diff --git a/roles/httpd/proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd/proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 45140d9e90..b909de9fe1 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   - 00-namevirtualhost.conf
   - 01-keepalives.conf
   - 02-ticketkey.conf
+  - 03-reqtimeout.conf
   notify:
   - restart httpd
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/httpd/proxy/templates/03-reqtimeout.conf b/roles/httpd/proxy/templates/03-reqtimeout.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..595595cc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/httpd/proxy/templates/03-reqtimeout.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+RequestReadTimeout header=10