diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 34f4f427..191b00c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 # master
 
+## 0.1.11.1 - 2019-11-20
+- Added faraday_options to client. Can be used to modify faraday connection.
+
 ## 0.1.11 - 2018-05-18
 - Added `add_attachment_to_message`.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f7af984..d7f609c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ rentals = api.rentals # => [BookingSync::API::Resource, BookingSync::API::Resour
 rentals.first.name # => "Small apartment"
 ```
 
+## Options
+
+### Faraday options
+
+can be used to add any options supported by a faraday request https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/faraday/Faraday/Request
+
+for example 
+```ruby
+options = {
+  faraday_options: {
+    request: { timeout: 5 }
+  }
+}
+
+api = BookingSync::API.new("OAUTH_TOKEN", options)
+```
+
 ### Pagination
 
 All endpoints returning a collection of resources can be paginated. There are three ways to do it.
diff --git a/lib/bookingsync/api/client.rb b/lib/bookingsync/api/client.rb
index 2eb2ad18..078e7b36 100644
--- a/lib/bookingsync/api/client.rb
+++ b/lib/bookingsync/api/client.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def initialize(token, options = {})
       @instrumenter = options[:instrumenter] || NoopInstrumenter
       @base_url = options[:base_url]
       @serializer = Serializer.new
-      @conn = Faraday.new(faraday_options)
+      @conn = Faraday.new(faraday_options(options))
       @conn.headers[:accept] = MEDIA_TYPE
       @conn.headers[:content_type] = MEDIA_TYPE
       @conn.headers[:user_agent] = user_agent
@@ -307,8 +307,11 @@ def middleware
       end
     end
 
-    def faraday_options
-      { builder: middleware, ssl: { verify: verify_ssl? } }
+    def faraday_options(options)
+      {
+        builder: middleware,
+        ssl: { verify: verify_ssl? }
+      }.merge(options.fetch(:faraday_options, {}))
     end
 
     # Return BookingSync base URL. Default is https://www.bookingsync.com
diff --git a/lib/bookingsync/api/version.rb b/lib/bookingsync/api/version.rb
index f8a83b35..8a22c562 100644
--- a/lib/bookingsync/api/version.rb
+++ b/lib/bookingsync/api/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module BookingSync
   module API
-    VERSION = "0.1.11"
+    VERSION = "0.1.11.1"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/bookingsync/api/client_spec.rb b/spec/bookingsync/api/client_spec.rb
index 3bc386b1..c4a07431 100644
--- a/spec/bookingsync/api/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bookingsync/api/client_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 describe BookingSync::API::Client do
   let(:client) { BookingSync::API::Client.new(test_access_token) }
 
+  describe "options" do
+    let(:client) { BookingSync::API::Client.new(test_access_token, options) }
+
+    context "faraday_options" do
+      let(:options) do
+        {
+          faraday_options:
+          {
+            request: { timeout: 1 }
+          }
+        }
+      end
+
+      it "sets timeout" do
+        expect(client.instance_variable_get("@conn").options[:timeout]).to eq 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#new" do
     it "initializes client object with given token" do
       client = BookingSync::API::Client.new("xyz")