diff --git a/Data/SQLite/include/Poco/Data/SQLite/SessionImpl.h b/Data/SQLite/include/Poco/Data/SQLite/SessionImpl.h
index 1be2dd1e7..769d51f3e 100644
--- a/Data/SQLite/include/Poco/Data/SQLite/SessionImpl.h
+++ b/Data/SQLite/include/Poco/Data/SQLite/SessionImpl.h
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ public:
 	const std::string& connectorName() const;
 		/// Returns the name of the connector.
 
+protected:
+	void setConnectionTimeout(const std::string& prop, const Poco::Any& value);
+	Poco::Any getConnectionTimeout(const std::string& prop);
+
 private:
 	std::string _connector;
 	sqlite3*    _pDB;
diff --git a/Data/SQLite/src/SessionImpl.cpp b/Data/SQLite/src/SessionImpl.cpp
index d3f542a55..07322f071 100644
--- a/Data/SQLite/src/SessionImpl.cpp
+++ b/Data/SQLite/src/SessionImpl.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "Poco/String.h"
 #include "Poco/Mutex.h"
 #include "Poco/Data/DataException.h"
+#include "Poco/NumberParser.h"
 #include "sqlite3.h"
 #include <cstdlib>
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ SessionImpl::SessionImpl(const std::string& fileName, std::size_t loginTimeout):
 	addFeature("autoCommit", 
 		&SessionImpl::autoCommit, 
 		&SessionImpl::isAutoCommit);
+	addProperty("connectionTimeout", &SessionImpl::setConnectionTimeout, &SessionImpl::getConnectionTimeout);
 }
 
 
@@ -212,6 +214,19 @@ void SessionImpl::setConnectionTimeout(std::size_t timeout)
 }
 
 
+void SessionImpl::setConnectionTimeout(const std::string& prop, const Poco::Any& value)
+{
+	int timeout = Poco::RefAnyCast<std::size_t>(value);
+	setConnectionTimeout(timeout);
+}
+
+
+Poco::Any SessionImpl::getConnectionTimeout(const std::string& prop)
+{
+	return Poco::Any(_timeout/1000);
+}
+
+
 void SessionImpl::autoCommit(const std::string&, bool)
 {
 	// The problem here is to decide whether to call commit or rollback