diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyFactory.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyFactory.cs
index 91c5e752..95bccf93 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyFactory.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace Dapr.Actors.Client
             options ??= this.DefaultOptions;
 
             var actorProxy = new ActorProxy();
-            var daprInteractor = new DaprHttpInteractor(this.handler, options.HttpEndpoint, options.DaprApiToken);
+            var daprInteractor = new DaprHttpInteractor(this.handler, options.HttpEndpoint, options.DaprApiToken, options.RequestTimeout);
             var nonRemotingClient = new ActorNonRemotingClient(daprInteractor);
             actorProxy.Initialize(nonRemotingClient, actorId, actorType, options);
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Dapr.Actors.Client
         {
             options ??= this.DefaultOptions;
 
-            var daprInteractor = new DaprHttpInteractor(this.handler, options.HttpEndpoint, options.DaprApiToken);
+            var daprInteractor = new DaprHttpInteractor(this.handler, options.HttpEndpoint, options.DaprApiToken, options.RequestTimeout);
             var remotingClient = new ActorRemotingClient(daprInteractor);
             var proxyGenerator = ActorCodeBuilder.GetOrCreateProxyGenerator(actorInterfaceType);
             var actorProxy = proxyGenerator.CreateActorProxy();
diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyOptions.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyOptions.cs
index f64e79da..e3887700 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors/Client/ActorProxyOptions.cs
@@ -49,5 +49,10 @@ namespace Dapr.Actors.Client
         /// </remarks>
         /// <value></value>
         public string HttpEndpoint { get; set; } = DaprDefaults.GetDefaultHttpEndpoint();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The timeout allowed for an actor request. Can be set to System.Threading.Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan to disable any timeouts.
+        /// </summary>
+        public TimeSpan? RequestTimeout { get; set; } = null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors/DaprHttpInteractor.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors/DaprHttpInteractor.cs
index 51f72d25..4229df97 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors/DaprHttpInteractor.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors/DaprHttpInteractor.cs
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ namespace Dapr.Actors
         public DaprHttpInteractor(
             HttpMessageHandler clientHandler,
             string httpEndpoint,
-            string apiToken)
+            string apiToken,
+            TimeSpan? requestTimeout)
         {
             this.handler = clientHandler ?? defaultHandler;
             this.httpEndpoint = httpEndpoint;
             this.daprApiToken = apiToken;
             this.httpClient = this.CreateHttpClient();
+            this.httpClient.Timeout = requestTimeout ?? this.httpClient.Timeout;
         }
 
         public async Task<string> GetStateAsync(string actorType, string actorId, string keyName, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorRuntime.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorRuntime.cs
index ea049240..5b790db6 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorRuntime.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorRuntime.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Dapr.Actors.Runtime
             // Revisit this if actor initialization becomes a significant source of delay for large projects.
             foreach (var actor in options.Actors)
             {
-                var daprInteractor = new DaprHttpInteractor(clientHandler: null, httpEndpoint: options.HttpEndpoint, apiToken: options.DaprApiToken);
+                var daprInteractor = new DaprHttpInteractor(clientHandler: null, httpEndpoint: options.HttpEndpoint, apiToken: options.DaprApiToken, requestTimeout: null);
                 this.actorManagers[actor.Type.ActorTypeName] = new ActorManager(
                     actor,
                     actor.Activator ?? this.activatorFactory.CreateActivator(actor.Type),
diff --git a/test/Dapr.Actors.Test/Runtime/ActorManagerTests.cs b/test/Dapr.Actors.Test/Runtime/ActorManagerTests.cs
index a4708d7e..3a289ba9 100644
--- a/test/Dapr.Actors.Test/Runtime/ActorManagerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Dapr.Actors.Test/Runtime/ActorManagerTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Dapr.Actors.Runtime
         private ActorManager CreateActorManager(Type type, ActorActivator activator = null)
         {
             var registration = new ActorRegistration(ActorTypeInformation.Get(type));
-            var interactor = new DaprHttpInteractor(clientHandler: null, "http://localhost:3500", apiToken: null);
+            var interactor = new DaprHttpInteractor(clientHandler: null, "http://localhost:3500", apiToken: null, requestTimeout: null);
             return new ActorManager(registration, activator ?? new DefaultActorActivator(), JsonSerializerDefaults.Web, NullLoggerFactory.Instance, ActorProxy.DefaultProxyFactory, interactor);
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Shared/TestClient.cs b/test/Shared/TestClient.cs
index ce138536..e18a0600 100644
--- a/test/Shared/TestClient.cs
+++ b/test/Shared/TestClient.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Dapr
         internal static TestClient<DaprHttpInteractor> CreateForDaprHttpInterator(string? apiToken = null)
         {
             var handler = new CapturingHandler();
-            return new TestClient<DaprHttpInteractor>(new DaprHttpInteractor(handler, "http://localhost:3500", apiToken), handler);
+            return new TestClient<DaprHttpInteractor>(new DaprHttpInteractor(handler, "http://localhost:3500", apiToken, null), handler);
         }
         #endif