diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01bd8b30d..0716f990b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ auth_modules:
       sslmode: disable
 ```
 
+### timeouts
+This section allows configuring a default and per-collector timeouts to help metrics get scraped even if a query runs or blocks longer than your configured Prometheus scrape timeout. If a timeout is unset or set to 0 (or `0s`, `0m`, etc.) the timeout is disabled.
+
+```yaml
+timeouts:
+  default: 2s
+  collectors:
+    stat_user_tables: 5s
+```
+
 ## Building and running
 
     git clone https://github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter.git
diff --git a/cmd/postgres_exporter/probe.go b/cmd/postgres_exporter/probe.go
index 2c8c7652e..b754a40a5 100644
--- a/cmd/postgres_exporter/probe.go
+++ b/cmd/postgres_exporter/probe.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func handleProbe(logger *slog.Logger, excludeDatabases []string) http.HandlerFun
 		registry.MustRegister(exporter)
 
 		// Run the probe
-		pc, err := collector.NewProbeCollector(tl, excludeDatabases, registry, dsn)
+		pc, err := collector.NewProbeCollector(tl, excludeDatabases, registry, dsn, conf.Timeouts)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error("Error creating probe collector", "err", err)
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/collector/probe.go b/collector/probe.go
index e40d6fee1..d30674087 100644
--- a/collector/probe.go
+++ b/collector/probe.go
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ type ProbeCollector struct {
 	collectors map[string]Collector
 	logger     *slog.Logger
 	instance   *instance
+	timeouts   config.Timeouts
 }
 
-func NewProbeCollector(logger *slog.Logger, excludeDatabases []string, registry *prometheus.Registry, dsn config.DSN) (*ProbeCollector, error) {
+func NewProbeCollector(logger *slog.Logger, excludeDatabases []string, registry *prometheus.Registry, dsn config.DSN, timeouts config.Timeouts) (*ProbeCollector, error) {
 	collectors := make(map[string]Collector)
 	initiatedCollectorsMtx.Lock()
 	defer initiatedCollectorsMtx.Unlock()
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ func NewProbeCollector(logger *slog.Logger, excludeDatabases []string, registry
 		}
 	}
 
+	for name := range timeouts.Collectors {
+		if _, ok := collectors[name]; !ok {
+			logger.Warn("timeout set for non-enabled collector", "collector", name)
+		}
+	}
+
 	instance, err := newInstance(dsn.GetConnectionString())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ func NewProbeCollector(logger *slog.Logger, excludeDatabases []string, registry
 		collectors: collectors,
 		logger:     logger,
 		instance:   instance,
+		timeouts:   timeouts,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -86,8 +94,10 @@ func (pc *ProbeCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	wg.Add(len(pc.collectors))
 	for name, c := range pc.collectors {
 		go func(name string, c Collector) {
-			execute(context.TODO(), name, c, pc.instance, ch, pc.logger)
-			wg.Done()
+			ctx, cancel := pc.timeouts.Context(context.TODO(), name)
+			defer cancel()
+			defer wg.Done()
+			execute(ctx, name, c, pc.instance, ch, pc.logger)
 		}(name, c)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 52c66513a..ee8c565e8 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ var (
 
 type Config struct {
 	AuthModules map[string]AuthModule `yaml:"auth_modules"`
+
+	Timeouts Timeouts `yaml:"timeouts"`
 }
 
 type AuthModule struct {
@@ -54,6 +58,11 @@ type UserPass struct {
 	Password string `yaml:"password"`
 }
 
+type Timeouts struct {
+	Default    time.Duration            `yaml:"default"`
+	Collectors map[string]time.Duration `yaml:"collectors"`
+}
+
 type Handler struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 	Config *Config
@@ -118,3 +127,14 @@ func (m AuthModule) ConfigureTarget(target string) (DSN, error) {
 
 	return dsn, nil
 }
+
+func (t Timeouts) Context(parent context.Context, collector string) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	timeout, ok := t.Collectors[collector]
+	if !ok {
+		timeout = t.Default
+	}
+	if timeout == 0 {
+		return context.WithCancel(parent)
+	}
+	return context.WithTimeout(parent, timeout)
+}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index fa59c9b40..12b4d1bd0 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ func TestLoadBadConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 			input: "testdata/config-bad-extra-field.yaml",
 			want:  "error parsing config file \"testdata/config-bad-extra-field.yaml\": yaml: unmarshal errors:\n  line 8: field doesNotExist not found in type config.AuthModule",
 		},
+		{
+			input: "testdata/config-bad-timeout-duration.yaml",
+			want:  "error parsing config file \"testdata/config-bad-timeout-duration.yaml\": yaml: unmarshal errors:\n  line 10: cannot unmarshal !!str `not a time` into time.Duration",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/config/testdata/config-bad-timeout-duration.yaml b/config/testdata/config-bad-timeout-duration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8141c995b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/testdata/config-bad-timeout-duration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+auth_modules:
+  first:
+    type: userpass
+    userpass:
+      username: first
+      password: firstpass
+    options:
+      sslmode: disable
+timeouts:
+  default: not a time
diff --git a/config/testdata/config-good.yaml b/config/testdata/config-good.yaml
index 13453e26f..56f3897e3 100644
--- a/config/testdata/config-good.yaml
+++ b/config/testdata/config-good.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ auth_modules:
       password: firstpass
     options:
       sslmode: disable
+timeouts:
+  default: 5s
+  collectors:
+    example: 10s