diff --git a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
index 14b59e183..9abe73dcb 100644
--- a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public class Bootstrap {
     private String targetIp = DEFAULT_TARGET_IP;
     private int telnetPort = DEFAULT_TELNET_PORT;
     private int httpPort = DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT;
+    /**
+     * @see com.taobao.arthas.core.shell.ShellServerOptions#DEFAULT_SESSION_TIMEOUT
+     */
+    private Long sessionTimeout;
 
     private boolean verbose = false;
 
@@ -109,6 +113,12 @@ public class Bootstrap {
         this.httpPort = httpPort;
     }
 
+    @Option(longName = "session-timeout")
+    @Description("The session timeout seconds, default 3000")
+    public void setSessionTimeout(Long sessionTimeout) {
+        this.sessionTimeout = sessionTimeout;
+    }
+
     @Option(longName = "arthas-home")
     @Description("The arthas home")
     public void setArthasHome(String arthasHome) {
@@ -291,6 +301,10 @@ public class Bootstrap {
         attachArgs.add(new File(arthasHomeDir, "arthas-core.jar").getAbsolutePath());
         attachArgs.add("-agent");
         attachArgs.add(new File(arthasHomeDir, "arthas-agent.jar").getAbsolutePath());
+        if (bootStrap.getSessionTimeout() != null) {
+            attachArgs.add("-session-timeout");
+            attachArgs.add("" + bootStrap.getSessionTimeout());
+        }
 
         AnsiLog.info("Try to attach process " + pid);
         AnsiLog.debug("Start arthas-core.jar args: " + attachArgs);
@@ -411,4 +425,8 @@ public class Bootstrap {
     public boolean isHelp() {
         return help;
     }
+
+    public Long getSessionTimeout() {
+        return sessionTimeout;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
index 017caf470..727cb91b8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine;
 import com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachineDescriptor;
 import com.taobao.arthas.common.AnsiLog;
 import com.taobao.arthas.core.config.Configure;
+import com.taobao.arthas.core.shell.ShellServerOptions;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.CLI;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.CLIs;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.CommandLine;
@@ -34,14 +35,17 @@ public class Arthas {
                 .setShortName("telnet-port").setDefaultValue(DEFAULT_TELNET_PORT);
         Option httpPort = new TypedOption<Integer>().setType(Integer.class)
                 .setShortName("http-port").setDefaultValue(DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT);
+        Option sessionTimeout = new TypedOption<Integer>().setType(Integer.class)
+                        .setShortName("session-timeout").setDefaultValue("" + ShellServerOptions.DEFAULT_SESSION_TIMEOUT);
         CLI cli = CLIs.create("arthas").addOption(pid).addOption(core).addOption(agent).addOption(target)
-                .addOption(telnetPort).addOption(httpPort);
+                .addOption(telnetPort).addOption(httpPort).addOption(sessionTimeout);
         CommandLine commandLine = cli.parse(Arrays.asList(args));
 
         Configure configure = new Configure();
         configure.setJavaPid((Integer) commandLine.getOptionValue("pid"));
         configure.setArthasAgent((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("agent"));
         configure.setArthasCore((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("core"));
+        configure.setSessionTimeout((Integer)commandLine.getOptionValue("session-timeout"));
         if (commandLine.getOptionValue("target-ip") == null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("as.sh is too old to support web console, " +
                     "please run the following command to upgrade to latest version:" +
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java
index ec886aeb9..d01715e8a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.taobao.arthas.core.config;
 
+import com.taobao.arthas.core.shell.ShellServerOptions;
 import com.taobao.arthas.core.util.reflect.ArthasReflectUtils;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import static java.lang.reflect.Modifier.isStatic;
  * 配置类
  *
  * @author vlinux
+ * @author hengyunabc 2018-11-12
  */
 public class Configure {
 
@@ -22,6 +24,12 @@ public class Configure {
     private String arthasCore;
     private String arthasAgent;
 
+    /**
+     * session timeout seconds
+     * @see com.taobao.arthas.core.shell.ShellServerOptions#DEFAULT_SESSION_TIMEOUT
+     */
+    private long sessionTimeout = ShellServerOptions.DEFAULT_SESSION_TIMEOUT/1000;
+
     public String getIp() {
         return ip;
     }
@@ -70,6 +78,14 @@ public class Configure {
         this.arthasCore = arthasCore;
     }
 
+    public long getSessionTimeout() {
+        return sessionTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public void setSessionTimeout(long sessionTimeout) {
+        this.sessionTimeout = sessionTimeout;
+    }
+
     // 对象的编码解码器
     private final static FeatureCodec codec = new FeatureCodec(';', '=');
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java
index e0e439eab..86adc0f0d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ public class ArthasBootstrap {
         }
 
         try {
-            ShellServerOptions options = new ShellServerOptions().setInstrumentation(instrumentation).setPid(pid);
+            ShellServerOptions options = new ShellServerOptions()
+                            .setInstrumentation(instrumentation)
+                            .setPid(pid)
+                            .setSessionTimeout(configure.getSessionTimeout() * 1000);
             shellServer = new ShellServerImpl(options, this);
             BuiltinCommandPack builtinCommands = new BuiltinCommandPack();
             List<CommandResolver> resolvers = new ArrayList<CommandResolver>();