diff --git a/gennghttpxfun.py b/gennghttpxfun.py
index d85eb139..93ad43f8 100755
--- a/gennghttpxfun.py
+++ b/gennghttpxfun.py
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ OPTIONS = [
     "dns-cache-timeout",
     "dns-lookup-timeout",
     "dns-max-try",
+    "frontend-keep-alive-timeout",
 ]
 
 LOGVARS = [
diff --git a/src/shrpx.cc b/src/shrpx.cc
index 20ffbb2f..cddbeb51 100644
--- a/src/shrpx.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx.cc
@@ -1461,6 +1461,9 @@ void fill_default_config(Config *config) {
 
       // Write timeout for HTTP2/non-HTTP2 upstream connection
       timeoutconf.write = 30_s;
+
+      // Keep alive timeout for HTTP/1 upstream connection
+      timeoutconf.idle_read = 1_min;
     }
   }
 
@@ -1828,6 +1831,11 @@ Timeout:
               Specify write timeout for all frontend connections.
               Default: )"
       << util::duration_str(config->conn.upstream.timeout.write) << R"(
+  --frontend-keep-alive-timeout=<DURATION>
+              Specify   keep-alive   timeout   for   frontend   HTTP/1
+              connection.
+              Default: )"
+      << util::duration_str(config->conn.upstream.timeout.idle_read) << R"(
   --stream-read-timeout=<DURATION>
               Specify  read timeout  for HTTP/2  and SPDY  streams.  0
               means no timeout.
@@ -3066,6 +3074,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         {SHRPX_OPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT.c_str(), required_argument, &flag, 143},
         {SHRPX_OPT_DNS_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT.c_str(), required_argument, &flag, 144},
         {SHRPX_OPT_DNS_MAX_TRY.c_str(), required_argument, &flag, 145},
+        {SHRPX_OPT_FRONTEND_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT.c_str(), required_argument,
+         &flag, 146},
         {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}};
 
     int option_index = 0;
@@ -3751,6 +3761,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         // --dns-max-try
         cmdcfgs.emplace_back(SHRPX_OPT_DNS_MAX_TRY, StringRef{optarg});
         break;
+      case 146:
+        // --frontend-keep-alive-timeout
+        cmdcfgs.emplace_back(SHRPX_OPT_FRONTEND_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT,
+                             StringRef{optarg});
+        break;
       default:
         break;
       }
diff --git a/src/shrpx_config.cc b/src/shrpx_config.cc
index a963d3b6..56aeaf5f 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_config.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_config.cc
@@ -1789,6 +1789,9 @@ int option_lookup_token(const char *name, size_t namelen) {
       if (util::strieq_l("frontend-http2-read-timeou", name, 26)) {
         return SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_HTTP2_READ_TIMEOUT;
       }
+      if (util::strieq_l("frontend-keep-alive-timeou", name, 26)) {
+        return SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT;
+      }
       break;
     }
     break;
@@ -3126,6 +3129,9 @@ int parse_config(Config *config, int optid, const StringRef &opt,
     config->dns.max_try = n;
     return 0;
   }
+  case SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT:
+    return parse_duration(&config->conn.upstream.timeout.idle_read, opt,
+                          optarg);
   case SHRPX_OPTID_CONF:
     LOG(WARN) << "conf: ignored";
 
diff --git a/src/shrpx_config.h b/src/shrpx_config.h
index 95c39f9c..272e7e40 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_config.h
+++ b/src/shrpx_config.h
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT =
 constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_DNS_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT =
     StringRef::from_lit("dns-lookup-timeout");
 constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_DNS_MAX_TRY = StringRef::from_lit("dns-max-try");
+constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_FRONTEND_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT =
+    StringRef::from_lit("frontend-keep-alive-timeout");
 
 constexpr size_t SHRPX_OBFUSCATED_NODE_LENGTH = 8;
 
@@ -766,6 +768,7 @@ struct ConnectionConfig {
       ev_tstamp http2_read;
       ev_tstamp read;
       ev_tstamp write;
+      ev_tstamp idle_read;
     } timeout;
     struct {
       RateLimitConfig read;
@@ -937,6 +940,7 @@ enum {
   SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_HTTP2_SETTINGS_TIMEOUT,
   SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_HTTP2_WINDOW_BITS,
   SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_HTTP2_WINDOW_SIZE,
+  SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT,
   SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_NO_TLS,
   SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_READ_TIMEOUT,
   SHRPX_OPTID_FRONTEND_WRITE_TIMEOUT,
diff --git a/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc b/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
index a12d1a40..a7ec4778 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ int htp_msg_begin(http_parser *htp) {
 
   upstream->attach_downstream(std::move(downstream));
 
+  auto conn = handler->get_connection();
+  auto &upstreamconf = get_config()->conn.upstream;
+
+  conn->rt.repeat = upstreamconf.timeout.read;
+
   handler->repeat_read_timer();
 
   return 0;
@@ -672,6 +677,11 @@ int HttpsUpstream::on_write() {
         return 0;
       }
 
+      auto conn = handler_->get_connection();
+      auto &upstreamconf = get_config()->conn.upstream;
+
+      conn->rt.repeat = upstreamconf.timeout.idle_read;
+
       handler_->repeat_read_timer();
 
       return resume_read(SHRPX_NO_BUFFER, nullptr, 0);