diff --git a/firebase_admin/_token_gen.py b/firebase_admin/_token_gen.py
index 562e77fa5..135573c01 100644
--- a/firebase_admin/_token_gen.py
+++ b/firebase_admin/_token_gen.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 from firebase_admin import exceptions
 from firebase_admin import _auth_utils
+from firebase_admin import _http_client
 
 
 # ID token constants
@@ -231,12 +232,37 @@ def create_session_cookie(self, id_token, expires_in):
             return body.get('sessionCookie')
 
 
+class CertificateFetchRequest(transport.Request):
+    """A google-auth transport that supports HTTP cache-control.
+
+    Also injects a timeout to each outgoing HTTP request.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, timeout_seconds=None):
+        self._session = cachecontrol.CacheControl(requests.Session())
+        self._delegate = transport.requests.Request(self.session)
+        self._timeout_seconds = timeout_seconds
+
+    @property
+    def session(self):
+        return self._session
+
+    @property
+    def timeout_seconds(self):
+        return self._timeout_seconds
+
+    def __call__(self, url, method='GET', body=None, headers=None, timeout=None, **kwargs):
+        timeout = timeout or self.timeout_seconds
+        return self._delegate(
+            url, method=method, body=body, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
+
+
 class TokenVerifier:
     """Verifies ID tokens and session cookies."""
 
     def __init__(self, app):
-        session = cachecontrol.CacheControl(requests.Session())
-        self.request = transport.requests.Request(session=session)
+        timeout = app.options.get('httpTimeout', _http_client.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+        self.request = CertificateFetchRequest(timeout)
         self.id_token_verifier = _JWTVerifier(
             project_id=app.project_id, short_name='ID token',
             operation='verify_id_token()',
diff --git a/tests/test_token_gen.py b/tests/test_token_gen.py
index 29c70da80..d8450c59c 100644
--- a/tests/test_token_gen.py
+++ b/tests/test_token_gen.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 from firebase_admin import auth
 from firebase_admin import credentials
 from firebase_admin import exceptions
+from firebase_admin import _http_client
 from firebase_admin import _token_gen
 from tests import testutils
 
@@ -702,3 +703,52 @@ def test_certificate_caching(self, user_mgt_app, httpserver):
         assert len(httpserver.requests) == request_count
         verifier.verify_id_token(TEST_ID_TOKEN)
         assert len(httpserver.requests) == request_count
+
+
+class TestCertificateFetchTimeout:
+
+    timeout_configs = [
+        ({'httpTimeout': 4}, 4),
+        ({'httpTimeout': None}, None),
+        ({}, _http_client.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS),
+    ]
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('options, timeout', timeout_configs)
+    def test_init_request(self, options, timeout):
+        app = firebase_admin.initialize_app(MOCK_CREDENTIAL, options=options)
+
+        client = auth._get_client(app)
+        request = client._token_verifier.request
+
+        assert isinstance(request, _token_gen.CertificateFetchRequest)
+        assert request.timeout_seconds == timeout
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('options, timeout', timeout_configs)
+    def test_verify_id_token_timeout(self, options, timeout):
+        app = firebase_admin.initialize_app(MOCK_CREDENTIAL, options=options)
+        recorder = self._instrument_session(app)
+
+        auth.verify_id_token(TEST_ID_TOKEN)
+
+        assert len(recorder) == 1
+        assert recorder[0]._extra_kwargs['timeout'] == timeout
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('options, timeout', timeout_configs)
+    def test_verify_session_cookie_timeout(self, options, timeout):
+        app = firebase_admin.initialize_app(MOCK_CREDENTIAL, options=options)
+        recorder = self._instrument_session(app)
+
+        auth.verify_session_cookie(TEST_SESSION_COOKIE)
+
+        assert len(recorder) == 1
+        assert recorder[0]._extra_kwargs['timeout'] == timeout
+
+    def _instrument_session(self, app):
+        client = auth._get_client(app)
+        request = client._token_verifier.request
+        recorder = []
+        request.session.mount('https://', testutils.MockAdapter(MOCK_PUBLIC_CERTS, 200, recorder))
+        return recorder
+
+    def teardown(self):
+        testutils.cleanup_apps()