diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47003770..02202594 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ multiple concurrent HTTP requests without blocking.
         * [ServerRequest](#serverrequest)
         * [ResponseException](#responseexception)
     * [React\Http\Middleware](#reacthttpmiddleware)
+        * [InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware](#inactiveconnectiontimeoutmiddleware)
         * [StreamingRequestMiddleware](#streamingrequestmiddleware)
         * [LimitConcurrentRequestsMiddleware](#limitconcurrentrequestsmiddleware)
         * [RequestBodyBufferMiddleware](#requestbodybuffermiddleware)
@@ -2679,6 +2680,22 @@ access its underlying response object.
 
 ### React\Http\Middleware
 
+#### InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware
+
+The `React\Http\Middleware\InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware` is purely a configuration middleware to configure the
+`HttpServer` to close any inactive connections between requests to close the connection and not leave them needlessly open.
+
+The following example configures the `HttpServer` to close any inactive connections after one and a half second:
+
+```php
+$http = new React\Http\HttpServer(
+    new React\Http\Middleware\InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware(1.5),
+    $handler
+);
+```
+> Internally, this class is used as a "value object" to override the default timeout of one minute.
+  As such it doesn't have any behavior internally, that is all in the internal "StreamingServer". 
+
 #### StreamingRequestMiddleware
 
 The `React\Http\Middleware\StreamingRequestMiddleware` can be used to
diff --git a/src/HttpServer.php b/src/HttpServer.php
index f2334733..e140e210 100644
--- a/src/HttpServer.php
+++ b/src/HttpServer.php
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 use Evenement\EventEmitter;
 use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
+use React\Http\Io\Clock;
 use React\Http\Io\IniUtil;
 use React\Http\Io\MiddlewareRunner;
+use React\Http\Io\RequestHeaderParser;
 use React\Http\Io\StreamingServer;
+use React\Http\Middleware\InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware;
 use React\Http\Middleware\LimitConcurrentRequestsMiddleware;
 use React\Http\Middleware\StreamingRequestMiddleware;
 use React\Http\Middleware\RequestBodyBufferMiddleware;
@@ -219,10 +222,13 @@ public function __construct($requestHandlerOrLoop)
         }
 
         $streaming = false;
+        $idleConnectionTimeout = InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
         foreach ((array) $requestHandlers as $handler) {
             if ($handler instanceof StreamingRequestMiddleware) {
                 $streaming = true;
-                break;
+            }
+            if ($handler instanceof InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware) {
+                $idleConnectionTimeout = $handler->getTimeout();
             }
         }
 
@@ -252,10 +258,11 @@ public function __construct($requestHandlerOrLoop)
          * doing anything with the request.
          */
         $middleware = \array_filter($middleware, function ($handler) {
-            return !($handler instanceof StreamingRequestMiddleware);
+            return !($handler instanceof StreamingRequestMiddleware) && !($handler instanceof InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware);
         });
 
-        $this->streamingServer = new StreamingServer($loop, new MiddlewareRunner($middleware));
+        $clock = new Clock($loop);
+        $this->streamingServer = new StreamingServer(new MiddlewareRunner($middleware), new RequestHeaderParser($loop, $clock, $idleConnectionTimeout), $clock);
 
         $that = $this;
         $this->streamingServer->on('error', function ($error) use ($that) {
diff --git a/src/Io/RequestHeaderParser.php b/src/Io/RequestHeaderParser.php
index b8336f5b..62b36181 100644
--- a/src/Io/RequestHeaderParser.php
+++ b/src/Io/RequestHeaderParser.php
@@ -37,10 +37,25 @@ public function __construct(Clock $clock)
 
     public function handle(ConnectionInterface $conn)
     {
+        $loop = $this->loop;
+        $idleConnectionTimeout = $this->idleConnectionTimeout;
+        $that = $this;
+        $idleConnectionTimeoutHandler = function () use ($that, $conn) {
+            $that->emit('error', array(
+                new \RuntimeException('Request timed out', Response::STATUS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT),
+                $conn
+            ));
+            $conn->close();
+        };
+        $timer = $loop->addTimer($idleConnectionTimeout, $idleConnectionTimeoutHandler);
+        $conn->on('close', function () use ($loop, &$timer) {
+            $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+        });
         $buffer = '';
         $maxSize = $this->maxSize;
         $that = $this;
         $conn->on('data', $fn = function ($data) use (&$buffer, &$fn, $conn, $maxSize, $that) {
+//            $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
             // append chunk of data to buffer and look for end of request headers
             $buffer .= $data;
             $endOfHeader = \strpos($buffer, "\r\n\r\n");
@@ -59,6 +74,7 @@ public function handle(ConnectionInterface $conn)
 
             // ignore incomplete requests
             if ($endOfHeader === false) {
+//                $timer = $loop->addTimer($idleConnectionTimeout, $idleConnectionTimeoutHandler);
                 return;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Io/StreamingServer.php b/src/Io/StreamingServer.php
index 790c8cc1..cb5f7f79 100644
--- a/src/Io/StreamingServer.php
+++ b/src/Io/StreamingServer.php
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ final class StreamingServer extends EventEmitter
 
     /** @var Clock */
     private $clock;
+    private $loop;
+    private $idleConnectionTimeout;
 
     /**
      * Creates an HTTP server that invokes the given callback for each incoming HTTP request
@@ -95,7 +97,6 @@ final class StreamingServer extends EventEmitter
      * connections in order to then parse incoming data as HTTP.
      * See also [listen()](#listen) for more details.
      *
-     * @param LoopInterface $loop
      * @param callable $requestHandler
      * @see self::listen()
      */
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ public function __construct(LoopInterface $loop, $requestHandler)
      */
     public function listen(ServerInterface $socket)
     {
-        $socket->on('connection', array($this->parser, 'handle'));
+        $socket->on('connection', array($this, 'parseRequest'));
     }
 
     /** @internal */
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ public function handleResponse(ConnectionInterface $connection, ServerRequestInt
 
             // either wait for next request over persistent connection or end connection
             if ($persist) {
-                $this->parser->handle($connection);
+                $this->parseRequest($connection);
             } else {
                 $connection->end();
             }
@@ -380,13 +381,34 @@ public function handleResponse(ConnectionInterface $connection, ServerRequestInt
         // write streaming body and then wait for next request over persistent connection
         if ($persist) {
             $body->pipe($connection, array('end' => false));
-            $parser = $this->parser;
-            $body->on('end', function () use ($connection, $parser, $body) {
+            $that = $this;
+            $body->on('end', function () use ($connection, $body, &$that) {
                 $connection->removeListener('close', array($body, 'close'));
-                $parser->handle($connection);
+                $that->parseRequest($connection);
             });
         } else {
             $body->pipe($connection);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     */
+    public function parseRequest(ConnectionInterface $connection)
+    {
+        $idleConnectionTimeout = $this->idleConnectionTimeout;
+        $loop = $this->loop;
+        $idleConnectionTimeoutHandler = function () use ($connection) {
+            $connection->close();
+        };
+        $timer = $this->loop->addTimer($idleConnectionTimeout, $idleConnectionTimeoutHandler);
+        $connection->once('close', function () use ($loop, &$timer) {
+            $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+        });
+        $connection->once('data', function () use ($loop, &$timer) {
+            $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+        });
+
+        $this->parser->handle($connection);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Middleware/InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ca4c759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Middleware/InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace React\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use React\Http\Io\HttpBodyStream;
+use React\Http\Io\PauseBufferStream;
+use React\Promise;
+use React\Promise\PromiseInterface;
+use React\Promise\Deferred;
+use React\Stream\ReadableStreamInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Closes any inactive connection after the specified amount of seconds since last activity.
+ *
+ * This allows you to set an alternative timeout to the default one minute (60 seconds). For example
+ * thirteen and a half seconds:
+ *
+ * ```php
+ * $http = new React\Http\HttpServer(
+ *     new React\Http\Middleware\InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware(13.5),
+ *     $handler
+ * );
+ *
+ * > Internally, this class is used as a "value object" to override the default timeout of one minute.
+ *   As such it doesn't have any behavior internally, that is all in the internal "StreamingServer".
+ */
+final class InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware
+{
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     */
+    const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60;
+
+    /**
+     * @var float
+     */
+    private $timeout;
+
+    /**
+     * @param float $timeout
+     */
+    public function __construct($timeout = self::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+    {
+        $this->timeout = $timeout;
+    }
+
+    public function __invoke(ServerRequestInterface $request, $next)
+    {
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return float
+     * @internal
+     */
+    public function getTimeout()
+    {
+        return $this->timeout;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/HttpServerTest.php b/tests/HttpServerTest.php
index 72d48468..90b89dde 100644
--- a/tests/HttpServerTest.php
+++ b/tests/HttpServerTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 use React\Http\HttpServer;
 use React\Http\Io\IniUtil;
+use React\Http\Io\StreamingServer;
+use React\Http\Middleware\InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware;
 use React\Http\Middleware\StreamingRequestMiddleware;
 use React\Promise;
 use React\Promise\Deferred;
@@ -60,10 +62,18 @@ public function testConstructWithoutLoopAssignsLoopAutomatically()
         $ref->setAccessible(true);
         $clock = $ref->getValue($streamingServer);
 
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($streamingServer, 'parser');
+        $ref->setAccessible(true);
+        $parser = $ref->getValue($streamingServer);
+
         $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($clock, 'loop');
         $ref->setAccessible(true);
         $loop = $ref->getValue($clock);
 
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($parser, 'loop');
+        $ref->setAccessible(true);
+        $loop = $ref->getValue($parser);
+
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\EventLoop\LoopInterface', $loop);
     }
 
@@ -257,6 +267,18 @@ function (ServerRequestInterface $request) use (&$streaming) {
         $this->assertEquals(true, $streaming);
     }
 
+    public function testIdleConnectionWillBeClosedAfterConfiguredTimeout()
+    {
+        $this->connection->expects($this->once())->method('close');
+
+        $http = new HttpServer(Loop::get(), new InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware(0.1), $this->expectCallableNever());
+
+        $http->listen($this->socket);
+        $this->socket->emit('connection', array($this->connection));
+
+        Loop::run();
+    }
+
     public function testForwardErrors()
     {
         $exception = new \Exception();
@@ -439,7 +461,7 @@ public function testConstructServerWithMemoryLimitDoesLimitConcurrency()
 
     public function testConstructFiltersOutConfigurationMiddlewareBefore()
     {
-        $http = new HttpServer(new StreamingRequestMiddleware(), function () { });
+        $http = new HttpServer(new InactiveConnectionTimeoutMiddleware(0), new StreamingRequestMiddleware(), function () { });
 
         $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($http, 'streamingServer');
         $ref->setAccessible(true);
diff --git a/tests/Io/RequestHeaderParserTest.php b/tests/Io/RequestHeaderParserTest.php
index cb489fa5..7e1ba76e 100644
--- a/tests/Io/RequestHeaderParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Io/RequestHeaderParserTest.php
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ public function testServerParamsWillBeReusedForMultipleRequestsFromSameConnectio
         $clock = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Http\Io\Clock')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
         $clock->expects($this->exactly(2))->method('now')->willReturn(1652972091.3958);
 
-        $parser = new RequestHeaderParser($clock);
+        $parser = $this->createRequestHeaderParser($clock);
 
         $connection = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Socket\Connection')->disableOriginalConstructor()->setMethods(array('getLocalAddress', 'getRemoteAddress'))->getMock();
         $connection->expects($this->once())->method('getLocalAddress')->willReturn('tcp://127.1.1.1:8000');
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ public function testServerParamsWillBeRememberedUntilConnectionIsClosed()
     {
         $clock = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Http\Io\Clock')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
 
-        $parser = new RequestHeaderParser($clock);
+        $parser = $this->createRequestHeaderParser($clock);
 
         $connection = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Socket\Connection')->disableOriginalConstructor()->setMethods(array('getLocalAddress', 'getRemoteAddress'))->getMock();
 
@@ -887,6 +887,49 @@ public function testQueryParametersWillBeSet()
         $this->assertEquals('this', $queryParams['test']);
     }
 
+    public function testIdleConnectionWillBeClosedAfterConfiguredTimeout()
+    {
+        $callback = null;
+        $caughtError = null;
+        $timer = $this->getMockBuilder('React\EventLoop\TimerInterface')->getMock();
+        $loop = $this->getMockBuilder('React\EventLoop\LoopInterface')->getMock();
+        $loop->expects($this->exactly(2))->method('addTimer')->with(0.1, $this->callback(function ($cb) use (&$tick, &$callback) {
+            $callback = $cb;
+            return true;
+        }))->willReturn($timer);
+        $loop->expects($this->any())->method('cancelTimer')->with($timer);
+
+        $connection = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Socket\Connection')->disableOriginalConstructor()->setMethods(array('close'))->getMock();
+        $connection->expects($this->once())->method('close');
+
+        $parser = $this->createRequestHeaderParser(new Clock($loop), 0.1, $loop);
+        $parser->on('error', function ($error) use (&$caughtError) {
+            $caughtError = $error;
+        });
+
+        $parser->handle($connection);
+
+        $connection->emit('data', array("GET /foo.php?hello=world&test=this HTTP/"));
+
+        self::assertTrue(is_callable($callback));
+        $callback();
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf('\RuntimeException', $caughtError);
+        self::assertSame('Request timed out', $caughtError->getMessage());
+    }
+
+    public function testIdleConnectionWillNotBeClosedAfterConfiguredTimeoutOnFullRequest()
+    {
+        $connection = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Socket\Connection')->disableOriginalConstructor()->setMethods(array('close'))->getMock();
+        $connection->expects($this->never())->method('close');
+
+        $parser = $this->createRequestHeaderParser(new Clock($this->getMockBuilder('React\EventLoop\LoopInterface')->getMock()), 0.1);
+
+        $parser->handle($connection);
+
+        $connection->emit('data', array($this->createGetRequest()));
+    }
+
     private function createGetRequest()
     {
         $data = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n";
diff --git a/tests/Io/StreamingServerTest.php b/tests/Io/StreamingServerTest.php
index afab371e..14e49bf1 100644
--- a/tests/Io/StreamingServerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Io/StreamingServerTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
 use React\EventLoop\Loop;
+use React\Http\Io\Clock;
+use React\Http\Io\RequestHeaderParser;
 use React\Http\Io\StreamingServer;
 use React\Http\Message\Response;
 use React\Http\Message\ServerRequest;
@@ -70,6 +72,21 @@ public function testRequestEventWillNotBeEmittedForIncompleteHeaders()
         $this->connection->emit('data', array($data));
     }
 
+    public function testIdleConnectionWillBeClosedAfterConfiguredTimeout()
+    {
+        $this->connection->expects($this->once())->method('close');
+
+        $server = $this->createStreamingServer($this->expectCallableNever(), 0.1);
+
+        $server->listen($this->socket);
+        $this->socket->emit('connection', array($this->connection));
+
+        Loop::addTimer(0.2, function () {
+            Loop::stop();
+        });
+        Loop::run();
+    }
+
     public function testRequestEventIsEmitted()
     {
         $server = new StreamingServer(Loop::get(), $this->expectCallableOnce());
@@ -811,6 +828,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertStringStartsWith("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertStringEndsWith("\r\n\r\n0\r\n\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseBodyStreamEndingWillSendEmptyBodyChunkedEncoded()
@@ -848,6 +867,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertStringStartsWith("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertStringEndsWith("\r\n\r\n0\r\n\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseBodyStreamAlreadyClosedWillSendEmptyBodyPlainHttp10()
@@ -996,6 +1017,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
         $this->connection->emit('data', array($data));
 
         $this->assertEquals("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nUpgrade: demo\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n\r\nfoo", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseUpgradeWishInRequestCanBeIgnoredByReturningNormalResponse()
@@ -1031,6 +1054,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
         $this->connection->emit('data', array($data));
 
         $this->assertEquals("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n\r\nfoo", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseUpgradeSwitchingProtocolIncludesConnectionUpgradeHeaderWithoutContentLength()
@@ -1202,6 +1227,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("bye", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsSameRequestProtocolVersionAndRawBodyForHttp10()
@@ -1269,6 +1296,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertNotContainsString("bye", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsNoResponseBodyForHeadRequestWithStreamingResponse()
@@ -1304,6 +1333,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsNoResponseBodyAndNoContentLengthForNoContentStatus()
@@ -1337,6 +1368,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 204 No Content\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertNotContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertNotContainsString("bye", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsNoResponseBodyAndNoContentLengthForNoContentStatusResponseWithStreamingBody()
@@ -1372,6 +1405,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 204 No Content\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertNotContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsNoContentLengthHeaderForNotModifiedStatus()
@@ -1404,6 +1439,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertNotContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsExplicitContentLengthHeaderForNotModifiedStatus()
@@ -1436,6 +1473,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsExplicitContentLengthHeaderForHeadRequests()
@@ -1468,6 +1507,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsNoResponseBodyForNotModifiedStatus()
@@ -1501,6 +1542,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertNotContainsString("bye", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsNoResponseBodyForNotModifiedStatusWithStreamingBody()
@@ -1536,6 +1579,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
 
         $this->assertContainsString("HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified\r\n", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testRequestInvalidHttpProtocolVersionWillEmitErrorAndSendErrorResponse()
@@ -2227,6 +2272,8 @@ function ($data) use (&$buffer) {
         $this->assertContainsString("Transfer-Encoding: chunked", $buffer);
         $this->assertNotContainsString("Content-Length:", $buffer);
         $this->assertContainsString("body", $buffer);
+
+        Loop::run();
     }
 
     public function testResponseContainsResponseBodyWithPlainBodyWithUnknownSizeForLegacyHttp10()
@@ -3282,4 +3329,9 @@ private function createGetRequest()
 
         return $data;
     }
+
+    private function createStreamingServer($requestHandler, $requestTimeout = 1)
+    {
+        return new StreamingServer($requestHandler, new RequestHeaderParser(Loop::get(), ($clock = new Clock(Loop::get())), $requestTimeout), $clock);
+    }
 }