diff --git a/deployment/cinder/cinder-api-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/cinder/cinder-api-container-puppet.yaml
index 0c2737aa52..6f0a1ddb40 100644
--- a/deployment/cinder/cinder-api-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/cinder/cinder-api-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ parameters:
       e.g. { cinder-context_is_admin: { key: context_is_admin, value: 'role:admin' } }
     default: {}
     type: json
+  CinderApiWsgiTimeout:
+    default: 60
+    description: The number of seconds until a Cinder API WSGI connection times out.
+    type: number
   NotificationDriver:
     type: string
     default: 'noop'
@@ -219,13 +223,18 @@ outputs:
                   "%{hiera('$NETWORK')}"
                 params:
                   $NETWORK: {get_param: [ServiceNetMap, CinderApiNetwork]}
-          -
             cinder::wsgi::apache::servername:
               str_replace:
                 template:
                   "%{hiera('fqdn_$NETWORK')}"
                 params:
                   $NETWORK: {get_param: [ServiceNetMap, CinderApiNetwork]}
+            cinder::wsgi::apache::vhost_custom_fragment:
+              str_replace:
+                template:
+                  "Timeout TIMEOUT"
+                params:
+                  TIMEOUT: {get_param: CinderApiWsgiTimeout}
           -
             if:
             - cinder_workers_zero
diff --git a/deployment/cinder/cinder-base.yaml b/deployment/cinder/cinder-base.yaml
index d561f5cf80..43e4e84769 100644
--- a/deployment/cinder/cinder-base.yaml
+++ b/deployment/cinder/cinder-base.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ parameters:
     description: >
         Cron to move deleted instances to another table - Max Delay
     default: '3600'
+  CinderRpcResponseTimeout:
+    default: 60
+    description: Cinder's RPC response timeout, in seconds.
+    type: number
   NovaPassword:
     type: string
     description: The password for the nova service and db account
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ outputs:
           - {get_param: CinderDebug }
         cinder::storage_availability_zone: {get_param: CinderStorageAvailabilityZone}
         cinder::rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold: 60
+        cinder::rpc_response_timeout: {get_param: CinderRpcResponseTimeout}
         cinder::db::database_db_max_retries: -1
         cinder::db::database_max_retries: -1
         cinder::cron::db_purge::minute: {get_param: CinderCronDbPurgeMinute}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/cinder-add-timeout-parameters-54550a6e1c11c0b9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-add-timeout-parameters-54550a6e1c11c0b9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3aea99d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-add-timeout-parameters-54550a6e1c11c0b9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    New ``CinderRpcResponseTimeout`` and ``CinderApiWsgiTimeout`` parameters
+    provide a means for configuring Cinder's RPC response and WSGI connection
+    timeouts, respectively.