diff --git a/association_test.go b/association_test.go
index 6dd13351..2079d22a 100644
--- a/association_test.go
+++ b/association_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
+	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -466,6 +467,57 @@ func TestAssocReliable(t *testing.T) {
 		closeAssociationPair(br, a0, a1)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("ReadDeadline", func(t *testing.T) {
+		lim := test.TimeOut(time.Second * 10)
+		defer lim.Stop()
+
+		const si uint16 = 1
+		const msg = "ABC"
+		br := test.NewBridge()
+
+		a0, a1, err := createNewAssociationPair(br, ackModeNoDelay, 0)
+		if !assert.Nil(t, err, "failed to create associations") {
+			assert.FailNow(t, "failed due to earlier error")
+		}
+
+		s0, s1, err := establishSessionPair(br, a0, a1, si)
+		assert.Nil(t, err, "failed to establish session pair")
+
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, a0.bufferedAmount(), "incorrect bufferedAmount")
+
+		assert.NoError(t, s1.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Millisecond)), "failed to set read deadline")
+		buf := make([]byte, 32)
+		// First fails
+		n, ppi, err := s1.ReadSCTP(buf)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, n)
+		assert.Equal(t, PayloadProtocolIdentifier(0), ppi)
+		assert.True(t, errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded))
+		// Second too
+		n, ppi, err = s1.ReadSCTP(buf)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, n)
+		assert.Equal(t, PayloadProtocolIdentifier(0), ppi)
+		assert.True(t, errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded))
+		assert.NoError(t, s1.SetReadDeadline(time.Time{}), "failed to disable read deadline")
+
+		n, err = s0.WriteSCTP([]byte(msg), PayloadTypeWebRTCBinary)
+		if err != nil {
+			assert.FailNow(t, "failed due to earlier error")
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, len(msg), n, "unexpected length of received data")
+		assert.Equal(t, len(msg), a0.bufferedAmount(), "incorrect bufferedAmount")
+
+		flushBuffers(br, a0, a1)
+
+		n, ppi, err = s1.ReadSCTP(buf)
+		if !assert.Nil(t, err, "ReadSCTP failed") {
+			assert.FailNow(t, "failed due to earlier error")
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, n, len(msg), "unexpected length of received data")
+		assert.Equal(t, ppi, PayloadTypeWebRTCBinary, "unexpected ppi")
+
+		closeAssociationPair(br, a0, a1)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("ordered reordered", func(t *testing.T) {
 		lim := test.TimeOut(time.Second * 10)
 		defer lim.Stop()
diff --git a/stream.go b/stream.go
index f9304e17..fd2c5fc7 100644
--- a/stream.go
+++ b/stream.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
+	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pion/logging"
 )
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ func (ss StreamState) String() string {
 var (
 	errOutboundPacketTooLarge = errors.New("outbound packet larger than maximum message size")
 	errStreamClosed           = errors.New("stream closed")
+	errReadDeadlineExceeded   = fmt.Errorf("read deadline exceeded: %w", os.ErrDeadlineExceeded)
 )
 
 // Stream represents an SCTP stream
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ type Stream struct {
 	sequenceNumber      uint16
 	readNotifier        *sync.Cond
 	readErr             error
+	readTimeoutCancel   chan struct{}
 	unordered           bool
 	reliabilityType     byte
 	reliabilityValue    uint32
@@ -115,6 +119,14 @@ func (s *Stream) ReadSCTP(p []byte) (int, PayloadProtocolIdentifier, error) {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()
 
+	defer func() {
+		// close readTimeoutCancel if the current read timeout routine is no longer effective
+		if s.readTimeoutCancel != nil && s.readErr != nil {
+			close(s.readTimeoutCancel)
+			s.readTimeoutCancel = nil
+		}
+	}()
+
 	for {
 		n, ppi, err := s.reassemblyQueue.read(p)
 		if err == nil {
@@ -132,6 +144,47 @@ func (s *Stream) ReadSCTP(p []byte) (int, PayloadProtocolIdentifier, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetReadDeadline sets the read deadline in an identical way to net.Conn
+func (s *Stream) SetReadDeadline(deadline time.Time) error {
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if s.readTimeoutCancel != nil {
+		close(s.readTimeoutCancel)
+		s.readTimeoutCancel = nil
+	}
+
+	if s.readErr != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(s.readErr, errReadDeadlineExceeded) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		s.readErr = nil
+	}
+
+	if !deadline.IsZero() {
+		s.readTimeoutCancel = make(chan struct{})
+
+		go func(readTimeoutCancel chan struct{}) {
+			t := time.NewTimer(time.Until(deadline))
+			select {
+			case <-readTimeoutCancel:
+				t.Stop()
+				return
+			case <-t.C:
+				s.lock.Lock()
+				if s.readErr == nil {
+					s.readErr = errReadDeadlineExceeded
+				}
+				s.readTimeoutCancel = nil
+				s.lock.Unlock()
+
+				s.readNotifier.Signal()
+			}
+		}(s.readTimeoutCancel)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Stream) handleData(pd *chunkPayloadData) {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()