diff --git a/src/ckdb.c b/src/ckdb.c
index 7a469159..d8eba810 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.c
+++ b/src/ckdb.c
@@ -3743,7 +3743,7 @@ static void *socketer(__maybe_unused void *arg)
 
 		cmdnum = CMD_UNSET;
 
-		buf = recv_unix_msg(sockd);
+		buf = recv_unix_msg_tmo2(sockd, RECV_UNIX_TIMEOUT1, RECV_UNIX_TIMEOUT2);
 		// Once we've read the message
 		setnow(&now);
 		if (buf) {
diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
index a2714c2f..a72dba24 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.c
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ bool _send_unix_msg(int sockd, const char *buf, const char *file, const char *fu
 		goto out;
 	}
 	msglen = htole32(len);
-	ret = wait_write_select(sockd, 5);
+	ret = wait_write_select(sockd, UNIX_WRITE_TIMEOUT);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 1)) {
 		ern = errno;
 		LOGERR("Select1 failed in send_unix_msg (%d)", ern);
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ bool _send_unix_msg(int sockd, const char *buf, const char *file, const char *fu
 		LOGERR("Failed to write 4 byte length in send_unix_msg");
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ret = wait_write_select(sockd, 5);
+	ret = wait_write_select(sockd, UNIX_WRITE_TIMEOUT);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 1)) {
 		ern = errno;
 		LOGERR("Select2 failed in send_unix_msg (%d)", ern);
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ bool _send_unix_data(int sockd, const struct msghdr *msg, const char *file, cons
 		LOGWARNING("Null message sent to send_unix_data");
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ret = wait_write_select(sockd, 5);
+	ret = wait_write_select(sockd, UNIX_WRITE_TIMEOUT);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 1)) {
 		LOGERR("Select1 failed in send_unix_data");
 		goto out;
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ bool _recv_unix_data(int sockd, struct msghdr *msg, const char *file, const char
 	bool retval = false;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = wait_read_select(sockd, 5);
+	ret = wait_read_select(sockd, UNIX_READ_TIMEOUT);
 	if (unlikely(ret < 1)) {
 		LOGERR("Select1 failed in recv_unix_data");
 		goto out;
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index 10611916..26aff16d 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ void logmsg(int loglevel, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #define PAGESIZE (4096)
 
+/* Default timeouts for unix socket reads and writes in seconds. Set write
+ * timeout to double the read timeout in case of one read blocking the next
+ * writer. */
+#define UNIX_READ_TIMEOUT 5
+#define UNIX_WRITE_TIMEOUT 10
+
 /* Share error values */
 
 enum share_err {
@@ -495,8 +501,8 @@ int read_length(int sockd, void *buf, int len);
 char *_recv_unix_msg(int sockd, int timeout1, int timeout2, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
 #define RECV_UNIX_TIMEOUT1 30
 #define RECV_UNIX_TIMEOUT2 5
-#define recv_unix_msg(sockd) _recv_unix_msg(sockd, RECV_UNIX_TIMEOUT1, RECV_UNIX_TIMEOUT2, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
-#define recv_unix_msg_tmo(sockd, tmo) _recv_unix_msg(sockd, tmo, RECV_UNIX_TIMEOUT2, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
+#define recv_unix_msg(sockd) _recv_unix_msg(sockd, UNIX_READ_TIMEOUT, UNIX_READ_TIMEOUT, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
+#define recv_unix_msg_tmo(sockd, tmo) _recv_unix_msg(sockd, tmo, UNIX_READ_TIMEOUT, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 #define recv_unix_msg_tmo2(sockd, tmo1, tmo2) _recv_unix_msg(sockd, tmo1, tmo2, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 int wait_write_select(int sockd, float timeout);
 #define write_length(sockd, buf, len) _write_length(sockd, buf, len, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)