diff --git a/production/nginx/http-basic.conf b/production/nginx/http-basic.conf
index dc880cad5..fd5cc4b94 100644
--- a/production/nginx/http-basic.conf
+++ b/production/nginx/http-basic.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ client_header_timeout 10s;
 keepalive_timeout 69s;
 # maximum time between packets nginx is allowed to pause when sending the client data
 send_timeout 69s;
+# maximum time to wait for response from upstream backends
+proxy_read_timeout 120s;
 
 # number of requests per connection, does not affect SPDY
 keepalive_requests 1337;