diff --git a/teuthology/report.py b/teuthology/report.py
index 6c662819f79..a97a1854365 100644
--- a/teuthology/report.py
+++ b/teuthology/report.py
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ class ResultsSerializer(object):
 class ResultsReporter(object):
     last_run_file = 'last_successful_run'
 
-    def __init__(self, archive_base, base_uri=None, save=False, refresh=False):
+    def __init__(self, archive_base, base_uri=None, save=False, refresh=False,
+                 timeout=20):
         self.archive_base = archive_base
         self.base_uri = base_uri or config.results_server
         if self.base_uri:
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ class ResultsReporter(object):
         self.serializer = ResultsSerializer(archive_base)
         self.save_last_run = save
         self.refresh = refresh
+        self.timeout = timeout
 
     def _do_request(self, uri, method, json_):
         """
@@ -189,16 +191,7 @@ class ResultsReporter(object):
             runs = all_runs[next_index:]
         else:
             runs = all_runs
-        num_runs = len(runs)
-        num_jobs = 0
-        log.info("Posting %s runs", num_runs)
-        for run in runs:
-            job_count = self.report_run(run)
-            num_jobs += job_count
-            if self.save_last_run:
-                self.last_run = run
-        del self.last_run
-        log.info("Total: %s jobs in %s runs", num_jobs, num_runs)
+        return self.report_runs(runs)
 
     def report_runs(self, run_names):
         """
@@ -206,9 +199,15 @@ class ResultsReporter(object):
 
         :param run_names: The names of the runs.
         """
+        num_runs = len(run_names)
         num_jobs = 0
-        for run_name in run_names:
-            num_jobs += self.report_run(run_name)
+        log.info("Posting %s runs", num_runs)
+        for run in run_names:
+            job_count = self.report_run(run)
+            num_jobs += job_count
+            if self.save_last_run:
+                self.last_run = run
+        del self.last_run
         log.info("Total: %s jobs in %s runs", num_jobs, len(run_names))
 
     def create_run(self, run_name):
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ class ResultsReporter(object):
     def http(self):
         if hasattr(self, '__http'):
             return self.__http
-        self.__http = httplib2.Http()
+        self.__http = httplib2.Http(timeout=self.timeout)
         return self.__http