diff --git a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft.erl b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft.erl
index c055680b0..6ac6596ff 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft.erl
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@
 
 -type segment() :: {offset(), _Content :: binary()}.
 
--define(STORE_SEGMENT_TIMEOUT, 10000).
--define(ASSEMBLE_TIMEOUT, 300000).
-
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% API for app
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -212,7 +209,7 @@ on_init(PacketId, Msg, Transfer, Meta) ->
     Callback = fun(Result) ->
         ?MODULE:on_complete("store_filemeta", PacketKey, Transfer, Result)
     end,
-    with_responder(PacketKey, Callback, ?STORE_SEGMENT_TIMEOUT, fun() ->
+    with_responder(PacketKey, Callback, emqx_ft_conf:init_timeout(), fun() ->
         case store_filemeta(Transfer, Meta) of
             % Stored, ack through the responder right away
             ok ->
@@ -245,7 +242,7 @@ on_segment(PacketId, Msg, Transfer, Offset, Checksum) ->
     Callback = fun(Result) ->
         ?MODULE:on_complete("store_segment", PacketKey, Transfer, Result)
     end,
-    with_responder(PacketKey, Callback, ?STORE_SEGMENT_TIMEOUT, fun() ->
+    with_responder(PacketKey, Callback, emqx_ft_conf:store_segment_timeout(), fun() ->
         case store_segment(Transfer, Segment) of
             ok ->
                 emqx_ft_responder:ack(PacketKey, ok);
@@ -271,7 +268,7 @@ on_fin(PacketId, Msg, Transfer, FinalSize, Checksum) ->
     Callback = fun(Result) ->
         ?MODULE:on_complete("assemble", FinPacketKey, Transfer, Result)
     end,
-    with_responder(FinPacketKey, Callback, ?ASSEMBLE_TIMEOUT, fun() ->
+    with_responder(FinPacketKey, Callback, emqx_ft_conf:assemble_timeout(), fun() ->
         case assemble(Transfer, FinalSize) of
             %% Assembling completed, ack through the responder right away
             % ok ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_conf.erl b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_conf.erl
index 5ca0b85ed..14a79b94c 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_conf.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_conf.erl
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 -export([storage/0]).
 -export([gc_interval/1]).
 -export([segments_ttl/1]).
+-export([init_timeout/0]).
+-export([store_segment_timeout/0]).
+-export([assemble_timeout/0]).
 
 %% Load/Unload
 -export([
@@ -86,6 +89,15 @@ assert_storage(Type) ->
             error({inapplicable, Conf})
     end.
 
+init_timeout() ->
+    emqx_config:get([file_transfer, init_timeout]).
+
+assemble_timeout() ->
+    emqx_config:get([file_transfer, assemble_timeout]).
+
+store_segment_timeout() ->
+    emqx_config:get([file_transfer, store_segment_timeout]).
+
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% API
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_schema.erl
index beb43adc3..bc780874a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_schema.erl
@@ -46,6 +46,33 @@ roots() -> [file_transfer].
 
 fields(file_transfer) ->
     [
+        {init_timeout,
+            mk(
+                emqx_schema:duration_ms(),
+                #{
+                    desc => ?DESC("init_timeout"),
+                    required => false,
+                    default => "10s"
+                }
+            )},
+        {store_segment_timeout,
+            mk(
+                emqx_schema:duration_ms(),
+                #{
+                    desc => ?DESC("store_segment_timeout"),
+                    required => false,
+                    default => "5m"
+                }
+            )},
+        {assemble_timeout,
+            mk(
+                emqx_schema:duration_ms(),
+                #{
+                    desc => ?DESC("assemble_timeout"),
+                    required => false,
+                    default => "5m"
+                }
+            )},
         {storage,
             mk(
                 hoconsc:union([
diff --git a/rel/i18n/emqx_ft_schema.hocon b/rel/i18n/emqx_ft_schema.hocon
index 15cf17a39..9df02e920 100644
--- a/rel/i18n/emqx_ft_schema.hocon
+++ b/rel/i18n/emqx_ft_schema.hocon
@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
 emqx_ft_schema {
 
+    init_timeout {
+        desc {
+            en: "Timeout for initializing the file transfer.<br/>"
+                "After reaching the timeout, `init` message will be acked with an error"
+            zh: ""
+        }
+        label {
+            en: "File Transfer Init Timeout"
+            zh: ""
+        }
+    }
+
+    assemble_timeout {
+        desc {
+            en: "Timeout for assembling and exporting file segments into a final file.<br/>"
+                "After reaching the timeout, `fin` message will be acked with an error"
+            zh: ""
+        }
+        label {
+            en: "File Assemble Timeout"
+            zh: ""
+        }
+    }
+
+    store_segment_timeout {
+        desc {
+            en: "Timeout for storing a file segment.<br/>"
+                "After reaching the timeout, message with the segment will be acked with an error"
+            zh: ""
+        }
+        label {
+            en: "Store Segment Timeout"
+            zh: ""
+        }
+    }
+
     storage {
         desc {
             en: "Storage settings for file transfer."