diff --git a/client/control.go b/client/control.go
index 07a6d226..f8da9c46 100644
--- a/client/control.go
+++ b/client/control.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"io"
 	"net"
+	"os"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ type Control struct {
 
 	// sets authentication based on selected method
 	authSetter auth.Setter
+
+	timeOutExit int64
 }
 
 func NewControl(ctx context.Context, runID string, conn net.Conn, session *fmux.Session,
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ func NewControl(ctx context.Context, runID string, conn net.Conn, session *fmux.
 		xl:                 xlog.FromContextSafe(ctx),
 		ctx:                ctx,
 		authSetter:         authSetter,
+		timeOutExit:        clientCfg.TimeOutExit,
 	}
 	ctl.pm = proxy.NewManager(ctl.ctx, ctl.sendCh, clientCfg, serverUDPPort)
 
@@ -341,6 +345,13 @@ func (ctl *Control) msgHandler() {
 			}
 			ctl.sendCh <- pingMsg
 		case <-hbCheckCh:
+			if ctl.clientCfg.TimeOutExit > 0 {
+				ctl.timeOutExit--
+				if ctl.timeOutExit <= 0 {
+					xl.Debug("exit --------------------", ctl.timeOutExit)
+					os.Exit(0)
+				}
+			}
 			if time.Since(ctl.lastPong) > time.Duration(ctl.clientCfg.HeartbeatTimeout)*time.Second {
 				xl.Warn("heartbeat timeout")
 				// let reader() stop
@@ -354,8 +365,10 @@ func (ctl *Control) msgHandler() {
 
 			switch m := rawMsg.(type) {
 			case *msg.ReqWorkConn:
+				ctl.timeOutExit = ctl.clientCfg.TimeOutExit
 				go ctl.HandleReqWorkConn(m)
 			case *msg.NewProxyResp:
+				ctl.timeOutExit = ctl.clientCfg.TimeOutExit
 				ctl.HandleNewProxyResp(m)
 			case *msg.Pong:
 				if m.Error != "" {
diff --git a/cmd/frpc/sub/root.go b/cmd/frpc/sub/root.go
index d03cdd12..f54afdba 100644
--- a/cmd/frpc/sub/root.go
+++ b/cmd/frpc/sub/root.go
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ var (
 	bindAddr          string
 	bindPort          int
 
-	tlsEnable bool
+	tlsEnable   bool
+	timeOutExit int
 
 	kcpDoneCh chan struct{}
 )
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ func RegisterCommonFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&logMaxDays, "log_max_days", "", 3, "log file reversed days")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&disableLogColor, "disable_log_color", "", false, "disable log color in console")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&tlsEnable, "tls_enable", "", false, "enable frpc tls")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&timeOutExit, "timeout_exit", "", -1, "time out exit frpc")
 }
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ func parseClientCommonCfgFromCmd() (cfg config.ClientCommonConf, err error) {
 	cfg.LogFile = logFile
 	cfg.LogMaxDays = int64(logMaxDays)
 	cfg.DisableLogColor = disableLogColor
-
+	cfg.TimeOutExit = int64(timeOutExit)
 	// Only token authentication is supported in cmd mode
 	cfg.ClientConfig = auth.GetDefaultClientConf()
 	cfg.Token = token
diff --git a/pkg/config/client.go b/pkg/config/client.go
index f2d1a07d..1674c912 100644
--- a/pkg/config/client.go
+++ b/pkg/config/client.go
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ type ClientCommonConf struct {
 	UDPPacketSize int64 `ini:"udp_packet_size" json:"udp_packet_size"`
 	// Include other config files for proxies.
 	IncludeConfigFiles []string `ini:"includes" json:"includes"`
+	// There is no data interaction between frpc and frps, timeout exit
+	TimeOutExit int64 `ini:"timeout_exit" json:"timeout_exit"`
 }
 
 // GetDefaultClientConf returns a client configuration with default values.