diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.cpp
index a8311c6146..8faf7082cd 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "AssetClient.h"
 #include "AssetUtils.h"
 #include "MappingRequest.h"
+#include <QtCore/qloggingcategory.h>
 
 AssetResourceRequest::~AssetResourceRequest() {
     if (_assetMappingRequest) {
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ AssetResourceRequest::~AssetResourceRequest() {
     if (_assetRequest) {
         _assetRequest->deleteLater();
     }
+
+    if (_sendTimer) {
+        cleanupTimer();
+    }
 }
 
 bool AssetResourceRequest::urlIsAssetHash() const {
@@ -32,6 +37,25 @@ bool AssetResourceRequest::urlIsAssetHash() const {
     return hashRegex.exactMatch(_url.toString());
 }
 
+void AssetResourceRequest::setupTimer() {
+    Q_ASSERT(!_sendTimer);
+    static const int TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;
+
+    _sendTimer = new QTimer();
+    connect(this, &QObject::destroyed, _sendTimer, &QTimer::deleteLater);
+    connect(_sendTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &AssetResourceRequest::onTimeout);
+
+    _sendTimer->setSingleShot(true);
+    _sendTimer->start(TIMEOUT_MS);
+}
+
+void AssetResourceRequest::cleanupTimer() {
+    Q_ASSERT(_sendTimer);
+    disconnect(_sendTimer, 0, this, 0);
+    _sendTimer->deleteLater();
+    _sendTimer = nullptr;
+}
+
 void AssetResourceRequest::doSend() {
     // We'll either have a hash or an ATP path to a file (that maps to a hash)
     if (urlIsAssetHash()) {
@@ -58,6 +82,8 @@ void AssetResourceRequest::requestMappingForPath(const AssetPath& path) {
         Q_ASSERT(_state == InProgress);
         Q_ASSERT(request == _assetMappingRequest);
 
+        cleanupTimer();
+
         switch (request->getError()) {
             case MappingRequest::NoError:
                 // we have no error, we should have a resulting hash - use that to send of a request for that asset
@@ -93,6 +119,7 @@ void AssetResourceRequest::requestMappingForPath(const AssetPath& path) {
         _assetMappingRequest = nullptr;
     });
 
+    setupTimer();
     _assetMappingRequest->start();
 }
 
@@ -102,11 +129,15 @@ void AssetResourceRequest::requestHash(const AssetHash& hash) {
     auto assetClient = DependencyManager::get<AssetClient>();
     _assetRequest = assetClient->createRequest(hash);
 
-    connect(_assetRequest, &AssetRequest::progress, this, &AssetResourceRequest::progress);
+    connect(_assetRequest, &AssetRequest::progress, this, &AssetResourceRequest::onDownloadProgress);
     connect(_assetRequest, &AssetRequest::finished, this, [this](AssetRequest* req) {
         Q_ASSERT(_state == InProgress);
         Q_ASSERT(req == _assetRequest);
         Q_ASSERT(req->getState() == AssetRequest::Finished);
+
+        cleanupTimer();
+
+        qDebug() << "Asset request finished, " << req->getHash() << "error: " << req->getError();
         
         switch (req->getError()) {
             case AssetRequest::Error::NoError:
@@ -134,9 +165,35 @@ void AssetResourceRequest::requestHash(const AssetHash& hash) {
         _assetRequest = nullptr;
     });
 
+    setupTimer();
     _assetRequest->start();
 }
 
 void AssetResourceRequest::onDownloadProgress(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal) {
+    Q_ASSERT(_state == InProgress);
+
+    // We've received data, so reset the timer
+    _sendTimer->start();
+
     emit progress(bytesReceived, bytesTotal);
 }
+
+void AssetResourceRequest::onTimeout() {
+    if (_state == InProgress) {
+        qWarning() << "Asset request timed out: " << _url;
+        if (_assetRequest) {
+            disconnect(_assetRequest, 0, this, 0);
+            _assetRequest->deleteLater();
+            _assetRequest = nullptr;
+        }
+        if (_assetMappingRequest) {
+            disconnect(_assetMappingRequest, 0, this, 0);
+            _assetMappingRequest->deleteLater();
+            _assetMappingRequest = nullptr;
+        }
+        _result = Timeout;
+        _state = Finished;
+        emit finished();
+    }
+    cleanupTimer();
+}
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.h b/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.h
index 6839db0628..c462fbc3f8 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetResourceRequest.h
@@ -28,13 +28,19 @@ protected:
 
 private slots:
     void onDownloadProgress(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal);
+    void onTimeout();
 
 private:
+    void setupTimer();
+    void cleanupTimer();
+
     bool urlIsAssetHash() const;
 
     void requestMappingForPath(const AssetPath& path);
     void requestHash(const AssetHash& hash);
 
+    QTimer* _sendTimer { nullptr };
+
     GetMappingRequest* _assetMappingRequest { nullptr };
     AssetRequest* _assetRequest { nullptr };
 };