diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java
index d6a811fea..421229a5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java
@@ -19,11 +19,19 @@ package org.redisson;
 class BaseConfig<T extends BaseConfig<T>> {
 
     /**
-     * Ping timeout used in <code>Node.ping</code> and <code>Node.pingAll<code> operation
+     * Ping timeout used in <code>Node.ping</code> and <code>Node.pingAll<code> operation.
+     * Value in milliseconds.
      *
      */
     private int pingTimeout = 1000;
 
+    /**
+     * Connect timeout used for any Redis server connection.
+     * Value in milliseconds.
+     *
+     */
+    private int connectTimeout = 1000;
+
     /**
      * Redis operation execution timeout.
      * Then amount is reached exception will be thrown in case of <b>sync</b> operation usage
@@ -71,6 +79,7 @@ class BaseConfig<T extends BaseConfig<T>> {
         setClientName(config.getClientName());
         setPingTimeout(config.getPingTimeout());
         setRefreshConnectionAfterFails(config.getRefreshConnectionAfterFails());
+        setConnectTimeout(config.getConnectTimeout());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -204,5 +213,18 @@ class BaseConfig<T extends BaseConfig<T>> {
         return closeConnectionAfterFailAttempts;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Connect timeout used for any Redis server connection.
+     *
+     * @param connectTimeout - timeout in milliseconds
+     * @return
+     */
+    public T setConnectTimeout(int connectTimeout) {
+        this.connectTimeout = connectTimeout;
+        return (T) this;
+    }
+    public int getConnectTimeout() {
+        return connectTimeout;
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/SentinelServersConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/SentinelServersConfig.java
index 88f21819e..b2887e1f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/SentinelServersConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/SentinelServersConfig.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.redisson;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
index 2a9eea72e..b0064de55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class ClusterConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
         if (connection != null) {
             return connection;
         }
-        RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), cfg.getTimeout());
+        RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), cfg.getConnectTimeout());
         try {
             connection = client.connect();
             nodeConnections.put(addr, connection);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ElasticacheConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ElasticacheConnectionManager.java
index 4e52ed638..e48bc419b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ElasticacheConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ElasticacheConnectionManager.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class ElasticacheConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
         if (connection != null) {
             return connection;
         }
-        RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), cfg.getTimeout());
+        RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), cfg.getConnectTimeout());
         try {
             connection = client.connect();
             nodeConnections.put(addr, connection);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
index 739ee241a..0fc529cbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
 
     @Override
     public RedisClient createClient(String host, int port) {
-        RedisClient client = createClient(host, port, config.getTimeout());
+        RedisClient client = createClient(host, port, config.getConnectTimeout());
         clients.add(new RedisClientEntry(client));
         return client;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java
index dcba0276a..12b3fdc8a 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class SentinelConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
 
         List<String> disconnectedSlaves = new ArrayList<String>();
         for (URI addr : cfg.getSentinelAddresses()) {
-            RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), c.getTimeout());
+            RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), c.getConnectTimeout());
             try {
                 RedisConnection connection = client.connect();
                 if (!connection.isActive()) {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class SentinelConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
     }
 
     private void registerSentinel(final SentinelServersConfig cfg, final URI addr, final MasterSlaveServersConfig c) {
-        RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), c.getTimeout());
+        RedisClient client = createClient(addr.getHost(), addr.getPort(), c.getConnectTimeout());
         RedisClient oldClient = sentinels.putIfAbsent(addr.getHost() + ":" + addr.getPort(), client);
         if (oldClient != null) {
             return;