diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfiguration.java
index 83a1cdbe11c..cdb347bd59a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPoolConfig;
  * @author Christian Dupuis
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Eddú Meléndez
  */
 @Configuration
 @ConditionalOnClass({ JedisConnection.class, RedisOperations.class, Jedis.class })
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ public class RedisAutoConfiguration {
 				factory.setPassword(this.properties.getPassword());
 			}
 			factory.setDatabase(this.properties.getDatabase());
+			if(this.properties.getTimeout() > 0) {
+				factory.setTimeout(this.properties.getTimeout());
+			}
 			return factory;
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisProperties.java
index 94c2f282889..776ae74753b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisProperties.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
  *
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @author Eddú Meléndez
  */
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.redis")
 public class RedisProperties {
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ public class RedisProperties {
 
 	private Sentinel sentinel;
 
+	/**
+	 * Timeout to set in milliseconds.
+	 */
+	private int timeout;
+
 	public String getHost() {
 		return this.host;
 	}
@@ -95,6 +101,14 @@ public class RedisProperties {
 		return this.sentinel;
 	}
 
+	public void setTimeout(int timeout) {
+		this.timeout = timeout;
+	}
+
+	public int getTimeout() {
+		return this.timeout;
+	}
+
 	public void setSentinel(Sentinel sentinel) {
 		this.sentinel = sentinel;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 80f942c48df..e96ebea3924 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/redis/RedisAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.redis;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.EnvironmentTestUtils;
@@ -40,29 +42,34 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Christian Dupuis
  * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @author Eddú Meléndez
  */
 public class RedisAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	private AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context;
 
+	@Before
+	public void setup() {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void close() {
+		if (this.context != null) {
+			this.context.close();
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testDefaultRedisConfiguration() throws Exception {
-		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-		this.context.register(RedisAutoConfiguration.class,
-				PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
-		this.context.refresh();
+		load();
 		assertNotNull(this.context.getBean("redisTemplate", RedisOperations.class));
 		assertNotNull(this.context.getBean(StringRedisTemplate.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testOverrideRedisConfiguration() throws Exception {
-		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context, "spring.redis.host:foo");
-		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context, "spring.redis.database:1");
-		this.context.register(RedisAutoConfiguration.class,
-				PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
-		this.context.refresh();
+		load("spring.redis.host:foo", "spring.redis.database:1");
 		assertEquals("foo", this.context.getBean(JedisConnectionFactory.class)
 				.getHostName());
 		assertEquals(1, this.context.getBean(JedisConnectionFactory.class).getDatabase());
@@ -70,33 +77,29 @@ public class RedisAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testRedisConfigurationWithPool() throws Exception {
-		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context, "spring.redis.host:foo");
-		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context, "spring.redis.pool.max-idle:1");
-		this.context.register(RedisAutoConfiguration.class,
-				PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
-		this.context.refresh();
+		load("spring.redis.host:foo", "spring.redis.pool.max-idle:1");
 		assertEquals("foo", this.context.getBean(JedisConnectionFactory.class)
 				.getHostName());
 		assertEquals(1, this.context.getBean(JedisConnectionFactory.class)
 				.getPoolConfig().getMaxIdle());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testRedisConfigurationWithTimeout() throws Exception {
+		load("spring.redis.host:foo", "spring.redis.timeout:100");
+		assertEquals("foo", this.context.getBean(JedisConnectionFactory.class)
+				.getHostName());
+		assertEquals(100, this.context.getBean(JedisConnectionFactory.class)
+				.getTimeout());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testRedisConfigurationWithSentinel() throws Exception {
 		List<String> sentinels = Arrays.asList("127.0.0.1:26379", "127.0.0.1:26380");
 
 		if (isAtLeastOneSentinelAvailable(sentinels)) {
-			this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-			EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context,
-					"spring.redis.sentinel.master:mymaster");
-			EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(
-					this.context,
-					"spring.redis.sentinel.nodes:"
-							+ StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(sentinels));
-			this.context.register(RedisAutoConfiguration.class,
-					PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
-			this.context.refresh();
+			load("spring.redis.sentinel.master:mymaster", "spring.redis.sentinel.nodes:"
+					+ StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(sentinels));
 
 			assertTrue(this.context.getBean(JedisConnectionFactory.class)
 					.isRedisSentinelAware());
@@ -138,4 +141,18 @@ public class RedisAutoConfigurationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void load(String... environment) {
+		this.context = doLoad(environment);
+	}
+
+	private AnnotationConfigApplicationContext doLoad(
+			String... environment) {
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext applicationContext = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(applicationContext, environment);
+		applicationContext.register(RedisAutoConfiguration.class,
+				PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class);
+		applicationContext.refresh();
+		return applicationContext;
+	}
+
 }