diff --git a/include/wx/socket.h b/include/wx/socket.h
index 165aa97890..6107362658 100644
--- a/include/wx/socket.h
+++ b/include/wx/socket.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ public:
   wxSocketFlags GetFlags() const { return m_flags; }
   void SetFlags(wxSocketFlags flags);
   void SetTimeout(long seconds);
+  long GetTimeout() const { return m_timeout; }
 
   bool GetOption(int level, int optname, void *optval, int *optlen);
   bool SetOption(int level, int optname, const void *optval, int optlen);
diff --git a/interface/wx/socket.h b/interface/wx/socket.h
index 0a7d42ba8e..621df49adf 100644
--- a/interface/wx/socket.h
+++ b/interface/wx/socket.h
@@ -712,6 +712,13 @@ public:
     */
     bool GetPeer(wxSockAddress& addr) const;
 
+    /**
+        Return the socket timeout in seconds.
+
+        The timeout can be set using SetTimeout() and is 10 minutes by default.
+     */
+    long GetTimeout() const;
+
     /**
         Returns @true if the socket is connected.
     */