diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
index c76b6287e53..9563f052e88 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/http/http_client.c
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #define HTTP_CONTENT_LEN   "Content-Length"
 #define HTTP_CONT_LEN_SIZE 6
 
+/* Default network activity timeout in seconds */
+#define HTTP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT	K_SECONDS(CONFIG_HTTP_CLIENT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT)
+
 int client_reset(struct http_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	http_parser_init(&ctx->http.parser, HTTP_RESPONSE);
@@ -235,7 +238,7 @@ int http_client_send_req(struct http_ctx *ctx,
 
 	ctx->http.rsp.cb = cb;
 
-	ret = net_app_connect(&ctx->app_ctx, timeout);
+	ret = net_app_connect(&ctx->app_ctx, HTTP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		NET_DBG("Cannot connect to server (%d)", ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ int http_client_send_req(struct http_ctx *ctx,
 	/* We might wait longer than timeout if the first connection
 	 * establishment takes long time (like with HTTPS)
 	 */
-	if (k_sem_take(&ctx->http.connect_wait, timeout)) {
+	if (k_sem_take(&ctx->http.connect_wait, HTTP_NETWORK_TIMEOUT)) {
 		NET_DBG("Connection timed out");
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		goto out;