diff --git a/source/dub/internal/utils.d b/source/dub/internal/utils.d
index 9aad1b2..5879e79 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/utils.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/utils.d
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 			conn.handle.set(CurlOption.connecttimeout, timeout);
 			// transfers time out after 8s below 10 byte/s
 			conn.handle.set(CurlOption.low_speed_limit, 10);
-			conn.handle.set(CurlOption.low_speed_time, 5);
+			conn.handle.set(CurlOption.low_speed_time, timeout);
 		}
 
 		conn.addRequestHeader("User-Agent", "dub/"~getDUBVersion()~" (std.net.curl; +https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/dub)");