diff --git a/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/BUILD b/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/BUILD
index f187553813a5b..bfbf24d0a8d9d 100644
--- a/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/BUILD
+++ b/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/BUILD
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ cc_library(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status:statusor",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/time",
         "@nanobind",
         "@tsl//tsl/platform:env",
         "@tsl//tsl/platform:statusor",
diff --git a/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/py_module.cc b/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/py_module.cc
index 222719b0b5fb6..c431f2ae9dead 100644
--- a/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/py_module.cc
+++ b/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/py_module.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 #include "xla/python/ifrt_proxy/client/py_module.h"
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "absl/status/status.h"
 #include "absl/status/statusor.h"
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+#include "absl/time/time.h"
 #include "nanobind/nanobind.h"
 #include "nanobind/stl/function.h"  // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "nanobind/stl/optional.h"  // IWYU pragma: keep
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ namespace {
 struct PyClientConnectionOptions {
   std::optional<std::function<void(std::string)>> on_disconnect;
   std::optional<std::function<void(std::string)>> on_connection_update;
+  std::optional<int64_t> connection_timeout_in_seconds;
 };
 
 absl::StatusOr<nb_class_ptr<PyClient>> GetClient(
@@ -90,6 +93,11 @@ absl::StatusOr<nb_class_ptr<PyClient>> GetClient(
     };
   }
 
+  if (py_options.connection_timeout_in_seconds.has_value()) {
+    options.connection_timeout =
+        absl::Seconds(*py_options.connection_timeout_in_seconds);
+  }
+
   {
     nb::gil_scoped_release gil_release;
     TF_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(client, CreateClient(proxy_server_address, options));
@@ -110,6 +118,9 @@ void BuildIfrtProxySubmodule(nb::module_& m) {
               nb::arg().none())
       .def_rw("on_connection_update",
               &PyClientConnectionOptions::on_connection_update,
+              nb::arg().none())
+      .def_rw("connection_timeout_in_seconds",
+              &PyClientConnectionOptions::connection_timeout_in_seconds,
               nb::arg().none());
 
   sub_module.def("get_client", xla::ValueOrThrowWrapper(GetClient),
diff --git a/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/jax/ifrt_proxy_internal.py b/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/jax/ifrt_proxy_internal.py
index 27b5ff1b06089..cceadeb6ef2eb 100644
--- a/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/jax/ifrt_proxy_internal.py
+++ b/xla/python/ifrt_proxy/jax/ifrt_proxy_internal.py
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ class ConnectionOptions:
     on_connection_update: Optional, a callback that will be called with status
       updates about initial connection establishment. The updates will be
       provided as human-readable strings, and an end-user may find them helpful.
+    connection_timeout_in_seconds: Optional, the timeout for establishing a
+      connection to the proxy server.
   """
 
   on_disconnect: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None
   on_connection_update: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None
+  connection_timeout_in_seconds: Optional[int] = None
 
 
 _backend_created: bool = False
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ def get_client(proxy_server_address: str) -> xla_client.Client:
   cpp_options = py_module.ClientConnectionOptions()
   cpp_options.on_disconnect = _connection_options.on_disconnect
   cpp_options.on_connection_update = _connection_options.on_connection_update
+  cpp_options.connection_timeout_in_seconds = (
+      _connection_options.connection_timeout_in_seconds
+  )
   client = py_module.get_client(proxy_server_address, cpp_options)
   if client is not None:
     _backend_created = True
diff --git a/xla/python/xla_extension/ifrt_proxy.pyi b/xla/python/xla_extension/ifrt_proxy.pyi
index f65685025e516..b3137a04501e8 100644
--- a/xla/python/xla_extension/ifrt_proxy.pyi
+++ b/xla/python/xla_extension/ifrt_proxy.pyi
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 # ==============================================================================
 
+import datetime
 from typing import Any, Optional, Callable
 
 from xla.python import xla_extension
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ Client = xla_extension.Client
 class ClientConnectionOptions:
   on_disconnect: Optional[Callable[[_Status], None]] = None
   on_connection_update: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None
+  connection_timeout_in_seconds: Optional[int] = None
 
 
 def get_client(