diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa57aab..211fe14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ## Added
 
 - nginx / client_max_body_size option - set by command line option or environmental variable.
+- nginx / proxy-read-timeout option - set by command line option or environmental variable.
 
 ## Changed
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/deploy-command.rst b/docs/reference/deploy-command.rst
index b6d7992..0c9e16f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/deploy-command.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/deploy-command.rst
@@ -88,3 +88,12 @@ Sets the Nginx Client Max body size.
 Pass a string to `--nginxclientmaxbodysize` or set the `DOKKUSD_NGINX_CLIENT_MAX_BODY_SIZE` environmental variable.
 
 Should include units. eg `50m` not `50`.
+
+Nginx Proxy Read Timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Sets the Nginx Proxy Read Timeout.
+
+Pass a string to `--nginxproxyreadtimeout` or set the `DOKKUSD_NGINX_PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT` environmental variable.
+
+Should include units. eg `120s` not `120`.
diff --git a/dokkusd/cli.py b/dokkusd/cli.py
index 8458765..edfe041 100644
--- a/dokkusd/cli.py
+++ b/dokkusd/cli.py
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ def main() -> None:
         default=os.getenv("DOKKUSD_NGINX_CLIENT_MAX_BODY_SIZE"),
     )
 
+    deploy_parser.add_argument(
+        "--nginxproxyreadtimeout",
+        help="Sets a value for Nginx Proxy Read Timeout. Include units eg 120s",
+        default=os.getenv("DOKKUSD_NGINX_PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT"),
+    )
+
     ### Destroy
     destroy_parser = subparsers.add_parser("destroy")
     # host
@@ -110,6 +116,7 @@ def main() -> None:
             environment_variables_json_string=args.environmentvariablesjson,
             environment_variables=env_vars,
             nginx_client_max_body_size=args.nginxclientmaxbodysize,
+            nginx_proxy_read_timeout=args.nginxproxyreadtimeout,
         )
         deploy.go()
 
diff --git a/dokkusd/deploy.py b/dokkusd/deploy.py
index fefd646..2dbf7b3 100644
--- a/dokkusd/deploy.py
+++ b/dokkusd/deploy.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def __init__(
         environment_variables_json_string: str = None,
         environment_variables: dict = {},
         nginx_client_max_body_size=None,
+        nginx_proxy_read_timeout=None,
     ):
         super().__init__(
             directory=directory,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._environment_variables: dict = environment_variables
         self.environment_variables_json_string = environment_variables_json_string
         self._nginx_client_max_body_size = nginx_client_max_body_size
+        self._nginx_proxy_read_timeout = nginx_proxy_read_timeout
 
     def go(self) -> None:
 
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ def go(self) -> None:
             print(stdout)
             print(stderr)
 
-        # --------------------- Nginx
+        # --------------------- Nginx Client Max Body Size
         # If not already passed, look for it in app.json
         # This way things passed to us take priority over things set in app.json
         # Setting in app.json is deprecated and undocumented.
@@ -153,6 +155,24 @@ def go(self) -> None:
             print(stdout)
             print(stderr)
 
+        # --------------------- Nginx Proxy Read Timeout
+        if self._nginx_proxy_read_timeout:
+            print("Nginx: proxy-read-timeout ...")
+            stdout, stderr = self._dokku_command(
+                [
+                    "nginx:set",
+                    self.app_name,
+                    "proxy-read-timeout",
+                    str(self._nginx_proxy_read_timeout),
+                ]
+            )
+            print(stdout)
+            print(stderr)
+            print("proxy:build-config after Nginx: proxy-read-timeout ...")
+            stdout, stderr = self._dokku_command(["proxy:build-config", self.app_name])
+            print(stdout)
+            print(stderr)
+
         # --------------------- Deploy
         print("Deploy ...")
         process = subprocess.Popen(