diff --git a/concurrency/src/error.rs b/concurrency/src/error.rs
index 9faa0c4..c1a37db 100644
--- a/concurrency/src/error.rs
+++ b/concurrency/src/error.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ pub enum GenServerError {
     CallMsgUnused,
     #[error("Unsupported Cast Messages on this GenServer")]
     CastMsgUnused,
+    #[error("Call to GenServer timed out")]
+    CallTimeout,
 }
 
 impl<T> From<spawned_rt::threads::mpsc::SendError<T>> for GenServerError {
diff --git a/concurrency/src/tasks/gen_server.rs b/concurrency/src/tasks/gen_server.rs
index f04bb79..fd03f00 100644
--- a/concurrency/src/tasks/gen_server.rs
+++ b/concurrency/src/tasks/gen_server.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 //! GenServer trait and structs to create an abstraction similar to Erlang gen_server.
 //! See examples/name_server for a usage example.
 use futures::future::FutureExt as _;
-use spawned_rt::tasks::{self as rt, mpsc, oneshot, CancellationToken};
-use std::{fmt::Debug, future::Future, panic::AssertUnwindSafe};
+use spawned_rt::tasks::{self as rt, mpsc, oneshot, timeout, CancellationToken};
+use std::{fmt::Debug, future::Future, panic::AssertUnwindSafe, time::Duration};
 
 use crate::error::GenServerError;
 
+const DEFAULT_CALL_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct GenServerHandle<G: GenServer + 'static> {
     pub tx: mpsc::Sender<GenServerInMsg<G>>,
@@ -74,14 +76,24 @@ impl<G: GenServer> GenServerHandle<G> {
     }
 
     pub async fn call(&mut self, message: G::CallMsg) -> Result<G::OutMsg, GenServerError> {
+        self.call_with_timeout(message, DEFAULT_CALL_TIMEOUT).await
+    }
+
+    pub async fn call_with_timeout(
+        &mut self,
+        message: G::CallMsg,
+        duration: Duration,
+    ) -> Result<G::OutMsg, GenServerError> {
         let (oneshot_tx, oneshot_rx) = oneshot::channel::<Result<G::OutMsg, GenServerError>>();
         self.tx.send(GenServerInMsg::Call {
             sender: oneshot_tx,
             message,
         })?;
-        match oneshot_rx.await {
-            Ok(result) => result,
-            Err(_) => Err(GenServerError::Server),
+
+        match timeout(duration, oneshot_rx).await {
+            Ok(Ok(result)) => result,
+            Ok(Err(_)) => Err(GenServerError::Server),
+            Err(_) => Err(GenServerError::CallTimeout),
         }
     }
 
@@ -434,4 +446,61 @@ mod tests {
             goodboy.call(InMessage::Stop).await.unwrap();
         });
     }
+
+    const TIMEOUT_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);
+
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct SomeTask;
+
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    enum SomeTaskCallMsg {
+        SlowOperation,
+        FastOperation,
+    }
+
+    impl GenServer for SomeTask {
+        type CallMsg = SomeTaskCallMsg;
+        type CastMsg = ();
+        type OutMsg = ();
+        type State = ();
+        type Error = ();
+
+        async fn handle_call(
+            &mut self,
+            message: Self::CallMsg,
+            _handle: &GenServerHandle<Self>,
+            _state: Self::State,
+        ) -> CallResponse<Self> {
+            match message {
+                SomeTaskCallMsg::SlowOperation => {
+                    // Simulate a slow operation that will not resolve in time
+                    rt::sleep(TIMEOUT_DURATION * 2).await;
+                    CallResponse::Reply((), ())
+                }
+                SomeTaskCallMsg::FastOperation => {
+                    // Simulate a fast operation that resolves in time
+                    rt::sleep(TIMEOUT_DURATION / 2).await;
+                    CallResponse::Reply((), ())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn unresolving_task_times_out() {
+        let runtime = rt::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+        runtime.block_on(async move {
+            let mut unresolving_task = SomeTask::start(());
+
+            let result = unresolving_task
+                .call_with_timeout(SomeTaskCallMsg::FastOperation, TIMEOUT_DURATION)
+                .await;
+            assert!(matches!(result, Ok(())));
+
+            let result = unresolving_task
+                .call_with_timeout(SomeTaskCallMsg::SlowOperation, TIMEOUT_DURATION)
+                .await;
+            assert!(matches!(result, Err(GenServerError::CallTimeout)));
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rt/src/tasks/mod.rs b/rt/src/tasks/mod.rs
index 10de5fd..5291f69 100644
--- a/rt/src/tasks/mod.rs
+++ b/rt/src/tasks/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use crate::tracing::init_tracing;
 pub use crate::tasks::tokio::mpsc;
 pub use crate::tasks::tokio::oneshot;
 pub use crate::tasks::tokio::sleep;
+pub use crate::tasks::tokio::timeout;
 pub use crate::tasks::tokio::CancellationToken;
 pub use crate::tasks::tokio::{spawn, spawn_blocking, JoinHandle, Runtime};
 pub use crate::tasks::tokio::{BroadcastStream, ReceiverStream};
diff --git a/rt/src/tasks/tokio/mod.rs b/rt/src/tasks/tokio/mod.rs
index 6abf60d..eac39e0 100644
--- a/rt/src/tasks/tokio/mod.rs
+++ b/rt/src/tasks/tokio/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub mod oneshot;
 pub use tokio::{
     runtime::Runtime,
     task::{spawn, spawn_blocking, JoinHandle},
-    time::sleep,
+    time::{sleep, timeout},
 };
 pub use tokio_stream::wrappers::{BroadcastStream, UnboundedReceiverStream as ReceiverStream};
 pub use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;