diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d23e6e27..d121d3ab1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ consistent with the behavior of `collection_jitter`.
 - [#1278](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1278) & [#1288](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1288) & [#1295](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1295): RabbitMQ/Apache/InfluxDB inputs: made url(s) parameter optional by using reasonable input defaults if not specified
 - [#1296](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1296): Refactor of flush_jitter argument.
 - [#1213](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1213): Add inactive & active memory to mem plugin.
+- [#1650](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1650): Ability to configure response_timeout in httpjson input.
 - [#1543](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1543): Official Windows service.
 - [#1414](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1414): Forking sensors command to remove C package dependency.
 - [#1389](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1389): Add a new SNMP plugin.
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/httpjson/README.md b/plugins/inputs/httpjson/README.md
index 707b256df..81680e6ec 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/httpjson/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/httpjson/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 The httpjson plugin can collect data from remote URLs which respond with JSON. Then it flattens JSON and finds all numeric values, treating them as floats.
 
-For example, if you have a service called _mycollector_, which has HTTP endpoint for gathering stats at http://my.service.com/_stats, you would configure the HTTP JSON
-plugin like this:
+For example, if you have a service called _mycollector_, which has HTTP endpoint for gathering stats at http://my.service.com/_stats, you would configure the HTTP JSON plugin like this:
 
 ```
 [[inputs.httpjson]]
@@ -15,12 +14,17 @@ plugin like this:
 
   # HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
   method = "GET"
+
+  # Set response_timeout (default 5 seconds)
+  response_timeout = "5s"
 ```
 
 `name` is used as a prefix for the measurements.
 
 `method` specifies HTTP method to use for requests.
 
+`response_timeout` specifies timeout to wait to get the response
+
 You can also specify which keys from server response should be considered tags:
 
 ```
@@ -94,8 +98,7 @@ httpjson_mycollector_b_e,service='service01',server='http://my.service.com/_stat
 
 # Example 2, Multiple Services:
 
-There is also the option to collect JSON from multiple services, here is an
-example doing that.
+There is also the option to collect JSON from multiple services, here is an example doing that.
 
 ```
 [[inputs.httpjson]]
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/httpjson/httpjson.go b/plugins/inputs/httpjson/httpjson.go
index 6fe4da1e5..89bfccf77 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/httpjson/httpjson.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/httpjson/httpjson.go
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 )
 
+// HttpJson struct
 type HttpJson struct {
-	Name       string
-	Servers    []string
-	Method     string
-	TagKeys    []string
-	Parameters map[string]string
-	Headers    map[string]string
+	Name            string
+	Servers         []string
+	Method          string
+	TagKeys         []string
+	ResponseTimeout internal.Duration
+	Parameters      map[string]string
+	Headers         map[string]string
 
 	// Path to CA file
 	SSLCA string `toml:"ssl_ca"`
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ var sampleConfig = `
     "http://localhost:9999/stats/",
     "http://localhost:9998/stats/",
   ]
+  ## Set response_timeout (default 5 seconds)
+  response_timeout = "5s"
 
   ## HTTP method to use: GET or POST (case-sensitive)
   method = "GET"
@@ -126,12 +130,12 @@ func (h *HttpJson) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		tr := &http.Transport{
-			ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(3 * time.Second),
+			ResponseHeaderTimeout: h.ResponseTimeout.Duration,
 			TLSClientConfig:       tlsCfg,
 		}
 		client := &http.Client{
 			Transport: tr,
-			Timeout:   time.Duration(4 * time.Second),
+			Timeout:   h.ResponseTimeout.Duration,
 		}
 		h.client.SetHTTPClient(client)
 	}
@@ -291,6 +295,9 @@ func init() {
 	inputs.Add("httpjson", func() telegraf.Input {
 		return &HttpJson{
 			client: &RealHTTPClient{},
+			ResponseTimeout: internal.Duration{
+				Duration: 5 * time.Second,
+			},
 		}
 	})
 }