diff --git a/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheck.cs b/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheck.cs
index 2e94f682c4..f59ba51888 100644
--- a/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheck.cs
+++ b/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheck.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public RabbitMQHealthCheck(RabbitMQHealthCheckOptions options)
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public Task<HealthCheckResult> CheckHealthAsync(HealthCheckContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
+        // TODO: cancellationToken unused, see https://github.com/Xabaril/AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks/issues/714
         try
         {
             using var model = EnsureConnection().CreateModel();
@@ -52,9 +53,14 @@ private IConnection EnsureConnection()
                     {
                         Uri = _options.ConnectionUri,
                         AutomaticRecoveryEnabled = true,
-                        UseBackgroundThreadsForIO = true,
+                        UseBackgroundThreadsForIO = true
                     };
 
+                    if (_options.RequestedConnectionTimeout is not null)
+                    {
+                        ((ConnectionFactory)factory).RequestedConnectionTimeout = _options.RequestedConnectionTimeout.Value;
+                    }
+
                     if (_options.Ssl is not null)
                     {
                         ((ConnectionFactory)factory).Ssl = _options.Ssl;
diff --git a/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheckOptions.cs b/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheckOptions.cs
index 802f44c570..d164fe94f3 100644
--- a/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheckOptions.cs
+++ b/src/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq/RabbitMQHealthCheckOptions.cs
@@ -34,4 +34,9 @@ public class RabbitMQHealthCheckOptions
     /// Must be used in conjunction with the <see cref="ConnectionUri"/> property.
     /// </remarks>
     public SslOption? Ssl { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Timeout setting for connection attempts.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan? RequestedConnectionTimeout { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/Functional/RabbitHealthCheckTests.cs b/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/Functional/RabbitHealthCheckTests.cs
index 23abf311fe..e477cc3e8e 100644
--- a/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/Functional/RabbitHealthCheckTests.cs
+++ b/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/Functional/RabbitHealthCheckTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System.Net;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks;
 using RabbitMQ.Client;
 
 namespace HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests.Functional;
@@ -272,4 +274,30 @@ public async Task two_rabbitmq_health_check()
         response1.StatusCode.ShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.OK);
         response2.StatusCode.ShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.ServiceUnavailable);
     }
+
+    // https://github.com/Xabaril/AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks/issues/714
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task should_respect_timeout()
+    {
+        var services = new ServiceCollection();
+
+        services
+            .AddLogging()
+            .AddHealthChecks()
+            .AddRabbitMQ(opt =>
+                {
+                    opt.RequestedConnectionTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+                    opt.ConnectionUri = new Uri($"amqps://user:pwd@invalid-host:5672");
+                },
+                timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+
+        using var provider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+        var healthCheckService = provider.GetRequiredService<HealthCheckService>();
+        var start = DateTime.Now;
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+        var report = await healthCheckService.CheckHealthAsync(cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        report.Status.ShouldBe(HealthStatus.Unhealthy);
+        var end = DateTime.Now;
+        (end - start).ShouldBeLessThan(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq.approved.txt b/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq.approved.txt
index 7cdc844702..e4e522964f 100644
--- a/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq.approved.txt
+++ b/test/HealthChecks.RabbitMQ.Tests/HealthChecks.Rabbitmq.approved.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace HealthChecks.RabbitMQ
         public RabbitMQ.Client.IConnection? Connection { get; set; }
         public RabbitMQ.Client.IConnectionFactory? ConnectionFactory { get; set; }
         public System.Uri? ConnectionUri { get; set; }
+        public System.TimeSpan? RequestedConnectionTimeout { get; set; }
         public RabbitMQ.Client.SslOption? Ssl { get; set; }
     }
 }