diff --git a/lychee-bin/src/archive/mod.rs b/lychee-bin/src/archive/mod.rs
index 767b232530..91391e6d20 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/src/archive/mod.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/src/archive/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use reqwest::{Error, Url};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::{fmt::Display, time::Duration};
 use strum::{Display, EnumIter, EnumString, VariantNames};
 
 use crate::color::{color, GREEN, PINK};
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ pub(crate) enum Archive {
 }
 
 impl Archive {
-    pub(crate) async fn get_link(&self, original: &Url) -> Result<Option<Url>, Error> {
+    pub(crate) async fn get_link(
+        &self,
+        original: &Url,
+        timeout: Duration,
+    ) -> Result<Option<Url>, Error> {
         let function = match self {
             Archive::WaybackMachine => wayback::get_wayback_link,
         };
 
-        function(original).await
+        function(original, timeout).await
     }
 }
diff --git a/lychee-bin/src/archive/wayback/mod.rs b/lychee-bin/src/archive/wayback/mod.rs
index 71cf7e0536..3dfec70bd2 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/src/archive/wayback/mod.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/src/archive/wayback/mod.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use serde::de::Error as SerdeError;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
 use http::StatusCode;
-use reqwest::{Error, Url};
+use reqwest::{Client, Error, Url};
 static WAYBACK_URL: Lazy<Url> =
     Lazy::new(|| Url::parse("https://archive.org/wayback/available").unwrap());
 
-pub(crate) async fn get_wayback_link(url: &Url) -> Result<Option<Url>, Error> {
+pub(crate) async fn get_wayback_link(url: &Url, timeout: Duration) -> Result<Option<Url>, Error> {
     let mut archive_url: Url = WAYBACK_URL.clone();
     archive_url.set_query(Some(&format!("url={url}")));
 
-    let response = reqwest::get(archive_url)
+    let response = Client::builder()
+        .timeout(timeout)
+        .build()?
+        .get(archive_url)
+        .send()
         .await?
         .json::<InternetArchiveResponse>()
         .await?;
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ mod tests {
         // This test can be flaky, because the wayback machine does not always
         // return a suggestion. Retry a few times if needed.
         for _ in 0..3 {
-            match get_wayback_link(&target_url).await {
+            match get_wayback_link(&target_url, Duration::from_secs(20)).await {
                 Ok(Some(suggested_url)) => {
                     // Ensure the host is correct
                     let host = suggested_url
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ mod tests {
             .try_into()
             .unwrap();
 
-        let response = get_wayback_link(url).await?;
+        let response = get_wayback_link(url, Duration::from_secs(20)).await?;
         assert_eq!(response, None);
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/lychee-bin/src/commands/check.rs b/lychee-bin/src/commands/check.rs
index 58efa43ba1..bae73900ed 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/src/commands/check.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/src/commands/check.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use lychee_lib::{ResponseBody, Status};
 use crate::archive::{Archive, Suggestion};
 use crate::formatters::get_response_formatter;
 use crate::formatters::response::ResponseFormatter;
+use crate::parse::parse_duration_secs;
 use crate::verbosity::Verbosity;
 use crate::{cache::Cache, stats::ResponseStats, ExitCode};
 
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ where
             &mut stats,
             !params.cfg.no_progress,
             max_concurrency,
+            parse_duration_secs(params.cfg.timeout),
         )
         .await;
     }
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ async fn suggest_archived_links(
     stats: &mut ResponseStats,
     show_progress: bool,
     max_concurrency: usize,
+    timeout: Duration,
 ) {
     let failed_urls = &get_failed_urls(stats);
     let bar = if show_progress {
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ async fn suggest_archived_links(
     let suggestions = Mutex::new(&mut stats.suggestion_map);
 
     futures::stream::iter(failed_urls)
-        .map(|(input, url)| (input, url, archive.get_link(url)))
+        .map(|(input, url)| (input, url, archive.get_link(url, timeout)))
         .for_each_concurrent(max_concurrency, |(input, url, future)| async {
             if let Ok(Some(suggestion)) = future.await {
                 suggestions