diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index f996c7195c6..7efa1d8196e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ def test_password_manager_default_port(self):
 
 class MockOpener:
     addheaders = []
-    def open(self, req, data=None):
-        self.req, self.data = req, data
+    def open(self, req, data=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+        self.req, self.data, self.timeout = req, data, timeout
     def error(self, proto, *args):
         self.proto, self.args = proto, args
 
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ class HandlerTests(unittest.TestCase):
             for data in None, "blah\nblah\n":
                 method = getattr(h, "http_error_%s" % code)
                 req = Request(from_url, data)
+                req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
                 req.add_header("Nonsense", "viking=withhold")
                 if data is not None:
                     req.add_header("Content-Length", str(len(data)))
@@ -883,6 +884,7 @@ class HandlerTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # loop detection
         req = Request(from_url)
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         def redirect(h, req, url=to_url):
             h.http_error_302(req, MockFile(), 302, "Blah",
                              MockHeaders({"location": url}))
@@ -892,6 +894,7 @@ class HandlerTests(unittest.TestCase):
         # detect infinite loop redirect of a URL to itself
         req = Request(from_url, origin_req_host="example.com")
         count = 0
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         try:
             while 1:
                 redirect(h, req, "http://example.com/")
@@ -903,6 +906,7 @@ class HandlerTests(unittest.TestCase):
         # detect endless non-repeating chain of redirects
         req = Request(from_url, origin_req_host="example.com")
         count = 0
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         try:
             while 1:
                 redirect(h, req, "http://example.com/%d" % count)
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index bb67267639b..b133fe4e902 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class HTTPRedirectHandler(BaseHandler):
         fp.read()
         fp.close()
 
-        return self.parent.open(new)
+        return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
 
     http_error_301 = http_error_303 = http_error_307 = http_error_302
 
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class ProxyHandler(BaseHandler):
             # {'http': 'ftp://proxy.example.com'}, we may end up turning
             # a request for http://acme.example.com/a into one for
             # ftp://proxy.example.com/a
-            return self.parent.open(req)
+            return self.parent.open(req, timeout=req.timeout)
 
 class HTTPPasswordMgr:
 
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ class AbstractBasicAuthHandler:
             if req.headers.get(self.auth_header, None) == auth:
                 return None
             req.add_header(self.auth_header, auth)
-            return self.parent.open(req)
+            return self.parent.open(req, timeout=req.timeout)
         else:
             return None
 
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ class AbstractDigestAuthHandler:
             if req.headers.get(self.auth_header, None) == auth_val:
                 return None
             req.add_unredirected_header(self.auth_header, auth_val)
-            resp = self.parent.open(req)
+            resp = self.parent.open(req, timeout=req.timeout)
             return resp
 
     def get_cnonce(self, nonce):