diff --git a/timeout b/timeout
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..38267e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timeout
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+usage() {
+	printf "Usage: %s [-t TIMEOUT] [-c COMMAND]\n\n" "$0"
+	printf "TIMEOUT and COMMAND can be set as env vars.\n"
+}
+
+on_interrupt() {
+	print "Process aborted!\n"
+
+	exit 130
+}
+
+create_script() {
+	printf "#!/bin/sh\n%s\n" "$1" > "$2"
+	chmod +x "$SCRIPT_FILE"
+}
+
+run_script() {
+	"$SCRIPT_FILE" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+
+	printf "%d" $!
+}
+
+stop_delete_script() {
+	kill -9 $1
+	rm -f "$2"
+}
+
+check_pid() {
+	PID=$1
+	LOOP=$2
+
+	for i in $(seq 1 $LOOP); do
+		test -d "/proc/$PID/" && sleep 1 || STATUS=0
+	done
+
+	kill -9 $PID
+
+	printf "%d" ${STATUS:-1}
+}
+
+main() {
+	while getopts "ht:c:" option; do
+		case "${option}" in
+			h) usage; exit 0;;
+			t) TIMEOUT="$OPTARG";;
+			c) COMMAND="$OPTARG";;
+			*) usage; exit 1;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	TIMEOUT="${TIMEOUT:-10}"
+
+	if [ -z "$COMMAND" ]; then
+		printf "Command is required!\n"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	SCRIPT_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+
+	create_script "$COMMAND" "$SCRIPT_FILE"
+
+	SCRIPT_PID=$(run_script "$SCRIPT_FILE")
+	EXIT_STATUS=$(check_pid "$SCRIPT_PID" "$TIMEOUT")
+
+	stop_delete_script $PID "$SCRIPT_FILE"
+
+	exit $EXIT_STATUS
+}
+
+trap on_interrupt INT
+
+main "$@"