diff --git a/src/future/future/mod.rs b/src/future/future/mod.rs
index 0f9ef5864..b3efedb0d 100644
--- a/src/future/future/mod.rs
+++ b/src/future/future/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ cfg_unstable! {
     use try_race::TryRace;
     use join::Join;
     use try_join::TryJoin;
+    use crate::future::timeout::TimeoutFuture;
 }
 
 extension_trait! {
@@ -355,6 +356,40 @@ extension_trait! {
         {
             TryJoin::new(self, other)
         }
+
+        #[doc = r#"
+            Waits for both the future and a timeout, if the timeout completes before
+            the future, it returns an TimeoutError.
+
+            # Example
+            ```
+            # async_std::task::block_on(async {  
+            #
+            use std::time::Duration;
+
+            use async_std::prelude::*;
+            use async_std::future;
+            
+            let fut = future::ready(0);
+            let dur = Duration::from_millis(100);
+            let res = fut.timeout(dur).await;
+            assert!(res.is_ok());
+
+            let fut = future::pending::<()>();
+            let dur = Duration::from_millis(100);
+            let res = fut.timeout(dur).await;
+            assert!(res.is_err())
+            #
+            # });
+            ```
+        "#]
+        #[cfg(any(feature = "unstable", feature = "docs"))]
+        #[cfg_attr(feature = "docs", doc(cfg(unstable)))]
+        fn timeout(self, dur: Duration) -> impl Future<Output = Self::Output> [TimeoutFuture<Self>]
+            where Self: Sized
+        {
+            TimeoutFuture::new(self, dur)
+        }
     }
 
     impl<F: Future + Unpin + ?Sized> Future for Box<F> {
diff --git a/src/future/timeout.rs b/src/future/timeout.rs
index ff87ae4f7..05aaa4509 100644
--- a/src/future/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/future/timeout.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ where
 
 pin_project! {
     /// A future that times out after a duration of time.
-    struct TimeoutFuture<F> {
+    pub struct TimeoutFuture<F> {
         #[pin]
         future: F,
         #[pin]
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ pin_project! {
     }
 }
 
+impl<F> TimeoutFuture<F> {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(super) fn new(future: F, dur: Duration) -> TimeoutFuture<F> {
+        TimeoutFuture { future: future, delay: Delay::new(dur) }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<F: Future> Future for TimeoutFuture<F> {
     type Output = Result<F::Output, TimeoutError>;