diff --git a/src/clojure/monger/query.clj b/src/clojure/monger/query.clj
index 9484d99..7320722 100644
--- a/src/clojure/monger/query.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/monger/query.clj
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
             [monger.conversion :refer :all]
             [monger.operators :refer :all])
   (:import [com.mongodb DB DBCollection DBObject DBCursor ReadPreference]
+           [java.util.concurrent TimeUnit]
            java.util.List))
 
 
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@
            snapshot
            read-preference
            keywordize-fields
+           max-time
            options]
     :or { limit 0 batch-size 256 skip 0 } }]
   (with-open [cursor (doto (.find collection (to-db-object query) (as-field-selector fields))
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@
       (.hint cursor (to-db-object hint)))
     (when read-preference
       (.setReadPreference cursor read-preference))
+    (when max-time
+      (.maxTime cursor max-time TimeUnit/MILLISECONDS))
     (when options
       (add-options cursor options))
     (map (fn [x] (from-db-object x keywordize-fields))
@@ -154,6 +158,10 @@
   [m ^ReadPreference rp]
   (merge m { :read-preference rp }))
 
+(defn max-time
+  [m ^long max-time]
+  (merge m { :max-time max-time }))
+
 (defn options
   [m opts]
   (merge m { :options opts }))