diff --git a/config.template.yml b/config.template.yml
index ef53de1cf..3b8529c8a 100644
--- a/config.template.yml
+++ b/config.template.yml
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ storage:
     username: authelia
     ## Password can also be set using a secret: https://www.authelia.com/docs/configuration/secrets.html
     password: mypassword
+    timeout: 5s
 
   ##
   ## PostgreSQL (Storage Provider)
@@ -509,6 +510,7 @@ storage:
   #   username: authelia
   #   ## Password can also be set using a secret: https://www.authelia.com/docs/configuration/secrets.html
   #   password: mypassword
+  #   timeout: 5s
   #   sslmode: disable
 
 ##
diff --git a/docs/configuration/storage/mariadb.md b/docs/configuration/storage/mariadb.md
index 047bcba25..43a36f191 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/storage/mariadb.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/storage/mariadb.md
@@ -84,3 +84,15 @@ required: yes
 
 The password paired with the username used to connect to the database. Can also be defined using a
 [secret](../secrets.md) which is also the recommended way when running as a container.
+
+### timeout
+<div markdown="1">
+type: duration
+{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
+default: 5s
+{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
+required: no
+{: .label .label-config .label-green }
+</div>
+
+The SQL connection timeout.
diff --git a/docs/configuration/storage/mysql.md b/docs/configuration/storage/mysql.md
index 9a0e7528a..acb98f0b6 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/storage/mysql.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/storage/mysql.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ storage:
     database: authelia
     username: authelia
     password: mypassword
+    timeout: 5s
 ```
 
 ## Options
@@ -84,3 +85,15 @@ required: yes
 
 The password paired with the username used to connect to the database. Can also be defined using a
 [secret](../secrets.md) which is also the recommended way when running as a container.
+
+### timeout
+<div markdown="1">
+type: duration
+{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
+default: 5s
+{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
+required: no
+{: .label .label-config .label-green }
+</div>
+
+The SQL connection timeout.
diff --git a/docs/configuration/storage/postgres.md b/docs/configuration/storage/postgres.md
index abb97aa90..525aeeb91 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/storage/postgres.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/storage/postgres.md
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ required: yes
 The password paired with the username used to connect to the database. Can also be defined using a
 [secret](../secrets.md) which is also the recommended way when running as a container.
 
+### timeout
+<div markdown="1">
+type: duration
+{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
+default: 5s
+{: .label .label-config .label-blue }
+required: no
+{: .label .label-config .label-green }
+</div>
+
+The SQL connection timeout.
+
 ### sslmode
 <div markdown="1">
 type: string
diff --git a/internal/configuration/config.template.yml b/internal/configuration/config.template.yml
index ef53de1cf..3b8529c8a 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/config.template.yml
+++ b/internal/configuration/config.template.yml
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ storage:
     username: authelia
     ## Password can also be set using a secret: https://www.authelia.com/docs/configuration/secrets.html
     password: mypassword
+    timeout: 5s
 
   ##
   ## PostgreSQL (Storage Provider)
@@ -509,6 +510,7 @@ storage:
   #   username: authelia
   #   ## Password can also be set using a secret: https://www.authelia.com/docs/configuration/secrets.html
   #   password: mypassword
+  #   timeout: 5s
   #   sslmode: disable
 
 ##
diff --git a/internal/configuration/schema/storage.go b/internal/configuration/schema/storage.go
index 168b61bc3..ecb2a65ca 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/schema/storage.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/schema/storage.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package schema
 
+import "time"
+
 // LocalStorageConfiguration represents the configuration when using local storage.
 type LocalStorageConfiguration struct {
 	Path string `koanf:"path"`
@@ -7,11 +9,12 @@ type LocalStorageConfiguration struct {
 
 // SQLStorageConfiguration represents the configuration of the SQL database.
 type SQLStorageConfiguration struct {
-	Host     string `koanf:"host"`
-	Port     int    `koanf:"port"`
-	Database string `koanf:"database"`
-	Username string `koanf:"username"`
-	Password string `koanf:"password"`
+	Host     string        `koanf:"host"`
+	Port     int           `koanf:"port"`
+	Database string        `koanf:"database"`
+	Username string        `koanf:"username"`
+	Password string        `koanf:"password"`
+	Timeout  time.Duration `koanf:"timeout"`
 }
 
 // MySQLStorageConfiguration represents the configuration of a MySQL database.
@@ -31,3 +34,17 @@ type StorageConfiguration struct {
 	MySQL      *MySQLStorageConfiguration      `koanf:"mysql"`
 	PostgreSQL *PostgreSQLStorageConfiguration `koanf:"postgres"`
 }
+
+// DefaultPostgreSQLStorageConfiguration represents the default PostgreSQL configuration.
+var DefaultPostgreSQLStorageConfiguration = PostgreSQLStorageConfiguration{
+	SQLStorageConfiguration: SQLStorageConfiguration{
+		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+	},
+}
+
+// DefaultMySQLStorageConfiguration represents the default MySQL configuration.
+var DefaultMySQLStorageConfiguration = MySQLStorageConfiguration{
+	SQLStorageConfiguration: SQLStorageConfiguration{
+		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+	},
+}
diff --git a/internal/configuration/validator/const.go b/internal/configuration/validator/const.go
index 699697bf5..55006f4bc 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/validator/const.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/validator/const.go
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ var ValidKeys = []string{
 	"storage.mysql.database",
 	"storage.mysql.username",
 	"storage.mysql.password",
+	"storage.mysql.timeout",
 
 	// PostgreSQL Storage Keys.
 	"storage.postgres.host",
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ var ValidKeys = []string{
 	"storage.postgres.database",
 	"storage.postgres.username",
 	"storage.postgres.password",
+	"storage.postgres.timeout",
 	"storage.postgres.sslmode",
 
 	// FileSystem Notifier Keys.
diff --git a/internal/configuration/validator/storage.go b/internal/configuration/validator/storage.go
index d1596757e..e130132ac 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/validator/storage.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/validator/storage.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func ValidateStorage(configuration schema.StorageConfiguration, validator *schem
 
 	switch {
 	case configuration.MySQL != nil:
-		validateSQLConfiguration(&configuration.MySQL.SQLStorageConfiguration, validator)
+		validateMySQLConfiguration(&configuration.MySQL.SQLStorageConfiguration, validator)
 	case configuration.PostgreSQL != nil:
 		validatePostgreSQLConfiguration(configuration.PostgreSQL, validator)
 	case configuration.Local != nil:
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ func ValidateStorage(configuration schema.StorageConfiguration, validator *schem
 	}
 }
 
-func validateSQLConfiguration(configuration *schema.SQLStorageConfiguration, validator *schema.StructValidator) {
+func validateMySQLConfiguration(configuration *schema.SQLStorageConfiguration, validator *schema.StructValidator) {
+	if configuration.Timeout == 0 {
+		configuration.Timeout = schema.DefaultMySQLStorageConfiguration.Timeout
+	}
+
 	if configuration.Password == "" || configuration.Username == "" {
 		validator.Push(errors.New("the SQL username and password must be provided"))
 	}
@@ -33,7 +37,11 @@ func validateSQLConfiguration(configuration *schema.SQLStorageConfiguration, val
 }
 
 func validatePostgreSQLConfiguration(configuration *schema.PostgreSQLStorageConfiguration, validator *schema.StructValidator) {
-	validateSQLConfiguration(&configuration.SQLStorageConfiguration, validator)
+	validateMySQLConfiguration(&configuration.SQLStorageConfiguration, validator)
+
+	if configuration.Timeout == 0 {
+		configuration.Timeout = schema.DefaultPostgreSQLStorageConfiguration.Timeout
+	}
 
 	if configuration.SSLMode == "" {
 		configuration.SSLMode = testModeDisabled
diff --git a/internal/storage/mysql_provider.go b/internal/storage/mysql_provider.go
index 83aaffd79..a34f74333 100644
--- a/internal/storage/mysql_provider.go
+++ b/internal/storage/mysql_provider.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql" // Load the MySQL Driver used in the connection string.
 
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ func NewMySQLProvider(configuration schema.MySQLStorageConfiguration) *MySQLProv
 		connectionString += fmt.Sprintf("/%s", configuration.Database)
 	}
 
+	connectionString += "?"
+	connectionString += fmt.Sprintf("timeout=%ds", int32(configuration.Timeout/time.Second))
+
 	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", connectionString)
 	if err != nil {
 		provider.log.Fatalf("Unable to connect to SQL database: %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/storage/postgres_provider.go b/internal/storage/postgres_provider.go
index ce85678ed..ac59dcd3c 100644
--- a/internal/storage/postgres_provider.go
+++ b/internal/storage/postgres_provider.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/stdlib" // Load the PostgreSQL Driver used in the connection string.
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ func NewPostgreSQLProvider(configuration schema.PostgreSQLStorageConfiguration)
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("sslmode=%s", configuration.SSLMode))
 	}
 
+	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("connect_timeout=%d", int32(configuration.Timeout/time.Second)))
 	connectionString := strings.Join(args, " ")
 
 	db, err := sql.Open("pgx", connectionString)