diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h
index d72e3b4..2d5e228 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/bsc_nat.h
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@
 	int msc_port;
 	int first_contact;
 
+	/* timeouts */
+	int auth_timeout;
+	int ping_timeout;
+	int pong_timeout;
+
 	struct bsc_endpoint *bsc_endpoints;
 
 	/* filter */
diff --git a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c
index 2f17b13..58ee6af 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat.c
@@ -138,13 +138,16 @@
 {
 	struct bsc_connection *bsc = _bsc;
 
+	if (bsc->nat->ping_timeout < 0)
+		return;
+
 	send_ping(bsc);
 
 	/* send another ping in 20 seconds */
-	bsc_schedule_timer(&bsc->ping_timeout, 20, 0);
+	bsc_schedule_timer(&bsc->ping_timeout, bsc->nat->ping_timeout, 0);
 
 	/* also start a pong timer */
-	bsc_schedule_timer(&bsc->pong_timeout, 5, 0);
+	bsc_schedule_timer(&bsc->pong_timeout, bsc->nat->pong_timeout, 0);
 }
 
 static void start_ping_pong(struct bsc_connection *bsc)
@@ -772,7 +775,7 @@
 	 */
 	bsc->id_timeout.data = bsc;
 	bsc->id_timeout.cb = ipaccess_close_bsc;
-	bsc_schedule_timer(&bsc->id_timeout, 2, 0);
+	bsc_schedule_timer(&bsc->id_timeout, nat->auth_timeout, 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_utils.c b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_utils.c
index d02e6cd..d617f2c 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_utils.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_utils.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 	nat->stats.msc.reconn = counter_alloc("nat.msc.conn");
 	nat->msc_ip = talloc_strdup(nat, "127.0.0.1");
 	nat->msc_port = 5000;
+	nat->auth_timeout = 2;
+	nat->ping_timeout = 20;
+	nat->pong_timeout = 5;
 	return nat;
 }
 
diff --git a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c
index e432325..ff6a5ec 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_nat_vty.c
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 		vty_out(vty, " insi deny %s%s", _nat->imsi_deny, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	vty_out(vty, " msc ip %s%s", _nat->msc_ip, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	vty_out(vty, " msc port %d%s", _nat->msc_port, VTY_NEWLINE);
+	vty_out(vty, " timeout auth %d%s", _nat->auth_timeout, VTY_NEWLINE);
+	vty_out(vty, " timeout ping %d%s", _nat->ping_timeout, VTY_NEWLINE);
+	vty_out(vty, " timeout pong %d%s", _nat->pong_timeout, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -256,6 +259,33 @@
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+DEFUN(cfg_nat_auth_time,
+      cfg_nat_auth_time_cmd,
+      "timeout auth <1-256>",
+      "The time to wait for an auth response.")
+{
+	_nat->auth_timeout = atoi(argv[0]);
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+DEFUN(cfg_nat_ping_time,
+      cfg_nat_ping_time_cmd,
+      "timeout ping NR",
+      "Send a ping every NR seconds. Negative to disable.")
+{
+	_nat->ping_timeout = atoi(argv[0]);
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+DEFUN(cfg_nat_pong_time,
+      cfg_nat_pong_time_cmd,
+      "timeout pong NR",
+      "Wait NR seconds for the PONG response. Should be smaller than ping.")
+{
+	_nat->pong_timeout = atoi(argv[0]);
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 /* per BSC configuration */
 DEFUN(cfg_bsc, cfg_bsc_cmd, "bsc BSC_NR", "Select a BSC to configure")
 {
@@ -387,6 +417,9 @@
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_imsi_deny_cmd);
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_msc_ip_cmd);
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_msc_port_cmd);
+	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_auth_time_cmd);
+	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_ping_time_cmd);
+	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_nat_pong_time_cmd);
 
 	/* BSC subgroups */
 	install_element(NAT_NODE, &cfg_bsc_cmd);