diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.cpp b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
index 2b48d2b6..9d03a72b 100755
--- a/src/PubSubClient.cpp
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #include "PubSubClient.h"
 #include "Arduino.h"
 
+#ifdef ESP32
+#include <WiFi.h>
+#endif
+
 PubSubClient::PubSubClient() {
     this->_state = MQTT_DISCONNECTED;
     this->_client = NULL;
@@ -182,14 +186,23 @@ boolean PubSubClient::connect(const char *id, const char *user, const char *pass
     if (!connected()) {
         int result = 0;
 
-
         if(_client->connected()) {
             result = 1;
         } else {
             if (domain != NULL) {
+#ifdef ESP32
+                WiFiClient* wfc = (WiFiClient*)_client;
+                result = wfc->connect(this->domain, this->port, ESP32_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
+#else
                 result = _client->connect(this->domain, this->port);
+#endif
             } else {
+#ifdef ESP32
+                WiFiClient* wfc = (WiFiClient*)_client;
+                result = wfc->connect(this->ip, this->port, ESP32_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
+#else
                 result = _client->connect(this->ip, this->port);
+#endif
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.h b/src/PubSubClient.h
index c70d9fd3..2ee3e261 100755
--- a/src/PubSubClient.h
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.h
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
 #define MQTT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE 256
 #endif
 
+// ESP32_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT : Specific case for ESP32, we need to manually provide timeout as default (-1) leads to WDT reset (after 5 seconds).
+// By default (4500 milliseconds) 4,5 seconds to avoid reaching 5s default watchdog reset time.
+// This is multiplied in WiFiClient.cpp (part of arduino-esp32) by 1000 inside [WiFiClient::connect] method.
+// ESP8266 Arduino framework in contrast has fixed 5000ms timeout. No need to define it manually here.
+#ifndef ESP32_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT
+#define ESP32_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT 4500
+#endif
+
 // MQTT_KEEPALIVE : keepAlive interval in Seconds. Override with setKeepAlive()
 #ifndef MQTT_KEEPALIVE
 #define MQTT_KEEPALIVE 15