diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift
index 218a70568..57807f1ec 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPClient.swift
@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ public class HTTPClient {
             return EventLoopPreference(.prefers(eventLoop))
         }
     }
+}
 
+extension HTTPClient.Configuration {
     /// Timeout configuration
     public struct Timeout {
         /// Specifies connect timeout.
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
index 70a776c4d..c3e8bf105 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class HTTPClientTests: XCTestCase {
 
     func testReadTimeout() throws {
         let httpBin = HttpBin()
-        let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .createNew, configuration: HTTPClient.Configuration(timeout: HTTPClient.Timeout(read: .milliseconds(150))))
+        let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .createNew, configuration: HTTPClient.Configuration(timeout: HTTPClient.Configuration.Timeout(read: .milliseconds(150))))
 
         defer {
             try! httpClient.syncShutdown()