diff --git a/lib/httparty.rb b/lib/httparty.rb
index f04f8d0e..0c479648 100644
--- a/lib/httparty.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty.rb
@@ -220,7 +220,28 @@ def write_timeout(value)
       default_options[:write_timeout] = value
     end
 
+    # Allows setting a default continue_timeout for all HTTP calls in seconds
+    #
+    #   class Foo
+    #     include HTTParty
+    #     continue_timeout 10
+    #   end
+    def continue_timeout(value)
+      validate_timeout_argument(__method__, value)
+      default_options[:continue_timeout] = value
+    end
 
+    # Allows setting a default ssl_timeout for all HTTP calls in seconds
+    #
+    #   class Foo
+    #     include HTTParty
+    #     ssl_timeout 10
+    #   end
+    def ssl_timeout(value)
+      validate_timeout_argument(__method__, value)
+      default_options[:ssl_timeout] = value
+    end
+    
     # Set an output stream for debugging, defaults to $stderr.
     # The output stream is passed on to Net::HTTP#set_debug_output.
     #
diff --git a/lib/httparty/connection_adapter.rb b/lib/httparty/connection_adapter.rb
index 262016fb..5487db4a 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/connection_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/connection_adapter.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ module HTTParty
   # * :+open_timeout+: http connection open_timeout in seconds, overrides timeout if set
   # * :+read_timeout+: http connection read_timeout in seconds, overrides timeout if set
   # * :+write_timeout+: http connection write_timeout in seconds, overrides timeout if set (Ruby >= 2.6.0 required)
+  # * :+continue_timeout+: http connection continue_timeout in seconds, overrides timeout if set
+  # * :+ssl_timeout+: http connection ssl_timeout in seconds, overrides timeout if set
   # * :+debug_output+: see HTTParty::ClassMethods.debug_output.
   # * :+cert_store+: contains certificate data. see method 'attach_ssl_certificates'
   # * :+pem+: contains pem client certificate data. see method 'attach_ssl_certificates'
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ def connection
         http.open_timeout = options[:timeout]
         http.read_timeout = options[:timeout]
         http.write_timeout = options[:timeout]
+        http.continue_timeout = options[:timeout]
+        http.ssl_timeout = options[:timeout]
       end
 
       if add_timeout?(options[:read_timeout])
@@ -134,6 +138,14 @@ def connection
         http.write_timeout = options[:write_timeout]
       end
 
+      if add_timeout?(options[:continue_timeout])
+        http.continue_timeout = options[:continue_timeout]
+      end
+
+      if add_timeout?(options[:ssl_timeout])
+        http.ssl_timeout = options[:ssl_timeout]
+      end
+
       if add_max_retries?(options[:max_retries])
         http.max_retries = options[:max_retries]
       end