diff --git a/Makefile.work b/Makefile.work
index 0fde2e3893..e98503a132 100644
--- a/Makefile.work
+++ b/Makefile.work
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ $(shell \
 	SONIC_VERSION_CACHE_SOURCE=$(SONIC_VERSION_CACHE_SOURCE) \
 	DBGOPT='$(DBGOPT)' \
 	MIRROR_SNAPSHOT=$(MIRROR_SNAPSHOT) \
+	PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT=$(PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT) \
 	scripts/generate_buildinfo_config.sh)
 
 # Generate the slave Dockerfile, and prepare build info for it
@@ -570,6 +571,7 @@ SONIC_BUILD_INSTRUCTION :=  $(MAKE) \
                            SONIC_VERSION_CONTROL_COMPONENTS=$(SONIC_VERSION_CONTROL_COMPONENTS) \
                            ONIE_IMAGE_PART_SIZE=$(ONIE_IMAGE_PART_SIZE) \
                            SONIC_OS_VERSION=$(SONIC_OS_VERSION) \
+                           PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT=$(PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT) \
                            $(SONIC_OVERRIDE_BUILD_VARS)
 
 .PHONY: sonic-slave-build sonic-slave-bash init reset
@@ -592,6 +594,7 @@ export MIRROR_URLS
 export MIRROR_SECURITY_URLS
 export MIRROR_SNAPSHOT
 export SONIC_VERSION_CONTROL_COMPONENTS
+export PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT
 
 %:: | sonic-build-hooks
 ifneq ($(filter y, $(MULTIARCH_QEMU_ENVIRON) $(CROSS_BUILD_ENVIRON)),)
diff --git a/rules/config b/rules/config
index a8d749aba2..80a9cd2e01 100644
--- a/rules/config
+++ b/rules/config
@@ -311,3 +311,7 @@ GZ_COMPRESS_PROGRAM ?= gzip
 
 # SONIC_OS_VERSION - sonic os version
 SONIC_OS_VERSION ?= 11
+
+# PIP timeout for http connection
+PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT ?= 60
+
diff --git a/scripts/generate_buildinfo_config.sh b/scripts/generate_buildinfo_config.sh
index 87eb612007..d0bfb942ec 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_buildinfo_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate_buildinfo_config.sh
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ echo "export SONIC_VERSION_CACHE=${SONIC_VERSION_CACHE}" >> $BUILDINFO_CONFIG
 echo "export SONIC_VERSION_CACHE_SOURCE=${SONIC_VERSION_CACHE_SOURCE}" >> $BUILDINFO_CONFIG
 echo "export DISTRO=${DISTRO}" >> $BUILDINFO_CONFIG
 echo "export MIRROR_SNAPSHOT=$MIRROR_SNAPSHOT" >> $BUILDINFO_CONFIG
+echo "export PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT=$PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT" >> $BUILDINFO_CONFIG
diff --git a/src/sonic-build-hooks/scripts/buildinfo_base.sh b/src/sonic-build-hooks/scripts/buildinfo_base.sh
index 2c85cb665c..37a84a0c6f 100755
--- a/src/sonic-build-hooks/scripts/buildinfo_base.sh
+++ b/src/sonic-build-hooks/scripts/buildinfo_base.sh
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ download_packages()
 
 run_pip_command()
 {
-    declare -a parameters=("$@")
+    declare -a parameters=("--default-timeout" "$PIP_HTTP_TIMEOUT" "$@")
     PIP_CACHE_PATH=${PKG_CACHE_PATH}/pip
     PKG_CACHE_OPTION="--cache-dir=${PIP_CACHE_PATH}"