diff --git a/lib/base/tlsutility.hpp b/lib/base/tlsutility.hpp
index 0bc1a8332..51bed97c1 100644
--- a/lib/base/tlsutility.hpp
+++ b/lib/base/tlsutility.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace icinga
 const char * const DEFAULT_TLS_CIPHERS = "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-GCM-SHA256";
 
 const char * const DEFAULT_TLS_PROTOCOLMIN = "TLSv1.2";
+const unsigned int DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 15;
 
 void InitializeOpenSSL();
 
diff --git a/lib/remote/apilistener.ti b/lib/remote/apilistener.ti
index d62402b6e..8317abc4b 100644
--- a/lib/remote/apilistener.ti
+++ b/lib/remote/apilistener.ti
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ApiListener : ConfigObject
 	};
 
 	[config] double connect_timeout {
-		default {{{ return 15.0; }}}
+		default {{{ return DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT; }}}
 	};
 
 	[config, no_user_view, no_user_modify] String ticket_salt;