diff --git a/changelog/dustmite-timeout.dd b/changelog/dustmite-timeout.dd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d7eb2278f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/dustmite-timeout.dd
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Added `--timeout` option to `dub dustmite` command.
+
+Adds a timeout (in seconds) for each oracle invocation, preventing
+the dustmite process from hanging indefinitely when the test command
+does not terminate. Requires the `timeout` command to be available
+(coreutils on Linux/macOS).
diff --git a/scripts/fish-completion/dub.fish b/scripts/fish-completion/dub.fish
index 1ed8fb801c..4574ae772c 100644
--- a/scripts/fish-completion/dub.fish
+++ b/scripts/fish-completion/dub.fish
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ for cmd in dustmite
 	complete -c dub -n "contains '$cmd' (commandline -poc)"      -l program-status     -x -d "Expected program status code"
 	complete -c dub -n "contains '$cmd' (commandline -poc)"      -l program-regex      -x -d "Program output regular expression"
 	complete -c dub -n "contains '$cmd' (commandline -poc)"      -l test-package       -x -d "Perform a test run"
+	complete -c dub -n "contains '$cmd' (commandline -poc)"      -l timeout            -x -d "Timeout for each oracle invocation in seconds"
 end
 
 for cmd in fetch remove
diff --git a/scripts/zsh-completion/_dub b/scripts/zsh-completion/_dub
index 4550cd8073..a186fe8374 100644
--- a/scripts/zsh-completion/_dub
+++ b/scripts/zsh-completion/_dub
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ _dub_dustmite() {
         '--linker-regex=[A regular expression used to match against the linker output]:regex: '
         '--program-status=[The expected status code of the built executable]:status code: '
         '--program-regex=[A regular expression used to match against the program output]:regex: '
+        '--timeout=[Timeout for each oracle invocation in seconds]:seconds: '
         '--[End of dub arguments, the following will be sent to the program]'
     )
 
diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 3c3efd4402..21e8535939 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -2726,6 +2726,7 @@ class DustmiteCommand : PackageBuildCommand {
 		string m_strategy;
 		uint m_jobCount;		// zero means not specified
 		bool m_trace;
+		uint m_timeout;			// in seconds, zero means not specified
 	}
 
 	this() @safe pure nothrow
@@ -2757,6 +2758,7 @@ class DustmiteCommand : PackageBuildCommand {
 		args.getopt("strategy", &m_strategy, ["Set strategy (careful/lookback/pingpong/indepth/inbreadth)"]);
 		args.getopt("j", &m_jobCount, ["Set number of look-ahead processes"]);
 		args.getopt("trace", &m_trace, ["Save all attempted reductions to DIR.trace"]);
+		args.getopt("timeout", &m_timeout, ["Timeout for each oracle invocation in seconds"]);
 		super.prepare(args);
 
 		// speed up loading when in test mode
@@ -2875,6 +2877,8 @@ class DustmiteCommand : PackageBuildCommand {
 
 			logInfo("Starting", Color.light_green, "Executing dustmite...");
 			auto testcmd = appender!string();
+			if (m_timeout)
+				testcmd.formattedWrite("timeout %s ", m_timeout);
 			testcmd.formattedWrite("%s dustmite --test-package=%s --build=%s --config=%s",
 				std.file.thisExePath, prj.name, this.baseSettings.buildType, this.baseSettings.config);
 
diff --git a/test/dustmite-no-redirect.sh b/test/dustmite-no-redirect.sh
index 30c6b9c308..ecf324ab36 100755
--- a/test/dustmite-no-redirect.sh
+++ b/test/dustmite-no-redirect.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LOG="$DM_TEST.log"
 
 rm -rf $DM_TMP $DM_TMP.*
 
-$DUB --root=$DM_TEST dustmite --no-redirect --program-status=1 $DM_TMP &> $LOG || true
+$DUB --root=$DM_TEST dustmite --no-redirect --program-status=1 --timeout=60 $DM_TMP &> $LOG || true
 
 if ! grep -q "$EXPECTED" "$LOG"
 then