diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 8ca123354a..f03f8a4a0f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -2743,6 +2743,7 @@ function url_is_accessable_via_ssl($url)
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
 
 		curl_exec($ch);
 
@@ -3145,4 +3146,4 @@ function wp_timezone_choice($selectedzone) {
 }
 
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>