diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
index 0c787f5868..efb31c3c97 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ bool cmCTestSubmitHandler::SubmitUsingFTP(const cmStdString& localprefix,
         }
 
       // enable uploading
+      ::curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1) ;
+      // if there is little to no activity for 30 seconds stop submitting
+      ::curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, 1) ;
+      ::curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, 30) ;
+      
       ::curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1) ;
 
       cmStdString local_file = *file;