diff --git a/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/bigquery_service.py b/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/bigquery_service.py
index 8e0725a..d169888 100644
--- a/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/bigquery_service.py
+++ b/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/bigquery_service.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_table(self, full_table_name):
 
 class BigqueryService(BaseBigqueryService):
 
-    def __init__(self, client, labels, writer, on_job_finish = None, on_job_register = None):
+    def __init__(self, client, labels, writer, retry_timeout = None, on_job_finish = None, on_job_register = None):
         """
 
         :rtype:
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self, client, labels, writer, on_job_finish = None, on_job_register
         self.client = client
         self.labels = labels
         self.writer = writer
+        self.retry = bigquery.DEFAULT_RETRY.with_deadline(retry_timeout) if retry_timeout else bigquery.DEFAULT_RETRY
         self.on_job_finish = on_job_finish
         self.on_job_register = on_job_register
 
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ def execute_query(self, query):
 
         logger.info("executing query")
         query_job = self.client.query(query=query,
-                                      job_config=query_job_config)
+                                      job_config=query_job_config,
+                                      retry=self.retry)
         logger.info("Job {} is initially in state {} of {} project".format(query_job.job_id, query_job.state,
                                                                            query_job.project))
 
@@ -125,7 +127,9 @@ def transform_load(self,
             query_job_config.destination = table_ref
 
         logger.info("transform load")
-        query_job = self.client.query(query=query, job_config=query_job_config)
+        query_job = self.client.query(query=query,
+                                      job_config=query_job_config,
+                                      retry=self.retry)
         logger.info("Job {} is initially in state {} of {} project".format(query_job.job_id, query_job.state,
                                                                            query_job.project))
 
@@ -183,7 +187,7 @@ def create_bigquery_service(task_config: TaskConfigFromEnv, labels, writer, on_j
     default_query_job_config.priority = task_config.query_priority
     default_query_job_config.allow_field_addition = task_config.allow_field_addition
     client = bigquery.Client(project=task_config.execution_project, credentials=credentials, default_query_job_config=default_query_job_config)
-    return BigqueryService(client, labels, writer, on_job_finish=on_job_finish, on_job_register=on_job_register)
+    return BigqueryService(client, labels, writer, retry_timeout=task_config.retry_timeout, on_job_finish=on_job_finish, on_job_register=on_job_register)
 
 
 def _get_bigquery_credentials():
diff --git a/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/config.py b/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/config.py
index 7762399..63d63ab 100644
--- a/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/config.py
+++ b/task/bq2bq/executor/bumblebee/config.py
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._use_spillover = _bool_from_str(get_env_config("USE_SPILLOVER", default="true"))
         self._concurrency = _validate_greater_than_zero(int(get_env_config("CONCURRENCY", default=1)))
         self._allow_field_addition = _bool_from_str(get_env_config("ALLOW_FIELD_ADDITION", default="false"))
+        self._retry_timeout = get_env_config("RETRY_TIMEOUT", default=None)
 
     @property
     def destination_project(self) -> str:
@@ -178,6 +179,12 @@ def timezone(self):
     def concurrency(self) -> int:
         return self._concurrency
 
+    @property
+    def retry_timeout(self) -> Optional[float]:
+        if self._retry_timeout:
+            return float(self._retry_timeout)
+        return None
+
     def print(self):
         logger.info("task config:\n{}".format(
             "\n".join([
@@ -348,6 +355,7 @@ def __init__(self, raw_properties):
         self._use_spillover = _bool_from_str(self._get_property_or_default("USE_SPILLOVER", "true"))
         self._concurrency = _validate_greater_than_zero(int(self._get_property_or_default("CONCURRENCY", 1)))
         self._allow_field_addition = _bool_from_str(self._get_property_or_default("ALLOW_FIELD_ADDITION", "false"))
+        self._retry_timeout = self._get_property_or_default("RETRY_TIMEOUT", None)
 
     @property
     def sql_type(self) -> str:
@@ -412,6 +420,12 @@ def filter_expression(self) -> str:
     def allow_field_addition(self) -> bool:
         return self._allow_field_addition
 
+    @property
+    def retry_timeout(self) -> Optional[float]:
+        if self._retry_timeout:
+            return float(self._retry_timeout)
+        return None
+
     def print(self):
         logger.info("task config:\n{}".format(
             "\n".join([
diff --git a/task/bq2bq/executor/tests/test_config.py b/task/bq2bq/executor/tests/test_config.py
index ec87c06..5af12a9 100644
--- a/task/bq2bq/executor/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/task/bq2bq/executor/tests/test_config.py
@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ def test_concurrency(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(config.concurrency, 2)
 
+    def test_retry_timeout(self):
+        self.set_vars_with_default()
+        config = TaskConfigFromEnv()
+        self.assertEqual(config.retry_timeout, None)
+
+        self.set_vars_with_default()
+        os.environ['RETRY_TIMEOUT'] = "120.0"
+        config = TaskConfigFromEnv()
+        self.assertEqual(config.retry_timeout, 120.0)
+
     def test_concurrency_should_not_zero_exception(self):
         self.set_vars_with_default()
         os.environ['CONCURRENCY'] = "0"