diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/AngularCli/AngularCliMiddleware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/AngularCli/AngularCliMiddleware.cs
index c6aa54c..fe13b4a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/AngularCli/AngularCliMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/AngularCli/AngularCliMiddleware.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.AngularCli
     {
         private const string LogCategoryName = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices";
         private static TimeSpan RegexMatchTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5); // This is a development-time only feature, so a very long timeout is fine
-        private static TimeSpan StartupTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(50); // Note that the HTTP request itself by default times out after 60s, so you only get useful error information if this is shorter
 
         public static void Attach(
             ISpaBuilder spaBuilder,
@@ -54,9 +53,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.AngularCli
             {
                 // On each request, we create a separate startup task with its own timeout. That way, even if
                 // the first request times out, subsequent requests could still work.
-                return targetUriTask.WithTimeout(StartupTimeout,
+                var timeout = spaBuilder.Options.StartupTimeout;
+                return targetUriTask.WithTimeout(timeout,
                     $"The Angular CLI process did not start listening for requests " +
-                    $"within the timeout period of {StartupTimeout.Seconds} seconds. " +
+                    $"within the timeout period of {timeout.Seconds} seconds. " +
                     $"Check the log output for error information.");
             });
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Prerendering/SpaPrerenderingExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Prerendering/SpaPrerenderingExtensions.cs
index ec41090..b791b3a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Prerendering/SpaPrerenderingExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/Prerendering/SpaPrerenderingExtensions.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
     /// </summary>
     public static class SpaPrerenderingExtensions
     {
-        private static TimeSpan BuildTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(50); // Note that the HTTP request itself by default times out after 60s, so you only get useful error information if this is shorter
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Enables server-side prerendering middleware for a Single Page Application.
         /// </summary>
@@ -71,6 +69,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
             var excludePathStrings = (options.ExcludeUrls ?? Array.Empty<string>())
                 .Select(url => new PathString(url))
                 .ToArray();
+            var buildTimeout = spaBuilder.Options.StartupTimeout;
 
             applicationBuilder.Use(async (context, next) =>
             {
@@ -93,9 +92,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
                     // For better debuggability, create a per-request timeout that makes it clear if the
                     // prerendering builder took too long for this request, but without aborting the
                     // underlying build task so that subsequent requests could still work.
-                    await buildOnDemandTask.WithTimeout(BuildTimeout,
+                    await buildOnDemandTask.WithTimeout(buildTimeout,
                         $"The prerendering build process did not complete within the " +
-                        $"timeout period of {BuildTimeout.Seconds} seconds. " +
+                        $"timeout period of {buildTimeout.Seconds} seconds. " +
                         $"Check the log output for error information.");
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/ReactDevelopmentServer/ReactDevelopmentServerMiddleware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/ReactDevelopmentServer/ReactDevelopmentServerMiddleware.cs
index 146a648..78a7b4f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/ReactDevelopmentServer/ReactDevelopmentServerMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/ReactDevelopmentServer/ReactDevelopmentServerMiddleware.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.ReactDevelopmentServer
     {
         private const string LogCategoryName = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices";
         private static TimeSpan RegexMatchTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5); // This is a development-time only feature, so a very long timeout is fine
-        private static TimeSpan StartupTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(50); // Note that the HTTP request itself by default times out after 60s, so you only get useful error information if this is shorter
 
         public static void Attach(
             ISpaBuilder spaBuilder,
@@ -53,9 +52,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.ReactDevelopmentServer
             {
                 // On each request, we create a separate startup task with its own timeout. That way, even if
                 // the first request times out, subsequent requests could still work.
-                return targetUriTask.WithTimeout(StartupTimeout,
+                var timeout = spaBuilder.Options.StartupTimeout;
+                return targetUriTask.WithTimeout(timeout,
                     $"The create-react-app server did not start listening for requests " +
-                    $"within the timeout period of {StartupTimeout.Seconds} seconds. " +
+                    $"within the timeout period of {timeout.Seconds} seconds. " +
                     $"Check the log output for error information.");
             });
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/SpaOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/SpaOptions.cs
index a562b87..912c290 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/SpaOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions/SpaOptions.cs
@@ -67,5 +67,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices
         /// development. The directory may not exist in published applications.
         /// </summary>
         public string SourcePath { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the maximum duration that a request will wait for the SPA
+        /// to become ready to serve to the client.
+        /// </summary>
+        public TimeSpan StartupTimeout { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(50);
     }
 }