diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
index fa861908f9..801bb8fc87 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ For the FileIO there are several configuration options available:
 | s3.signer            | bearer                   | Configure the signature version of the FileIO.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | s3.region            | us-west-2                | Sets the region of the bucket                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | s3.proxy-uri         | http://my.proxy.com:8080 | Configure the proxy server to be used by the FileIO.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| s3.connect-timeout   | 60.0                     | Configure socket connection timeout, in seconds.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 
 ### HDFS
 
diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/io/__init__.py
index b55a896284..dc94dc8a4e 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/__init__.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 S3_SESSION_TOKEN = "s3.session-token"
 S3_REGION = "s3.region"
 S3_PROXY_URI = "s3.proxy-uri"
+S3_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = "s3.connect-timeout"
 HDFS_HOST = "hdfs.host"
 HDFS_PORT = "hdfs.port"
 HDFS_USER = "hdfs.user"
diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py b/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py
index 97a01f238a..18b1f5b885 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/fsspec.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     GCS_TOKEN,
     GCS_VERSION_AWARE,
     S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+    S3_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
     S3_ENDPOINT,
     S3_PROXY_URI,
     S3_REGION,
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ def _s3(properties: Properties) -> AbstractFileSystem:
     if proxy_uri := properties.get(S3_PROXY_URI):
         config_kwargs["proxies"] = {"http": proxy_uri, "https": proxy_uri}
 
+    if connect_timeout := properties.get(S3_CONNECT_TIMEOUT):
+        config_kwargs["connect_timeout"] = connect_timeout
+
     fs = S3FileSystem(client_kwargs=client_kwargs, config_kwargs=config_kwargs)
 
     for event_name, event_function in register_events.items():
diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index 67a16ebefb..a537cf7a30 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     HDFS_PORT,
     HDFS_USER,
     S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+    S3_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
     S3_ENDPOINT,
     S3_PROXY_URI,
     S3_REGION,
@@ -330,6 +331,9 @@ def _initialize_fs(self, scheme: str, netloc: Optional[str] = None) -> FileSyste
             if proxy_uri := self.properties.get(S3_PROXY_URI):
                 client_kwargs["proxy_options"] = proxy_uri
 
+            if connect_timeout := self.properties.get(S3_CONNECT_TIMEOUT):
+                client_kwargs["connect_timeout"] = connect_timeout
+
             return S3FileSystem(**client_kwargs)
         elif scheme == "hdfs":
             from pyarrow.fs import HadoopFileSystem