diff --git a/lib/resque/scheduler/cli.rb b/lib/resque/scheduler/cli.rb
index c0d7fea9..818d3809 100644
--- a/lib/resque/scheduler/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/scheduler/cli.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ module Scheduler
       quiet: 'QUIET',
       pidfile: 'PIDFILE',
       poll_sleep_amount: 'RESQUE_SCHEDULER_INTERVAL',
-      verbose: 'VERBOSE'
+      verbose: 'VERBOSE',
+      timeout: 'TIMEOUT'
     }.freeze
 
     class Cli
diff --git a/lib/resque/scheduler/configuration.rb b/lib/resque/scheduler/configuration.rb
index f9ac54f6..8ab61569 100644
--- a/lib/resque/scheduler/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/scheduler/configuration.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ def poll_sleep_amount
           Float(environment.fetch('RESQUE_SCHEDULER_INTERVAL', '5'))
       end
 
+      # Sets timeout for Resque::Scheduler::Lock::Base
+      attr_writer :lock_timeout
+
+      def lock_timeout
+        @lock_timeout ||= environment.fetch('LOCK_TIMEOUT', 60 * 3).to_i
+      end
+
       private
 
       # Copied from https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/main/activemodel/lib/active_model/type/boolean.rb#L17
diff --git a/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb b/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb
index 150e22a2..cd309c11 100644
--- a/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/scheduler/env.rb
@@ -56,21 +56,21 @@ def setup_pid_file
 
       def setup_scheduler_configuration
         Resque::Scheduler.configure do |c|
-          c.app_name = options[:app_name] if options.key?(:app_name)
-
-          c.dynamic = !!options[:dynamic] if options.key?(:dynamic)
-
-          c.env = options[:env] if options.key?(:env)
-
-          c.logfile = options[:logfile] if options.key?(:logfile)
-
-          c.logformat = options[:logformat] if options.key?(:logformat)
+          [
+            :app_name,
+            :dynamic,
+            :env,
+            :logfile,
+            :logformat,
+            :lock_timeout,
+            :verbose
+          ].each do |option_key|
+            c.send("#{option_key}=", options[option_key]) if options.key?(option_key)
+          end
 
           if (psleep = options[:poll_sleep_amount]) && !psleep.nil?
             c.poll_sleep_amount = Float(psleep)
           end
-
-          c.verbose = !!options[:verbose] if options.key?(:verbose)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/resque/scheduler/lock/base.rb b/lib/resque/scheduler/lock/base.rb
index 164c2f9f..fe231993 100644
--- a/lib/resque/scheduler/lock/base.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/scheduler/lock/base.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def initialize(key, options = {})
           @key = key
 
           # 3 minute default timeout
-          @timeout = options[:timeout] || 60 * 3
+          @timeout = options[:timeout] || Resque::Scheduler.lock_timeout
         end
 
         # Attempts to acquire the lock. Returns true if successfully acquired.
diff --git a/test/configuration_test.rb b/test/configuration_test.rb
index 2abed87f..2bcbe4f0 100644
--- a/test/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration_test.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     end
   end
 
+  test 'setting lock_timeout from environment' do
+    configuration.environment = { 'LOCK_TIMEOUT' => '47' }
+
+    assert_equal 47, configuration.lock_timeout
+  end
+
   test 'env set from Rails.env' do
     Rails.expects(:env).returns('development')