diff --git a/sysloger.go b/sysloger.go
index 12065d1..b757921 100644
--- a/sysloger.go
+++ b/sysloger.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ func NewSyslogWriterWithTimeout(params SyslogParams, formatter syslog.Formatter,
 	var sysLogger *syslog.Writer
 	var err error
 	var dial func(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error)
+	netDialer := new(net.Dialer)
+	netDialer.Timeout = timeout
 
 	if params.NeedTls {
 		if params.TlsConf == nil {
@@ -69,12 +71,12 @@ func NewSyslogWriterWithTimeout(params SyslogParams, formatter syslog.Formatter,
 
 		dial = func(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 			// cannot use "network" here as it'll simply be "custom" which will fail
-			return tls.DialWithDialer(&net.Dialer{Timeout: timeout}, params.Protocol, addr, params.TlsConf)
+			return tls.DialWithDialer(netDialer, params.Protocol, addr, params.TlsConf)
 		}
 	} else {
 		dial = func(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 			// cannot use "network" here as it'll simply be "custom" which will fail
-			return tls.DialWithDialer(&net.Dialer{Timeout: timeout}, params.Protocol, addr, nil)
+			return net.DialTimeout(params.Protocol, addr, timeout)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/sysloger_test.go b/sysloger_test.go
index 87e6e1c..aac14ac 100644
--- a/sysloger_test.go
+++ b/sysloger_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package sysloger
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 const CertPath = ""
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func TestSendSingleSyslogMsg(t *testing.T) {
 	//	RootCAs:            CaCertPool,
 	//	InsecureSkipVerify: true,
 	//}
-
+	//
 	header := CefHeader{
 		Version:            0,
 		DeviceVendor:       "Test",
@@ -63,6 +64,62 @@ func TestSendSingleSyslogMsg(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////
+func TestSendSingleSyslogMsgWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	//t.Parallel()
+
+	//GlobalCaCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(CertPath)
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	t.Fatal("Bad TestMakeSyslogWithFormatter1: ", err)
+	//}
+	//
+	//CaCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+	//CaCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(GlobalCaCert)
+	//
+	//tl := tls.Config{
+	//	RootCAs:            CaCertPool,
+	//	InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+	//}
+
+	header := CefHeader{
+		Version:            0,
+		DeviceVendor:       "Test",
+		DeviceProduct:      "TestProd",
+		DeviceVersion:      "1.0",
+		DeviceEventClassId: "testing",
+		Name:               "TEST",
+		Severity:           "Low",
+	}
+
+	testMap := map[string]interface{}{
+		"src":                      "HOOOST",
+		"requestClientApplication": "Test-cli",
+	}
+
+	// for CEFFormatter
+	testData, err := MakeCefString(header, testMap, false, true, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = SendSingleSyslogMsgWithTimeout(SyslogParams{
+		Level:    5,
+		Host:     "127.0.0.1",
+		Port:     555,
+		Protocol: "tcp",
+		Priority: 0,
+		Tag:      "test",
+		//NeedTls:  false,
+		//TlsConf:  &tl,
+	},
+		CEFFormatter,
+		testData,
+		2*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Bad TestSendSingleSyslogMsg: ", err)
+	}
+}
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////
 func TestSendListToSyslog(t *testing.T) {
 	//t.Parallel()
@@ -128,3 +185,70 @@ func TestSendListToSyslog(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Bad TestSendListToSyslog: ", err)
 	}
 }
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////
+func TestSendListToSyslogWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	//t.Parallel()
+
+	//GlobalCaCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(CertPath)
+	//if err != nil {
+	//	t.Fatal("Bad TestMakeSyslogWithFormatter1: ", err)
+	//}
+	//
+	//CaCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+	//CaCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(GlobalCaCert)
+	//
+	//tl := tls.Config{
+	//	RootCAs:            CaCertPool,
+	//	InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+	//}
+
+	header := CefHeader{
+		Version:            0,
+		DeviceVendor:       "Test",
+		DeviceProduct:      "TestProd",
+		DeviceVersion:      "1.0",
+		DeviceEventClassId: "testing",
+		Name:               "TEST",
+		Severity:           "Low",
+	}
+
+	testMap := []map[string]interface{}{
+		{
+			"src":                      "HOOOST",
+			"requestClientApplication": "Test-cli",
+		},
+		{
+			"src":                      "BOOOST",
+			"requestClientApplication": "Best-cli",
+		},
+	}
+
+	testData := make([]string, 0)
+	for _, el := range testMap {
+		// for CEFFormatter
+		testDataStr, err := MakeCefString(header, el, false, true, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		testData = append(testData, testDataStr)
+	}
+
+	err := SendListToSyslogWithTimeout(SyslogParams{
+		Level:    3,
+		Host:     "127.0.0.1",
+		Port:     555,
+		Protocol: "tcp",
+		Priority: 0,
+		Tag:      "test",
+		//NeedTls:  false,
+		//TlsConf:  &tl,
+	},
+		CEFFormatter,
+		testData,
+		1*time.Minute)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Bad TestSendListToSyslog: ", err)
+	}
+}