diff --git a/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp b/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
index c7aee4a0f..721ec7b9c 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			, tracker_receive_timeout(40)
 			, stop_tracker_timeout(5)
 			, tracker_maximum_response_length(1024*1024)
-			, piece_timeout(10)
-			, request_timeout(40)
+			, piece_timeout(20)
+			, request_timeout(50)
 			, request_queue_time(3.f)
 			, max_allowed_in_request_queue(250)
 			, max_out_request_queue(200)