diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 42950418282ef2..58ac360370a2c9 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@ This flag exists to aid in experimentation with the internal implementation of
 the Node.js http parser.
 This flag is likely to become a no-op and removed at some point in the future.
 
+### `--http-server-default-timeout=milliseconds`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+Overrides the default value of `http`, `https` and `http2` server socket
+timeout. Setting the value to 0 disables server socket timeout. Unless
+provided, http server sockets timeout after 120s (2 minutes). Programmatic
+setting of the timeout takes precedence over the value set through this
+flag.
+
 ### `--icu-data-dir=file`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.11.15
@@ -924,6 +935,7 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 - `--force-fips`
 - `--frozen-intrinsics`
 - `--heapsnapshot-signal`
+- `--http-server-default-timeout`
 - `--icu-data-dir`
 - `--inspect`
 - `--inspect-brk`
diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index ccd5e4b0bd4b30..da0de7c1e68603 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1030,6 +1030,9 @@ By default, the Server's timeout value is 2 minutes, and sockets are
 destroyed automatically if they time out. However, if a callback is assigned
 to the Server's `'timeout'` event, timeouts must be handled explicitly.
 
+To change the default timeout use the [`--http-server-default-timeout`][]
+flag.
+
 ### server.timeout
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.9.12
@@ -1045,6 +1048,9 @@ A value of `0` will disable the timeout behavior on incoming connections.
 The socket timeout logic is set up on connection, so changing this
 value only affects new connections to the server, not any existing connections.
 
+To change the default timeout use the [`--http-server-default-timeout`][]
+flag.
+
 ### server.keepAliveTimeout
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.0.0
@@ -2150,6 +2156,7 @@ will be emitted in the following order:
 Note that setting the `timeout` option or using the `setTimeout()` function will
 not abort the request or do anything besides add a `'timeout'` event.
 
+[`--http-server-default-timeout`]: cli.html#cli_http_server_default_timeout_milliseconds
 [`--max-http-header-size`]: cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size
 [`'checkContinue'`]: #http_event_checkcontinue
 [`'request'`]: #http_event_request
diff --git a/doc/api/http2.md b/doc/api/http2.md
index 1416c976362afe..64ce3050105913 100644
--- a/doc/api/http2.md
+++ b/doc/api/http2.md
@@ -1728,6 +1728,9 @@ The `'timeout'` event is emitted when there is no activity on the Server for
 a given number of milliseconds set using `http2server.setTimeout()`.
 **Default:** 2 minutes.
 
+To change the default timeout use the [`--http-server-default-timeout`][]
+flag.
+
 #### server.close([callback])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.4.0
@@ -1758,6 +1761,9 @@ The given callback is registered as a listener on the `'timeout'` event.
 In case of no callback function were assigned, a new `ERR_INVALID_CALLBACK`
 error will be thrown.
 
+To change the default timeout use the [`--http-server-default-timeout`][]
+flag.
+
 ### Class: Http2SecureServer
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.4.0
@@ -3426,6 +3432,7 @@ following additional properties:
 * `type` {string} Either `'server'` or `'client'` to identify the type of
   `Http2Session`.
 
+[`--http-server-default-timeout`]: cli.html#cli_http_server_default_timeout_milliseconds
 [ALPN Protocol ID]: https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-extensiontype-values/tls-extensiontype-values.xhtml#alpn-protocol-ids
 [ALPN negotiation]: #http2_alpn_negotiation
 [Compatibility API]: #http2_compatibility_api
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index ab715c0c1bfca2..9f36e1e693f589 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ Chooses an HTTP parser library. Available values are
 or
 .Sy legacy .
 .
+.It Fl -http-server-default-timeout Ns = Ns Ar milliseconds
+Overrides the default value for server socket timeout.
+.
 .It Fl -icu-data-dir Ns = Ns Ar file
 Specify ICU data load path.
 Overrides
diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 4a76f1a0884c6f..4d1c5810b10fe6 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ const {
   DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST,
   DTRACE_HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE
 } = require('internal/dtrace');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 
 const kServerResponse = Symbol('ServerResponse');
+const kDefaultHttpServerTimeout =
+  getOptionValue('--http-server-default-timeout');
 
 const STATUS_CODES = {
   100: 'Continue',
@@ -315,7 +318,7 @@ function Server(options, requestListener) {
 
   this.on('connection', connectionListener);
 
-  this.timeout = 2 * 60 * 1000;
+  this.timeout = kDefaultHttpServerTimeout;
   this.keepAliveTimeout = 5000;
   this.maxHeadersCount = null;
   this.headersTimeout = 40 * 1000; // 40 seconds
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index 4e649017312a24..44b885b0a42891 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ const debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('https');
 const { URL, urlToOptions, searchParamsSymbol } = require('internal/url');
 const { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } = require('http');
 const { kIncomingMessage } = require('_http_common');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+
+const kDefaultHttpServerTimeout =
+  getOptionValue('--http-server-default-timeout');
 
 function Server(opts, requestListener) {
   if (!(this instanceof Server)) return new Server(opts, requestListener);
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ function Server(opts, requestListener) {
       conn.destroy(err);
   });
 
-  this.timeout = 2 * 60 * 1000;
+  this.timeout = kDefaultHttpServerTimeout;
   this.keepAliveTimeout = 5000;
   this.maxHeadersCount = null;
   this.headersTimeout = 40 * 1000; // 40 seconds
diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/core.js b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
index 3beab54ae4ca77..6543d91a68b3a1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/core.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/core.js
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ const { UV_EOF } = internalBinding('uv');
 const { StreamPipe } = internalBinding('stream_pipe');
 const { _connectionListener: httpConnectionListener } = http;
 const debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('http2');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 
 const kMaxFrameSize = (2 ** 24) - 1;
 const kMaxInt = (2 ** 32) - 1;
@@ -171,7 +172,8 @@ const kState = Symbol('state');
 const kType = Symbol('type');
 const kWriteGeneric = Symbol('write-generic');
 
-const kDefaultSocketTimeout = 2 * 60 * 1000;
+const kDefaultHttpServerTimeout =
+  getOptionValue('--http-server-default-timeout');
 
 const {
   paddingBuffer,
@@ -2679,7 +2681,7 @@ class Http2SecureServer extends TLSServer {
     options = initializeTLSOptions(options);
     super(options, connectionListener);
     this[kOptions] = options;
-    this.timeout = kDefaultSocketTimeout;
+    this.timeout = kDefaultHttpServerTimeout;
     this.on('newListener', setupCompat);
     if (typeof requestListener === 'function')
       this.on('request', requestListener);
@@ -2701,7 +2703,7 @@ class Http2Server extends NETServer {
   constructor(options, requestListener) {
     super(connectionListener);
     this[kOptions] = initializeOptions(options);
-    this.timeout = kDefaultSocketTimeout;
+    this.timeout = kDefaultHttpServerTimeout;
     this.on('newListener', setupCompat);
     if (typeof requestListener === 'function')
       this.on('request', requestListener);
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index 12e0cb09d085fe..d18c78b1b3cfee 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
             "(default: llhttp).",
             &EnvironmentOptions::http_parser,
             kAllowedInEnvironment);
+  AddOption("--http-server-default-timeout",
+            "Default http server socket timeout in ms "
+            "(default: 120000)",
+            &EnvironmentOptions::http_server_default_timeout,
+            kAllowedInEnvironment);
   AddOption("--input-type",
             "set module type for string input",
             &EnvironmentOptions::module_type,
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index b0a1844df58d2e..9c903550747c0c 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class EnvironmentOptions : public Options {
   bool frozen_intrinsics = false;
   std::string heap_snapshot_signal;
   std::string http_parser = "llhttp";
+  uint64_t http_server_default_timeout = 120000;
   bool no_deprecation = false;
   bool no_force_async_hooks_checks = false;
   bool no_warnings = false;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-timeout-flag.js b/test/parallel/test-http-timeout-flag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f816ce2f0a4f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-timeout-flag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
+const http2 = require('http2');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+// Make sure the defaults are correct.
+const servers = [
+  http.createServer(),
+  https.createServer({
+    key: fixtures.readKey('agent1-key.pem'),
+    cert: fixtures.readKey('agent1-cert.pem')
+  }),
+  http2.createServer()
+];
+
+for (const server of servers) {
+  assert.strictEqual(server.timeout, 120000);
+  server.close();
+}
+
+// Ensure that command line flag overrides the default timeout.
+const child1 = spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--http-server-default-timeout=10',
+                                            '-p', 'http.createServer().timeout'
+]);
+assert.strictEqual(+child1.stdout.toString().trim(), 10);
+
+// Ensure that the flag is whitelisted for NODE_OPTIONS.
+const env = Object.assign({}, process.env, {
+  NODE_OPTIONS: '--http-server-default-timeout=10'
+});
+const child2 = spawnSync(process.execPath,
+                         [ '-p', 'http.createServer().timeout'], { env });
+assert.strictEqual(+child2.stdout.toString().trim(), 10);