diff --git a/lib/fetch/index.js b/lib/fetch/index.js
index c4ec1faf5b3..ec1503c159e 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/index.js
+++ b/lib/fetch/index.js
@@ -1920,7 +1920,9 @@ async function httpNetworkFetch (
         method: request.method,
         body: fetchParams.controller.dispatcher[kIsMockActive] ? request.body && request.body.source : body,
         headers: [...request.headersList].flat(),
-        maxRedirections: 0
+        maxRedirections: 0,
+        bodyTimeout: 300_000,
+        headersTimeout: 300_000
       },
       {
         body: null,
diff --git a/test/node-fetch/main.js b/test/node-fetch/main.js
index 77a61a29454..a6d1501f40d 100644
--- a/test/node-fetch/main.js
+++ b/test/node-fetch/main.js
@@ -1641,4 +1641,20 @@ describe('node-fetch', () => {
       expect(res.ok).to.be.false
     })
   })
+
+  // it('should not time out waiting for a response 60 seconds', function () {
+  //   this.timeout(65_000)
+  //   return fetch(`${base}timeout60s`).then(res => {
+  //     expect(res.status).to.equal(200)
+  //     expect(res.ok).to.be.true
+  //     return res.text().then(result => {
+  //       expect(result).to.equal('text')
+  //     })
+  //   })
+  // })
+
+  // it('should time out waiting for more than 300 seconds', function () {
+  //   this.timeout(305_000)
+  //   return expect(fetch(`${base}timeout300s`)).to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(TypeError)
+  // })
 })
diff --git a/test/node-fetch/utils/server.js b/test/node-fetch/utils/server.js
index a2817a2d30b..97b551582bd 100644
--- a/test/node-fetch/utils/server.js
+++ b/test/node-fetch/utils/server.js
@@ -227,6 +227,22 @@ module.exports = class TestServer {
       }, 1000)
     }
 
+    if (p === '/timeout60s') {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        res.statusCode = 200
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        res.end('text')
+      }, 60_000)
+    }
+
+    if (p === '/timeout300s') {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        res.statusCode = 200
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        res.end('text')
+      }, 300_000)
+    }
+
     if (p === '/slow') {
       res.statusCode = 200
       res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')