diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
index c2f41ef7..1227b0c7 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ void falco_configuration::init(string conf_filename, list<string> &cmdline_optio
 
 	falco_logger::set_level(m_log_level);
 
+	m_output_timeout = m_config->get_scalar<uint32_t>("output_timeout", 2000);
+
 	m_notifications_rate = m_config->get_scalar<uint32_t>("outputs", "rate", 1);
 	m_notifications_max_burst = m_config->get_scalar<uint32_t>("outputs", "max_burst", 1000);
 
diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.h b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
index 37cb3a8e..aa0bc2ea 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.h
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ public:
 
 	bool m_buffered_outputs;
 	bool m_time_format_iso_8601;
+	uint32_t m_output_timeout;
 
 	bool m_grpc_enabled;
 	uint32_t m_grpc_threadiness;