diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
index 5fa34dc0..cbe55202 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.apache;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-
+import com.netflix.client.config.CommonClientConfigKey;
+import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
+import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ILoadBalancer;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
@@ -26,9 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon.support.AbstractLoadBalancingClient;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
-import com.netflix.client.config.CommonClientConfigKey;
-import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
-import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ILoadBalancer;
+import java.net.URI;
 
 /**
  * @author Christian Lohmann
@@ -53,14 +52,14 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient
 		if (configOverride != null) {
 			builder.setConnectTimeout(configOverride.get(
 					CommonClientConfigKey.ConnectTimeout, this.connectTimeout));
-			builder.setConnectionRequestTimeout(configOverride.get(
+			builder.setSocketTimeout(configOverride.get(
 					CommonClientConfigKey.ReadTimeout, this.readTimeout));
 			builder.setRedirectsEnabled(configOverride.get(
 					CommonClientConfigKey.FollowRedirects, this.followRedirects));
 		}
 		else {
 			builder.setConnectTimeout(this.connectTimeout);
-			builder.setConnectionRequestTimeout(this.readTimeout);
+			builder.setSocketTimeout(this.readTimeout);
 			builder.setRedirectsEnabled(this.followRedirects);
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java
index 89d22c75..7adc1b54 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests.java
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 		assertThat(result.isRedirectsEnabled(), is(true));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testTimeouts() throws Exception {
+		RequestConfig result = getBuiltRequestConfig(Timeouts.class, null);
+		assertThat(result.getConnectTimeout(), is(60000));
+		assertThat(result.getSocketTimeout(), is (50000));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testRequestConfigDoNotFollowRedirectsOverrideWithFollowRedirects()
 			throws Exception {
@@ -117,6 +124,17 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClientTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	protected static class Timeouts {
+		@Bean
+		public IClientConfig clientConfig() {
+			DefaultClientConfigImpl config = new DefaultClientConfigImpl();
+			config.set(CommonClientConfigKey.ConnectTimeout, 60000);
+			config.set(CommonClientConfigKey.ReadTimeout, 50000);
+			return config;
+		}
+	}
+
 	private RequestConfig getBuiltRequestConfig(Class<?> defaultConfigurationClass,
 			IClientConfig configOverride) throws Exception {