diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java
index bc4846ea6..9b611d80f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
 
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException.NoResponseException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException.NotConnectedException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException.ConnectionException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.compression.XMPPInputOutputStream;
@@ -931,10 +932,26 @@ public abstract class XMPPConnection {
         rosterVersioningSupported = true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the current value of the reply timeout in milliseconds for request for this
+     * XMPPConnection instance.
+     *
+     * @return the packet reply timeout in milliseconds
+     */
     public long getPacketReplyTimeout() {
         return packetReplyTimeout;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the packet reply timeout in milliseconds. In most cases, Smack will throw a
+     * {@link NoResponseException} if no reply to a request was received within the timeout period.
+     *
+     * @param timeout the packet reply timeout in milliseconds
+     */
+    public void setPacketReplyTimeout(long timeout) {
+        packetReplyTimeout = timeout;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Processes a packet after it's been fully parsed by looping through the installed
      * packet collectors and listeners and letting them examine the packet to see if