_connection(namespaces, handler, read_half, ctx).await;
             });
diff --git a/src/tests/ipc_tests.rs b/src/tests/ipc_tests.rs
index 4541cf97..633923a0 100644
--- a/src/tests/ipc_tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests/ipc_tests.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use typemap_rev::TypeMapKey;
 
 async fn handle_ping_event<P: AsyncProtocolStream>(ctx: &Context<P>, e: Event) -> IPCResult<()> {
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
     let mut ping_data = e.data::<PingEventData>()?;
     ping_data.time = SystemTime::now();
     ping_data.ttl -= 1;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ async fn handle_ping_event<P: AsyncProtocolStream>(ctx: &Context<P>, e: Event) -
 fn get_builder_with_ping<L: AsyncStreamProtocolListener>(address: L::AddressType) -> IPCBuilder<L> {
     IPCBuilder::new()
         .on("ping", |ctx, e| Box::pin(handle_ping_event(ctx, e)))
+        .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
         .address(address)
 }