diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index ea382712ad..e57ad28354 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ EMAIL_USE_TLS = config.getboolean('mail', 'tls', fallback=False)
 EMAIL_USE_SSL = config.getboolean('mail', 'ssl', fallback=False)
 EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[pretix] '
 EMAIL_BACKEND = EMAIL_CUSTOM_SMTP_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+EMAIL_TIMEOUT = 60
 
 ADMINS = [('Admin', n) for n in config.get('mail', 'admins', fallback='').split(",") if n]