https://github.com/jbussdieker/ruby-salt-api/pull/6

Author: T.J. Yang

lib/salt/api/client.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ def client
         Net::HTTP.new(hostname, port).tap do |client|
           client.use_ssl = use_ssl
           client.open_timeout = timeout
+          client.read_timeout = read_timeout
           # TODO: Allow specifying CA and such
           client.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
         end