diff --git a/docs/src/api/params.md b/docs/src/api/params.md
index 3b88a716d1..c6bb0055ad 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/params.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/params.md
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ contexts override the proxy, global proxy will be never used and can be any stri
 `launch({ proxy: { server: 'http://per-context' } })`.
 :::
 
+## context-option-defaulttimeout
+- `defaultTimeout` <[float]>
+
+Set the default browser context timeout for the new context. Equivalent to calling [`method: BrowserContext.setDefaultTimeout`].
+
 ## select-options-values
 * langs: java, js, csharp
 - `values` <[null]|[string]|[ElementHandle]|[Array]<[string]>|[Object]|[Array]<[ElementHandle]>|[Array]<[Object]>>
@@ -594,6 +599,7 @@ using the [`method: AndroidDevice.setDefaultTimeout`] method.
 - %%-context-option-recordvideo-%%
 - %%-context-option-recordvideo-dir-%%
 - %%-context-option-recordvideo-size-%%
+- %%-context-option-defaulttimeout-%%
 
 ## browser-option-args
 - `args` <[Array]<[string]>>
diff --git a/src/protocol/channels.ts b/src/protocol/channels.ts
index ac662bf859..158be0edbb 100644
--- a/src/protocol/channels.ts
+++ b/src/protocol/channels.ts
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextParams = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  defaultTimeout?: number,
   userDataDir: string,
   slowMo?: number,
 };
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextOptions = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  defaultTimeout?: number,
   slowMo?: number,
 };
 export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextResult = {
@@ -499,6 +501,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextParams = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  defaultTimeout?: number,
   proxy?: {
     server: string,
     bypass?: string,
@@ -556,6 +559,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextOptions = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  defaultTimeout?: number,
   proxy?: {
     server: string,
     bypass?: string,
diff --git a/src/protocol/protocol.yml b/src/protocol/protocol.yml
index 8b372e33bf..1149bd2d25 100644
--- a/src/protocol/protocol.yml
+++ b/src/protocol/protocol.yml
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ ContextOptions:
       properties:
         omitContent: boolean?
         path: string
+    defaultTimeout: number?
 
 
 Playwright:
diff --git a/src/protocol/validator.ts b/src/protocol/validator.ts
index 1ae820a8b1..cdede28504 100644
--- a/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
       omitContent: tOptional(tBoolean),
       path: tString,
     })),
+    defaultTimeout: tOptional(tNumber),
     userDataDir: tString,
     slowMo: tOptional(tNumber),
   });
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
       omitContent: tOptional(tBoolean),
       path: tString,
     })),
+    defaultTimeout: tOptional(tNumber),
     proxy: tOptional(tObject({
       server: tString,
       bypass: tOptional(tString),
diff --git a/src/server/browserContext.ts b/src/server/browserContext.ts
index 6e08002b5a..07fa7038fb 100644
--- a/src/server/browserContext.ts
+++ b/src/server/browserContext.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends SdkObject {
     if (this._options.recordHar)
       this._harTracer = new HarTracer(this, this._options.recordHar);
     this.tracing = new Tracing(this);
+
+    if (typeof this._options.defaultTimeout === 'number' && !debugMode())
+      this._timeoutSettings.setDefaultTimeout(this._options.defaultTimeout);
   }
 
   _setSelectors(selectors: Selectors) {
diff --git a/src/server/types.ts b/src/server/types.ts
index 24e04d2e7e..109f99afcc 100644
--- a/src/server/types.ts
+++ b/src/server/types.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ export type BrowserContextOptions = {
   },
   proxy?: ProxySettings,
   _debugName?: string,
+  defaultTimeout?: number,
 };
 
 export type EnvArray = { name: string, value: string }[];
diff --git a/tests/browsercontext-basic.spec.ts b/tests/browsercontext-basic.spec.ts
index baf963c975..f9c996f4ef 100644
--- a/tests/browsercontext-basic.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/browsercontext-basic.spec.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ it('should be able to navigate after disabling javascript', async ({browser, ser
   await context.close();
 });
 
+it('should respect default timeout when configured', async ({browser, playwright}) => {
+  const context = await browser.newContext({ defaultTimeout: 5 });
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+  let error = null;
+  await page.waitForFunction('false').catch(e => error = e);
+  expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(playwright.errors.TimeoutError);
+  expect(error.message).toContain('page.waitForFunction: Timeout 5ms exceeded');
+  await context.close();
+});
+
 it('should work with offline option', async ({browser, server}) => {
   const context = await browser.newContext({offline: true});
   const page = await context.newPage();
diff --git a/types/types.d.ts b/types/types.d.ts
index b74ecccc11..4e3c38e573 100644
--- a/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/types/types.d.ts
@@ -6985,6 +6985,12 @@ export interface BrowserType<Unused = {}> {
      */
     colorScheme?: "light"|"dark"|"no-preference";
 
+    /**
+     * Set the default browser context timeout for the new context. Equivalent to calling
+     * [browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browsercontextsetdefaulttimeouttimeout).
+     */
+    defaultTimeout?: number;
+
     /**
      * Specify device scale factor (can be thought of as dpr). Defaults to `1`.
      */
@@ -8096,6 +8102,12 @@ export interface AndroidDevice {
      */
     command?: string;
 
+    /**
+     * Set the default browser context timeout for the new context. Equivalent to calling
+     * [browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browsercontextsetdefaulttimeouttimeout).
+     */
+    defaultTimeout?: number;
+
     /**
      * Specify device scale factor (can be thought of as dpr). Defaults to `1`.
      */
@@ -8850,6 +8862,12 @@ export interface Browser extends EventEmitter {
      */
     colorScheme?: "light"|"dark"|"no-preference";
 
+    /**
+     * Set the default browser context timeout for the new context. Equivalent to calling
+     * [browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browsercontextsetdefaulttimeouttimeout).
+     */
+    defaultTimeout?: number;
+
     /**
      * Specify device scale factor (can be thought of as dpr). Defaults to `1`.
      */
@@ -10919,6 +10937,12 @@ export interface BrowserContextOptions {
    */
   colorScheme?: "light"|"dark"|"no-preference";
 
+  /**
+   * Set the default browser context timeout for the new context. Equivalent to calling
+   * [browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browsercontextsetdefaulttimeouttimeout).
+   */
+  defaultTimeout?: number;
+
   /**
    * Specify device scale factor (can be thought of as dpr). Defaults to `1`.
    */