diff --git a/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c b/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c
index 80b4e49628b0..beb2fa13a648 100644
--- a/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c
+++ b/sbin/hastctl/hastctl.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		    cfg->hc_controladdr);
 	}
 	/* ...and connect to hastd. */
-	if (proto_connect(controlconn) < 0) {
+	if (proto_connect(controlconn, HAST_TIMEOUT) < 0) {
 		pjdlog_exit(EX_OSERR, "Unable to connect to hastd via %s",
 		    cfg->hc_controladdr);
 	}