diff --git a/walletdb/bdb/README.md b/walletdb/bdb/README.md
index 67ae35f..0d7db3f 100644
--- a/walletdb/bdb/README.md
+++ b/walletdb/bdb/README.md
@@ -10,19 +10,20 @@ datastore.  Package bdb is licensed under the copyfree ISC license.
 ## Usage
 
 This package is only a driver to the walletdb package and provides the database
-type of "bdb". The only parameters the Open and Create functions take is the
-database path as a string, and an option for the database to not sync its
-freelist to disk as a bool:
+type of "bdb". The only parameters the Open and Create functions take are the
+database path as a string, an option for the database to not sync its freelist
+to disk as a bool, and a timeout value for opening the database as a
+time.Duration:
 
 ```Go
-db, err := walletdb.Open("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true)
+db, err := walletdb.Open("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true, 60*time.Second)
 if err != nil {
 	// Handle error
 }
 ```
 
 ```Go
-db, err := walletdb.Create("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true)
+db, err := walletdb.Create("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true, 60*time.Second)
 if err != nil {
 	// Handle error
 }
diff --git a/walletdb/bdb/db.go b/walletdb/bdb/db.go
index 2408fad..e6a782f 100644
--- a/walletdb/bdb/db.go
+++ b/walletdb/bdb/db.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package bdb
 import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/walletdb"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
@@ -367,7 +368,9 @@ func fileExists(name string) bool {
 
 // openDB opens the database at the provided path.  walletdb.ErrDbDoesNotExist
 // is returned if the database doesn't exist and the create flag is not set.
-func openDB(dbPath string, noFreelistSync bool, create bool) (walletdb.DB, error) {
+func openDB(dbPath string, noFreelistSync bool,
+	create bool, timeout time.Duration) (walletdb.DB, error) {
+
 	if !create && !fileExists(dbPath) {
 		return nil, walletdb.ErrDbDoesNotExist
 	}
@@ -377,6 +380,7 @@ func openDB(dbPath string, noFreelistSync bool, create bool) (walletdb.DB, error
 	options := &bbolt.Options{
 		NoFreelistSync: noFreelistSync,
 		FreelistType:   bbolt.FreelistMapType,
+		Timeout:        timeout,
 	}
 
 	boltDB, err := bbolt.Open(dbPath, 0600, options)
diff --git a/walletdb/bdb/doc.go b/walletdb/bdb/doc.go
index 6e5087a..af8ffd4 100644
--- a/walletdb/bdb/doc.go
+++ b/walletdb/bdb/doc.go
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ datastore.
 Usage
 
 This package is only a driver to the walletdb package and provides the database
-type of "bdb". The only parameters the Open and Create functions take is the
-database path as a string, and an option for the database to not sync its
-freelist to disk as a bool:
+type of "bdb". The only parameters the Open and Create functions take are the
+database path as a string, an option for the database to not sync its freelist
+to disk as a bool, and a timeout value for opening the database as a
+time.Duration:
 
-	db, err := walletdb.Open("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true)
+	db, err := walletdb.Open("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true, 60*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Handle error
 	}
 
-	db, err := walletdb.Create("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true)
+	db, err := walletdb.Create("bdb", "path/to/database.db", true, 60*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Handle error
 	}
diff --git a/walletdb/bdb/driver.go b/walletdb/bdb/driver.go
index 78442fd..da4ad26 100644
--- a/walletdb/bdb/driver.go
+++ b/walletdb/bdb/driver.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package bdb
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/walletdb"
 )
@@ -15,50 +16,60 @@ const (
 )
 
 // parseArgs parses the arguments from the walletdb Open/Create methods.
-func parseArgs(funcName string, args ...interface{}) (string, bool, error) {
-	if len(args) != 2 {
-		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("invalid arguments to %s.%s -- "+
-			"expected database path and no-freelist-sync option",
+func parseArgs(funcName string,
+	args ...interface{}) (string, bool, time.Duration, error) {
+
+	if len(args) != 3 {
+		return "", false, 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid arguments to %s.%s "+
+			"-- expected database path, no-freelist-sync and "+
+			"timeout option",
 			dbType, funcName)
 	}
 
 	dbPath, ok := args[0].(string)
 	if !ok {
-		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("first argument to %s.%s is "+
+		return "", false, 0, fmt.Errorf("first argument to %s.%s is "+
 			"invalid -- expected database path string", dbType,
 			funcName)
 	}
 
 	noFreelistSync, ok := args[1].(bool)
 	if !ok {
-		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("second argument to %s.%s is "+
+		return "", false, 0, fmt.Errorf("second argument to %s.%s is "+
 			"invalid -- expected no-freelist-sync bool", dbType,
 			funcName)
 	}
 
-	return dbPath, noFreelistSync, nil
+	timeout, ok := args[2].(time.Duration)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false, 0, fmt.Errorf("third argument to %s.%s is "+
+			"invalid -- expected timeout time.Duration", dbType,
+			funcName)
+	}
+
+	return dbPath, noFreelistSync, timeout, nil
 }
 
 // openDBDriver is the callback provided during driver registration that opens
 // an existing database for use.
 func openDBDriver(args ...interface{}) (walletdb.DB, error) {
-	dbPath, noFreelistSync, err := parseArgs("Open", args...)
+	dbPath, noFreelistSync, timeout, err := parseArgs("Open", args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return openDB(dbPath, noFreelistSync, false)
+	return openDB(dbPath, noFreelistSync, false, timeout)
 }
 
 // createDBDriver is the callback provided during driver registration that
 // creates, initializes, and opens a database for use.
 func createDBDriver(args ...interface{}) (walletdb.DB, error) {
-	dbPath, noFreelistSync, err := parseArgs("Create", args...)
+	dbPath, noFreelistSync, timeout, err := parseArgs("Create", args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return openDB(dbPath, noFreelistSync, true)
+	return openDB(dbPath, noFreelistSync, true, timeout)
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/walletdb/bdb/driver_test.go b/walletdb/bdb/driver_test.go
index aa4d872..df88d49 100644
--- a/walletdb/bdb/driver_test.go
+++ b/walletdb/bdb/driver_test.go
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/walletdb"
 	_ "github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/walletdb/bdb"
 )
 
-// dbType is the database type name for this driver.
-const dbType = "bdb"
+const (
+	// dbType is the database type name for this driver.
+	dbType = "bdb"
+
+	// defaultDBTimeout is the value of db timeout for testing.
+	defaultDBTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+)
 
 // TestCreateOpenFail ensures that errors related to creating and opening a
 // database are handled properly.
@@ -25,7 +31,10 @@ func TestCreateOpenFail(t *testing.T) {
 	// Ensure that attempting to open a database that doesn't exist returns
 	// the expected error.
 	wantErr := walletdb.ErrDbDoesNotExist
-	if _, err := walletdb.Open(dbType, "noexist.db", true); err != wantErr {
+	if _, err := walletdb.Open(
+		dbType, "noexist.db", true, defaultDBTimeout,
+	); err != wantErr {
+
 		t.Errorf("Open: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
 			"want %v", err, wantErr)
 		return
@@ -34,8 +43,11 @@ func TestCreateOpenFail(t *testing.T) {
 	// Ensure that attempting to open a database with the wrong number of
 	// parameters returns the expected error.
 	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("invalid arguments to %s.Open -- expected "+
-		"database path and no-freelist-sync option", dbType)
-	if _, err := walletdb.Open(dbType, 1, 2, 3); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+		"database path, no-freelist-sync and timeout option", dbType)
+	if _, err := walletdb.Open(
+		dbType, 1, 2, 3, 4,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
 		t.Errorf("Open: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
 			"want %v", err, wantErr)
 		return
@@ -45,7 +57,36 @@ func TestCreateOpenFail(t *testing.T) {
 	// the first parameter returns the expected error.
 	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("first argument to %s.Open is invalid -- "+
 		"expected database path string", dbType)
-	if _, err := walletdb.Open(dbType, 1, true); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+	if _, err := walletdb.Open(
+		dbType, 1, true, defaultDBTimeout,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
+		t.Errorf("Open: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
+			"want %v", err, wantErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that attempting to open a database with an invalid type for
+	// the second parameter returns the expected error.
+	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("second argument to %s.Open is invalid -- "+
+		"expected no-freelist-sync bool", dbType)
+	if _, err := walletdb.Open(
+		dbType, "noexist.db", 1, defaultDBTimeout,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
+		t.Errorf("Open: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
+			"want %v", err, wantErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that attempting to open a database with an invalid type for
+	// the third parameter returns the expected error.
+	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("third argument to %s.Open is invalid -- "+
+		"expected timeout time.Duration", dbType)
+	if _, err := walletdb.Open(
+		dbType, "noexist.db", true, 1,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
 		t.Errorf("Open: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
 			"want %v", err, wantErr)
 		return
@@ -54,18 +95,50 @@ func TestCreateOpenFail(t *testing.T) {
 	// Ensure that attempting to create a database with the wrong number of
 	// parameters returns the expected error.
 	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("invalid arguments to %s.Create -- expected "+
-		"database path and no-freelist-sync option", dbType)
-	if _, err := walletdb.Create(dbType, 1, 2, 3); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+		"database path, no-freelist-sync and timeout option", dbType)
+	if _, err := walletdb.Create(
+		dbType, 1, 2, 3, 4,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
 		t.Errorf("Create: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
 			"want %v", err, wantErr)
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Ensure that attempting to open a database with an invalid type for
+	// Ensure that attempting to create a database with an invalid type for
 	// the first parameter returns the expected error.
 	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("first argument to %s.Create is invalid -- "+
 		"expected database path string", dbType)
-	if _, err := walletdb.Create(dbType, 1, true); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+	if _, err := walletdb.Create(
+		dbType, 1, true, defaultDBTimeout,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
+		t.Errorf("Create: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
+			"want %v", err, wantErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that attempting to create a database with an invalid type for
+	// the second parameter returns the expected error.
+	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("second argument to %s.Create is invalid -- "+
+		"expected no-freelist-sync bool", dbType)
+	if _, err := walletdb.Create(
+		dbType, "noexist.db", 1, defaultDBTimeout,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
+		t.Errorf("Create: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
+			"want %v", err, wantErr)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that attempting to create a database with an invalid type for
+	// the third parameter returns the expected error.
+	wantErr = fmt.Errorf("third argument to %s.Create is invalid -- "+
+		"expected timeout time.Duration", dbType)
+	if _, err := walletdb.Create(
+		dbType, "noexist.db", true, 1,
+	); err.Error() != wantErr.Error() {
+
 		t.Errorf("Create: did not receive expected error - got %v, "+
 			"want %v", err, wantErr)
 		return
@@ -81,7 +154,7 @@ func TestCreateOpenFail(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.Remove(tempDir)
 
 	dbPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "db")
-	db, err := walletdb.Create(dbType, dbPath, true)
+	db, err := walletdb.Create(dbType, dbPath, true, defaultDBTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Create: unexpected error: %v", err)
 		return
@@ -108,7 +181,7 @@ func TestPersistence(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.Remove(tempDir)
 
 	dbPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "db")
-	db, err := walletdb.Create(dbType, dbPath, true)
+	db, err := walletdb.Create(dbType, dbPath, true, defaultDBTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to create test database (%s) %v", dbType, err)
 		return
@@ -144,7 +217,7 @@ func TestPersistence(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Close and reopen the database to ensure the values persist.
 	db.Close()
-	db, err = walletdb.Open(dbType, dbPath, true)
+	db, err = walletdb.Open(dbType, dbPath, true, defaultDBTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to open test database (%s) %v", dbType, err)
 		return
diff --git a/walletdb/bdb/interface_test.go b/walletdb/bdb/interface_test.go
index 3755b1d..4bfddb0 100644
--- a/walletdb/bdb/interface_test.go
+++ b/walletdb/bdb/interface_test.go
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ func TestInterface(t *testing.T) {
 
 	dbPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "db")
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dbPath)
-	walletdbtest.TestInterface(t, dbType, dbPath, true)
+	walletdbtest.TestInterface(t, dbType, dbPath, true, defaultDBTimeout)
 }