diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
index 0c0cef49db023966401dbfa5f97168b8755aebdb..296d012dc5f67f3ccebe39346df0234aba51534b 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ VideoReceiver::VideoReceiver(QObject* parent)
     , _socket(nullptr)
     , _serverPresent(false)
     , _rtspTestInterval_ms(5000)
+    , _udpReconnect_us(5000000)
 #endif
     , _videoSurface(nullptr)
     , _videoRunning(false)
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ VideoReceiver::start()
             QUrl url(_uri);
             g_object_set(G_OBJECT(dataSource), "host", qPrintable(url.host()), "port", url.port(), nullptr );
         } else {
-            g_object_set(G_OBJECT(dataSource), "location", qPrintable(_uri), "latency", 17, "udp-reconnect", 1, "timeout", static_cast<guint64>(5000000), NULL);
+            g_object_set(G_OBJECT(dataSource), "location", qPrintable(_uri), "latency", 17, "udp-reconnect", 1, "timeout", _udpReconnect_us, NULL);
         }
 
         // Currently, we expect H264 when using anything except for TCP.  Long term we may want this to be settable
diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.h b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.h
index ea2c502046e379901c8b502b742aa6b09920e12a..04e344e09326bc48c5eacab3748ed4c5540cc46f 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.h
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.h
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ protected:
     bool            _serverPresent;
     int             _rtspTestInterval_ms;
 
+    //-- RTSP UDP reconnect timeout
+    uint64_t        _udpReconnect_us;
+
 #endif
 
     QString         _uri;