diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java
index ee720c8fb0..c4f978ec54 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve;
 import org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol;
 import org.apache.coyote.ProtocolHandler;
 import org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractConnector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ConnectionFactory;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConfiguration;
@@ -145,6 +146,13 @@ public class ServerProperties
 	 */
 	private int maxHttpPostSize = 0; // bytes
 
+	/**
+	 * Time in milliseconds that connectors will wait for another HTTP request before
+	 * closing the connection. When not set, the connector's container-specific default
+	 * will be used. Use a value of -1 to indicate no (i.e. infinite) timeout.
+	 */
+	private Integer connectionTimeout;
+
 	private Session session = new Session();
 
 	@NestedConfigurationProperty
@@ -366,6 +374,14 @@ public class ServerProperties
 		return (platform == null ? false : platform.isUsingForwardHeaders());
 	}
 
+	public Integer getConnectionTimeout() {
+		return this.connectionTimeout;
+	}
+
+	public void setConnectionTimeout(Integer connectionTimeout) {
+		this.connectionTimeout = connectionTimeout;
+	}
+
 	public ErrorProperties getError() {
 		return this.error;
 	}
@@ -769,6 +785,21 @@ public class ServerProperties
 			if (getUriEncoding() != null) {
 				factory.setUriEncoding(getUriEncoding());
 			}
+			if (serverProperties.getConnectionTimeout() != null) {
+				customizeConnectionTimeout(factory,
+						serverProperties.getConnectionTimeout());
+			}
+		}
+
+		private void customizeConnectionTimeout(
+				TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory, int connectionTimeout) {
+			for (Connector connector : factory.getAdditionalTomcatConnectors()) {
+				if (connector.getProtocolHandler() instanceof AbstractProtocol) {
+					AbstractProtocol<?> handler = (AbstractProtocol<?>) connector
+							.getProtocolHandler();
+					handler.setConnectionTimeout(connectionTimeout);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		private void customizeBackgroundProcessorDelay(
@@ -978,7 +1009,7 @@ public class ServerProperties
 			this.selectors = selectors;
 		}
 
-		void customizeJetty(ServerProperties serverProperties,
+		void customizeJetty(final ServerProperties serverProperties,
 				JettyEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory) {
 			factory.setUseForwardHeaders(serverProperties.getOrDeduceUseForwardHeaders());
 			if (this.acceptors != null) {
@@ -994,6 +1025,28 @@ public class ServerProperties
 			if (serverProperties.getMaxHttpPostSize() > 0) {
 				customizeMaxHttpPostSize(factory, serverProperties.getMaxHttpPostSize());
 			}
+
+			if (serverProperties.getConnectionTimeout() != null) {
+				customizeConnectionTimeout(factory,
+						serverProperties.getConnectionTimeout());
+			}
+		}
+
+		private void customizeConnectionTimeout(
+				JettyEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory,
+				final int connectionTimeout) {
+			factory.addServerCustomizers(new JettyServerCustomizer() {
+				@Override
+				public void customize(Server server) {
+					for (org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector connector : server
+							.getConnectors()) {
+						if (connector instanceof AbstractConnector) {
+							((AbstractConnector) connector)
+									.setIdleTimeout(connectionTimeout);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			});
 		}
 
 		private void customizeMaxHttpHeaderSize(
@@ -1149,7 +1202,7 @@ public class ServerProperties
 			return this.accesslog;
 		}
 
-		void customizeUndertow(ServerProperties serverProperties,
+		void customizeUndertow(final ServerProperties serverProperties,
 				UndertowEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory) {
 			if (this.bufferSize != null) {
 				factory.setBufferSize(this.bufferSize);
@@ -1183,6 +1236,23 @@ public class ServerProperties
 			if (serverProperties.getMaxHttpPostSize() > 0) {
 				customizeMaxHttpPostSize(factory, serverProperties.getMaxHttpPostSize());
 			}
+
+			if (serverProperties.getConnectionTimeout() != null) {
+				customizeConnectionTimeout(factory,
+						serverProperties.getConnectionTimeout());
+			}
+		}
+
+		private void customizeConnectionTimeout(
+				UndertowEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory,
+				final int connectionTimeout) {
+			factory.addBuilderCustomizers(new UndertowBuilderCustomizer() {
+				@Override
+				public void customize(Builder builder) {
+					builder.setSocketOption(UndertowOptions.NO_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+							connectionTimeout);
+				}
+			});
 		}
 
 		private void customizeMaxHttpHeaderSize(
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index e0d915265c..3341165842 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	server.compression.excluded-user-agents= # List of user-agents to exclude from compression.
 	server.compression.mime-types= # Comma-separated list of MIME types that should be compressed. For instance `text/html,text/css,application/json`
 	server.compression.min-response-size= # Minimum response size that is required for compression to be performed. For instance 2048
+	server.connection-timeout= # Time in milliseconds that connectors will wait for another HTTP request before closing the connection. When not set, the connector's container-specific default will be used. Use a value of -1 to indicate no (i.e. infinite) timeout.
 	server.context-parameters.*= # Servlet context init parameters. For instance `server.context-parameters.a=alpha`
 	server.context-path= # Context path of the application.
 	server.display-name=application # Display name of the application.
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	server.server-header= # Value to use for the Server response header (no header is sent if empty)
 	server.servlet-path=/ # Path of the main dispatcher servlet.
 	server.use-forward-headers= # If X-Forwarded-* headers should be applied to the HttpRequest.
+	server.connectionTimeout=-1 # The number of milliseconds connectors will wait for another HTTP request before closing the connection.
 	server.session.cookie.comment= # Comment for the session cookie.
 	server.session.cookie.domain= # Domain for the session cookie.
 	server.session.cookie.http-only= # "HttpOnly" flag for the session cookie.