diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php
index 1638189f6439b..da55f9965f98c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttpOptions.php
@@ -197,6 +197,16 @@ public function setTimeout(float $timeout)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setMaxDuration(float $maxDuration)
+    {
+        $this->options['max_duration'] = $maxDuration;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return $this
      */