diff --git a/db/patch-add-timeout-ms-monitor.sql b/db/patch-add-timeout-ms-monitor.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0d07be5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/patch-add-timeout-ms-monitor.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-- You should not modify if this have pushed to Github, unless it does serious wrong with the db.
+BEGIN TRANSACTION;
+
+ALTER TABLE monitor
+    ADD timeout_ms INTEGER default 0 not null;
+
+COMMIT;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/database.js b/server/database.js
index b1a23a475..89fe9a717 100644
--- a/server/database.js
+++ b/server/database.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Database {
         "patch-add-other-auth.sql": { parents: [ "patch-monitor-basic-auth.sql" ] },
         "patch-add-radius-monitor.sql": true,
         "patch-monitor-add-resend-interval.sql": true,
+        "patch-add-timeout-ms-monitor.sql": true,
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/server/model/monitor.js b/server/model/monitor.js
index f96b4df06..329c6f05c 100644
--- a/server/model/monitor.js
+++ b/server/model/monitor.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
             weight: this.weight,
             active: this.active,
             type: this.type,
+            timeoutMs: this.timeoutMs,
             interval: this.interval,
             retryInterval: this.retryInterval,
             resendInterval: this.resendInterval,
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
                         url: this.url,
                         method: (this.method || "get").toLowerCase(),
                         ...(this.body ? { data: JSON.parse(this.body) } : {}),
-                        timeout: this.interval * 1000 * 0.8,
+                        timeout: this.timeoutMs,
                         headers: {
                             "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9",
                             "User-Agent": "Uptime-Kuma/" + version,
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
                     }
 
                     let res = await axios.get(steamApiUrl, {
-                        timeout: this.interval * 1000 * 0.8,
+                        timeout: this.timeoutMs,
                         headers: {
                             "Accept": "*/*",
                             "User-Agent": "Uptime-Kuma/" + version,
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 0c9a45e6c..5267f67ce 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ let needSetup = false;
                 bean.headers = monitor.headers;
                 bean.basic_auth_user = monitor.basic_auth_user;
                 bean.basic_auth_pass = monitor.basic_auth_pass;
+                bean.timeoutMs = monitor.timeoutMs;
                 bean.interval = monitor.interval;
                 bean.retryInterval = monitor.retryInterval;
                 bean.resendInterval = monitor.resendInterval;
@@ -1254,6 +1255,7 @@ let needSetup = false;
 
                             // Define default values
                             let retryInterval = 0;
+                            let timeoutMs = monitorListData[i].interval * 1000 * 0.8; // previously hardcoded in monitor.js
 
                             /*
                             Only replace the default value with the backup file data for the specific version, where it appears the first time
@@ -1278,6 +1280,7 @@ let needSetup = false;
                                 basic_auth_pass: monitorListData[i].basic_auth_pass,
                                 authWorkstation: monitorListData[i].authWorkstation,
                                 authDomain: monitorListData[i].authDomain,
+                                timeoutMs: timeoutMs,
                                 interval: monitorListData[i].interval,
                                 retryInterval: retryInterval,
                                 resendInterval: monitorListData[i].resendInterval || 0,
diff --git a/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue b/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue
index 99cbeb95f..ebbe85e22 100644
--- a/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue
+++ b/src/pages/EditMonitor.vue
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@
                             </template>
 
                             <!-- Interval -->
+                            <div class="my-3">
+                                <label for="timeoutMs" class="form-label">{{ $t("Heartbeat Timeout") }} ({{ $t("timeoutAfterMs", [ monitor.timeoutMs ]) }})</label>
+                                <input id="timeoutMs" v-model="monitor.timeoutMs" type="number" class="form-control" required min="50" step="50">
+                            </div>
+
                             <div class="my-3">
                                 <label for="interval" class="form-label">{{ $t("Heartbeat Interval") }} ({{ $t("checkEverySecond", [ monitor.interval ]) }})</label>
                                 <input id="interval" v-model="monitor.interval" type="number" class="form-control" required min="20" step="1">
@@ -606,6 +611,10 @@ export default {
             if (this.monitor.retryInterval === oldValue) {
                 this.monitor.retryInterval = value;
             }
+            // keep timeoutMs below interval, minding the unit conversion
+            if (!this.monitor.timeoutMs || this.monitor.timeoutMs >= value * 1000) {
+                this.monitor.timeoutMs = value * 1000 * 0.8;
+            }
         },
 
         "monitor.type"() {
@@ -668,6 +677,7 @@ export default {
                     url: "https://",
                     method: "GET",
                     interval: 60,
+                    timeoutMs: this.interval * 1000 * 0.8, // previous default value
                     retryInterval: this.interval,
                     resendInterval: 0,
                     maxretries: 0,
@@ -711,6 +721,10 @@ export default {
                         if (this.monitor.retryInterval === 0) {
                             this.monitor.retryInterval = this.monitor.interval;
                         }
+                        // Handling for monitors that are missing timeoutMs
+                        if (!this.monitor.timeoutMs) {
+                            this.monitor.timeoutMs = this.monitor.interval * 1000 * 0.8;
+                        }
                     } else {
                         toast.error(res.msg);
                     }