diff --git a/net/udpspeeder/Makefile b/net/udpspeeder/Makefile
index 4f6428aa32..5becd8eabb 100644
--- a/net/udpspeeder/Makefile
+++ b/net/udpspeeder/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=UDPspeeder
 PKG_VERSION:=20230206.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=$(PKG_VERSION)
diff --git a/net/udpspeeder/files/udpspeeder-init b/net/udpspeeder/files/udpspeeder-init
index 3e1a5c6036..3112fd77ac 100755
--- a/net/udpspeeder/files/udpspeeder-init
+++ b/net/udpspeeder/files/udpspeeder-init
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ start_instance() {
 	procd_append_param command --report "${report}"
 	procd_append_param command --interval "${interval}"
 	procd_append_param command --mtu "${mtu}"
+	procd_append_param command --timeout "${timeout}"
 	procd_append_param command --sock-buf "${sock_buf}"
 	procd_append_param command --decode-buf "${decode_buf}"
 	procd_append_param command --queue-len "${queue_len}"