diff --git a/include/cutils/sockets.h b/include/cutils/sockets.h
index c99d0aa..e25c555 100644
--- a/include/cutils/sockets.h
+++ b/include/cutils/sockets.h
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@
 int socket_close(cutils_socket_t sock);
 
 /*
+ * Sets socket receive timeout using SO_RCVTIMEO. Setting |timeout_ms| to 0
+ * disables receive timeouts.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success.
+ */
+int socket_set_receive_timeout(cutils_socket_t sock, int timeout_ms);
+
+/*
  * socket_peer_is_trusted - Takes a socket which is presumed to be a
  * connected local socket (e.g. AF_LOCAL) and returns whether the peer
  * (the userid that owns the process on the other end of that socket)