diff --git a/android/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/HttpHandler.java b/android/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/HttpHandler.java
index f7518ad..22a0b15 100644
--- a/android/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/HttpHandler.java
+++ b/android/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/HttpHandler.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.net.URLStreamHandler;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 public class HttpHandler extends URLStreamHandler {
 
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@
     public static OkUrlFactory createHttpOkUrlFactory(Proxy proxy) {
         OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
 
+        // Explicitly set the timeouts to infinity.
+        client.setConnectTimeout(0, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        client.setReadTimeout(0, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        client.setWriteTimeout(0, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
         // Do not permit http -> https and https -> http redirects.
         client.setFollowSslRedirects(false);