diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d3b107c..5fe9d78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.1.3
+=====
+
+* bug-fix: make sure nginx proxy_read_timeout >= gunicorn worker timeout
+
 1.1.2
 =====
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7e3c4e..62f81f7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name='sagemaker_container_support',
-    version='1.1.2',
+    version='1.1.3',
     description='Open source library for creating containers to run on Amazon SageMaker.',
 
     packages=[PKG_NAME],
diff --git a/src/container_support/etc/nginx.conf.template b/src/container_support/etc/nginx.conf.template
index c7e86be..e5305ed 100644
--- a/src/container_support/etc/nginx.conf.template
+++ b/src/container_support/etc/nginx.conf.template
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ http {
       proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
       proxy_redirect off;
       proxy_pass http://gunicorn;
+      proxy_read_timeout %NGINX_PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT%;
     }
 
     location / {
diff --git a/src/container_support/serving.py b/src/container_support/serving.py
index 90ae694..ac56c68 100644
--- a/src/container_support/serving.py
+++ b/src/container_support/serving.py
@@ -162,9 +162,16 @@ def _create_nginx_config(serving_env):
         template = cs.utils.read_file(nginx_config_template_file)
         pattern = re.compile(r'%(\w+)%')
 
+        # make sure nginx proxy timeout >= gunicorn timeout
+        proxy_read_timeout = 60
+        if int(serving_env.model_server_timeout) > 60:
+            proxy_read_timeout = int(serving_env.model_server_timeout)
+
         template_values = {
-            'NGINX_HTTP_PORT': serving_env.http_port
+            'NGINX_HTTP_PORT': serving_env.http_port,
+            'NGINX_PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT': str(proxy_read_timeout)
         }
+
         config = pattern.sub(lambda x: template_values[x.group(1)], template)
         logger.info('nginx config: \n%s\n', config)
         cs.utils.write_file(nginx_config_file, config)