diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Config/Args/GenerationArgs.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Config/Args/GenerationArgs.cs
index 3d87b243..914e213f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Config/Args/GenerationArgs.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Config/Args/GenerationArgs.cs
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ public class GenerationArgs : GenerationAndValidationCommonArgs
     [ArgDescription("If set to true, we will attempt to fetch license information of packages detected in the SBOM from the ClearlyDefinedApi.")]
     public bool? FetchLicenseInformation { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Specifies the timeout in seconds for fetching the license information. Defaults to 30 seconds. Has no effect if
+    /// FetchLicenseInformation (li) argument is false or not provided.
+    /// </summary>
+    [ArgShortcut("lto")]
+    [ArgDescription("Specifies the timeout in seconds for fetching the license information. Defaults to 30 seconds. " +
+        "Has no effect if the FetchLicenseInformation (li) argument is false or not provided. ")]
+    public int? LicenseInformationTimeout { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// If set to true, we will attempt to parse license and supplier info from the packages metadata file.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ComponentDetectionBaseWalker.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ComponentDetectionBaseWalker.cs
index d4240c50..e0e1ca5f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ComponentDetectionBaseWalker.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ComponentDetectionBaseWalker.cs
@@ -137,7 +137,15 @@ async Task Scan(string path)
                 {
                     licenseInformationRetrieved = true;
 
-                    var apiResponses = await licenseInformationFetcher.FetchLicenseInformationAsync(listOfComponentsForApi);
+                    List<string> apiResponses;
+                    if (configuration.LicenseInformationTimeout is null)
+                    {
+                        apiResponses = await licenseInformationFetcher.FetchLicenseInformationAsync(listOfComponentsForApi);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        apiResponses = await licenseInformationFetcher.FetchLicenseInformationAsync(listOfComponentsForApi, configuration.LicenseInformationTimeout.Value);
+                    }
 
                     foreach (var response in apiResponses)
                     {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationFetcher.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationFetcher.cs
index b5e7a719..c0f28f93 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationFetcher.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationFetcher.cs
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ public interface ILicenseInformationFetcher
     /// <returns></returns>
     List<string> ConvertComponentsToListForApi(IEnumerable<ScannedComponent> scannedComponents);
 
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="FetchLicenseInformationAsync(List{string}, int)"/>>
+    Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationAsync(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Calls the ClearlyDefined API to get the license information for the list of components.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="listOfComponentsForApi"> A list of strings formatted into a list of strings that can be used to call the batch ClearlyDefined API.</param>
+    /// <param name="timeout">Timeout in seconds to use when making web requests</param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationAsync(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi);
+    Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationAsync(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi, int timeout);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the dictionary of licenses that were fetched from the ClearlyDefined API.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationService.cs
index 675c4613..2b09a65c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/ILicenseInformationService.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Sbom.Api.Executors;
 public interface ILicenseInformationService
 {
     public Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi);
+
+    public Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi, int timeout);
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationFetcher.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationFetcher.cs
index 47dc6f7d..59ed5a70 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationFetcher.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationFetcher.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ public List<string> ConvertComponentsToListForApi(IEnumerable<ScannedComponent>
 
     public async Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationAsync(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi)
     {
-        return await licenseInformationService.FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(listOfComponentsForApi);
+        return await FetchLicenseInformationAsync(listOfComponentsForApi, 30);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationAsync(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi, int timeout)
+    {
+        return await licenseInformationService.FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(listOfComponentsForApi, timeout);
     }
 
     // Will attempt to extract license information from a clearlyDefined batch API response. Will always return a dictionary which may be empty depending on the response.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationService.cs
index c2a2a150..ee435f34 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Api/Executors/LicenseInformationService.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ public class LicenseInformationService : ILicenseInformationService
     private readonly ILogger log;
     private readonly IRecorder recorder;
     private readonly HttpClient httpClient;
-    private const int ClientTimeoutSeconds = 30;
 
     public LicenseInformationService(ILogger log, IRecorder recorder, HttpClient httpClient)
     {
@@ -30,6 +29,11 @@ public LicenseInformationService(ILogger log, IRecorder recorder, HttpClient htt
     }
 
     public async Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi)
+    {
+        return await FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(listOfComponentsForApi, 30);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(List<string> listOfComponentsForApi, int timeout)
     {
         var batchSize = 500;
         var responses = new List<HttpResponseMessage>();
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ public async Task<List<string>> FetchLicenseInformationFromAPI(List<string> list
         var uri = new Uri("https://api.clearlydefined.io/definitions?expand=-files");
 
         httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
-        httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(ClientTimeoutSeconds);
+        httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeout);
 
         for (var i = 0; i < listOfComponentsForApi.Count; i += batchSize)
         {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/Configuration.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/Configuration.cs
index b7cfd621..3dd94ab1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/Configuration.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class Configuration : IConfiguration
     private static readonly AsyncLocal<ConfigurationSetting<string>> generationTimestamp = new();
     private static readonly AsyncLocal<ConfigurationSetting<bool>> followSymlinks = new();
     private static readonly AsyncLocal<ConfigurationSetting<bool>> fetchLicenseInformation = new();
+    private static readonly AsyncLocal<ConfigurationSetting<int>> licenseInformationTimeout = new();
     private static readonly AsyncLocal<ConfigurationSetting<bool>> enablePackageMetadataParsing = new();
     private static readonly AsyncLocal<ConfigurationSetting<bool>> deleteManifestDirIfPresent = new();
     private static readonly AsyncLocal<ConfigurationSetting<bool>> failIfNoPackages = new();
@@ -309,6 +310,14 @@ public ConfigurationSetting<bool> FetchLicenseInformation
         set => fetchLicenseInformation.Value = value;
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="IConfiguration.LicenseInformationTimeout" />
+    [DefaultValue(30)]
+    public ConfigurationSetting<int> LicenseInformationTimeout
+    {
+        get => licenseInformationTimeout.Value;
+        set => licenseInformationTimeout.Value = value;
+    }
+
     /// <inheritdoc cref="IConfiguration.EnablePackageMetadataParsing" />
     [DefaultValue(false)]
     public ConfigurationSetting<bool> EnablePackageMetadataParsing
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/IConfiguration.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/IConfiguration.cs
index b2ecdc35..1da7b892 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/IConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/IConfiguration.cs
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ public interface IConfiguration
     /// </summary>
     ConfigurationSetting<bool> FetchLicenseInformation { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Specifies the timeout in seconds for fetching the license information. Defaults to 30 seconds. Has no effect if
+    /// FetchLicenseInformation (li) argument is false or not provided.
+    /// </summary>
+    ConfigurationSetting<int> LicenseInformationTimeout { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// If set to true, we will attempt to locate and parse package metadata files for additional information to include in the SBOM such as .nuspec/.pom files in the local package cache.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/InputConfiguration.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/InputConfiguration.cs
index f0102229..384c0c83 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/InputConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Common/Config/InputConfiguration.cs
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ public class InputConfiguration : IConfiguration
     [DefaultValue(false)]
     public ConfigurationSetting<bool> FetchLicenseInformation { get; set; }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="IConfiguration.LicenseInformationTimeout" />
+    [DefaultValue(30)]
+    public ConfigurationSetting<int> LicenseInformationTimeout { get; set; }
+
     [DefaultValue(false)]
     public ConfigurationSetting<bool> EnablePackageMetadataParsing { get; set; }