diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
index f1f9d190c..2cf71bb1f 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			LIBTORRENT_VERSION)
 			: user_agent(user_agent_)
 			, tracker_completion_timeout(60)
-			, tracker_receive_timeout(20)
+			, tracker_receive_timeout(40)
 			, stop_tracker_timeout(5)
 			, tracker_maximum_response_length(1024*1024)
 			, piece_timeout(10)