diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/HttpConnection.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/HttpConnection.cs
index 8afb75b247..e43015ca4e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/HttpConnection.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/HttpConnection.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client
 {
     public class HttpConnection : IConnection
     {
+        private static readonly TimeSpan HttpClientTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120);
+
         private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
 
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client
             _loggerFactory = loggerFactory ?? NullLoggerFactory.Instance;
             _logger = _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<HttpConnection>();
             _httpClient = httpMessageHandler == null ? new HttpClient() : new HttpClient(httpMessageHandler);
+            _httpClient.Timeout = HttpClientTimeout;
             _transportFactory = new DefaultTransportFactory(transportType, _loggerFactory, _httpClient);
         }
 
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client
             _loggerFactory = loggerFactory ?? NullLoggerFactory.Instance;
             _logger = _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<HttpConnection>();
             _httpClient = httpMessageHandler == null ? new HttpClient() : new HttpClient(httpMessageHandler);
+            _httpClient.Timeout = HttpClientTimeout;
             _transportFactory = transportFactory ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(transportFactory));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/LongPollingTransport.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/LongPollingTransport.cs
index cd0b970db4..9229219a52 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/LongPollingTransport.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/LongPollingTransport.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client
                     var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, pollUrl);
                     request.Headers.UserAgent.Add(Constants.UserAgentHeader);
 
-                    var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+                    HttpResponseMessage response;
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                    {
+                        // SendAsync will throw the OperationCanceledException if the passed cancellationToken is canceled
+                        // or if the http request times out due to HttpClient.Timeout expiring. In the latter case we
+                        // just want to start a new poll.
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
                     if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NoContent || cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/LongPollingTransportTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/LongPollingTransportTests.cs
index 9c6f9fbb6c..1892508f13 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/LongPollingTransportTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.Tests/LongPollingTransportTests.cs
@@ -437,5 +437,48 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Client.Tests
                 Assert.Equal("requestedTransferMode", exception.ParamName);
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task LongPollingTransportRePollsIfRequestCancelled()
+        {
+            var numPolls = 0;
+            var completionTcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
+
+            var mockHttpHandler = new Mock<HttpMessageHandler>();
+            mockHttpHandler.Protected()
+                .Setup<Task<HttpResponseMessage>>("SendAsync", ItExpr.IsAny<HttpRequestMessage>(), ItExpr.IsAny<CancellationToken>())
+                .Returns<HttpRequestMessage, CancellationToken>(async (request, cancellationToken) =>
+                {
+                    await Task.Yield();
+
+                    if (Interlocked.Increment(ref numPolls) < 3)
+                    {
+                        throw new OperationCanceledException();
+                    }
+
+                    completionTcs.SetResult(null);
+                    return ResponseUtils.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+                });
+
+            using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(mockHttpHandler.Object))
+            {
+                var longPollingTransport = new LongPollingTransport(httpClient);
+
+                try
+                {
+                    var connectionToTransport = Channel.CreateUnbounded<SendMessage>();
+                    var transportToConnection = Channel.CreateUnbounded<byte[]>();
+                    var channelConnection = new ChannelConnection<SendMessage, byte[]>(connectionToTransport, transportToConnection);
+                    await longPollingTransport.StartAsync(new Uri("http://fakeuri.org"), channelConnection, TransferMode.Binary, connectionId: string.Empty);
+
+                    var completedTask = await Task.WhenAny(completionTcs.Task, longPollingTransport.Running).OrTimeout();
+                    Assert.Equal(completionTcs.Task, completedTask);
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    await longPollingTransport.StopAsync();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }