diff --git a/wdapy/usbmux/usbmux.py b/wdapy/usbmux/usbmux.py
index 14a4cb0..7013e33 100644
--- a/wdapy/usbmux/usbmux.py
+++ b/wdapy/usbmux/usbmux.py
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ class MuxConnectError(MuxError):
 logger = logging.getLogger("wdapy.usbmux")
 
 
+def connect_with_timeout(family, addr, timeout: float):
+    sock = socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    sock.settimeout(timeout)
+    sock.connect(addr)
+    sock.settimeout(socket.getdefaulttimeout())
+    return sock
+
+
 class SafeStreamSocket():
     def __init__(self, addr: Union[str, tuple, socket.socket]):
         """
@@ -39,8 +47,7 @@ def __init__(self, addr: Union[str, tuple, socket.socket]):
         else:
             family = socket.AF_INET
 
-        self._sock = socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        self._sock.connect(addr)
+        self._sock = connect_with_timeout(family, addr, timeout=5)
 
     def recvall(self, size: int) -> bytearray:
         buf = bytearray()