diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/route.go b/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
index e239b333cc46..9ba56d27c845 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ package gatewayapi
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1beta1"
@@ -185,6 +187,22 @@ func (t *Translator) processHTTPRouteRules(httpRoute *HTTPRouteContext, parentRe
 	return routeRoutes
 }
 
+func processTimeout(irRoute *ir.HTTPRoute, rule v1beta1.HTTPRouteRule) {
+	if rule.Timeouts != nil {
+		if rule.Timeouts.Request != nil {
+			// TODO: handle parse errors
+			d, _ := time.ParseDuration(string(*rule.Timeouts.Request))
+			irRoute.Timeout = durationpb.New(d)
+		}
+
+		if rule.Timeouts.BackendRequest != nil {
+			// TODO: handle parse errors
+			d, _ := time.ParseDuration(string(*rule.Timeouts.BackendRequest))
+			irRoute.PerTryTimeout = durationpb.New(d)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (t *Translator) processHTTPRouteRule(httpRoute *HTTPRouteContext, ruleIdx int, httpFiltersContext *HTTPFiltersContext, rule v1beta1.HTTPRouteRule) []*ir.HTTPRoute {
 	var ruleRoutes []*ir.HTTPRoute
 
@@ -193,6 +211,7 @@ func (t *Translator) processHTTPRouteRule(httpRoute *HTTPRouteContext, ruleIdx i
 		irRoute := &ir.HTTPRoute{
 			Name: irRouteName(httpRoute, ruleIdx, -1),
 		}
+		processTimeout(irRoute, rule)
 		applyHTTPFiltersContextToIRRoute(httpFiltersContext, irRoute)
 		ruleRoutes = append(ruleRoutes, irRoute)
 	}
@@ -204,6 +223,7 @@ func (t *Translator) processHTTPRouteRule(httpRoute *HTTPRouteContext, ruleIdx i
 		irRoute := &ir.HTTPRoute{
 			Name: irRouteName(httpRoute, ruleIdx, matchIdx),
 		}
+		processTimeout(irRoute, rule)
 
 		if match.Path != nil {
 			switch PathMatchTypeDerefOr(match.Path.Type, v1beta1.PathMatchPathPrefix) {
@@ -295,6 +315,7 @@ func applyHTTPFiltersContextToIRRoute(httpFiltersContext *HTTPFiltersContext, ir
 	if httpFiltersContext.RateLimit != nil {
 		irRoute.RateLimit = httpFiltersContext.RateLimit
 	}
+
 	if len(httpFiltersContext.ExtensionRefs) > 0 {
 		irRoute.ExtensionRefs = httpFiltersContext.ExtensionRefs
 	}
@@ -536,6 +557,8 @@ func (t *Translator) processHTTPRouteParentRefListener(route RouteContext, route
 					Mirrors:               routeRoute.Mirrors,
 					RequestAuthentication: routeRoute.RequestAuthentication,
 					RateLimit:             routeRoute.RateLimit,
+					Timeout:               routeRoute.Timeout,
+					PerTryTimeout:         routeRoute.PerTryTimeout,
 					ExtensionRefs:         routeRoute.ExtensionRefs,
 				}
 				// Don't bother copying over the weights unless the route has invalid backends.
diff --git a/internal/ir/xds.go b/internal/ir/xds.go
index 21333e200723..e34a0fa5a476 100644
--- a/internal/ir/xds.go
+++ b/internal/ir/xds.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tetratelabs/multierror"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
 	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 
@@ -273,6 +274,10 @@ type HTTPRoute struct {
 	RateLimit *RateLimit `json:"rateLimit,omitempty" yaml:"rateLimit,omitempty"`
 	// RequestAuthentication defines the schema for authenticating HTTP requests.
 	RequestAuthentication *RequestAuthentication `json:"requestAuthentication,omitempty" yaml:"requestAuthentication,omitempty"`
+	// Timeout is the time until which entire response is received from the upstream.
+	Timeout *durationpb.Duration `json:"timeout,omitempty" yaml:"timeout,omitempty"`
+	// PerTryTimeout is the timeout per retry attempt. Number of retries defaults to 1.
+	PerTryTimeout *durationpb.Duration `json:"perTryTimeout,omitempty" yaml:"perTryTimeout,omitempty"`
 	// ExtensionRefs holds unstructured resources that were introduced by an extension and used on the HTTPRoute as extensionRef filters
 	ExtensionRefs []*UnstructuredRef `json:"extensionRefs,omitempty" yaml:"extensionRefs,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/internal/xds/translator/route.go b/internal/xds/translator/route.go
index bcbe33d7f17b..bee565f7ee9b 100644
--- a/internal/xds/translator/route.go
+++ b/internal/xds/translator/route.go
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ func buildXdsRoute(httpRoute *ir.HTTPRoute) *routev3.Route {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Timeouts
+	if httpRoute.Timeout != nil {
+		router.GetRoute().Timeout = httpRoute.Timeout
+	}
+
+	if httpRoute.PerTryTimeout != nil {
+		router.GetRoute().RetryPolicy = &routev3.RetryPolicy{
+			PerTryTimeout: httpRoute.PerTryTimeout,
+		}
+	}
+
 	// TODO: Convert this into a generic interface for API Gateway features.
 	//       https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/issues/882
 	if err := patchRouteWithRateLimit(router.GetRoute(), httpRoute); err != nil {