diff --git a/src/ajax/xhr.js b/src/ajax/xhr.js
index 33dafb01d..4a31171ac 100644
--- a/src/ajax/xhr.js
+++ b/src/ajax/xhr.js
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ jQuery.ajaxTransport( function( options ) {
 					return function() {
 						if ( callback ) {
 							callback = errorCallback = xhr.onload =
-								xhr.onerror = xhr.onabort = xhr.onreadystatechange = null;
+								xhr.onerror = xhr.onabort = xhr.ontimeout =
+									xhr.onreadystatechange = null;
 
 							if ( type === "abort" ) {
 								xhr.abort();
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ jQuery.ajaxTransport( function( options ) {
 
 				// Listen to events
 				xhr.onload = callback();
-				errorCallback = xhr.onerror = callback( "error" );
+				errorCallback = xhr.onerror = xhr.ontimeout = callback( "error" );
 
 				// Support: IE 9 only
 				// Use onreadystatechange to replace onabort
diff --git a/test/unit/ajax.js b/test/unit/ajax.js
index 07ff40783..4dc7b9d3a 100644
--- a/test/unit/ajax.js
+++ b/test/unit/ajax.js
@@ -527,6 +527,23 @@ QUnit.module( "ajax", {
 		};
 	} );
 
+	ajaxTest( "jQuery.ajax() - native timeout", 2, function( assert ) {
+		return {
+			url: url( "data/name.php?wait=1" ),
+			xhr: function() {
+				var xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
+				xhr.timeout = 1;
+				return xhr;
+			},
+			error: function( xhr, msg ) {
+				assert.strictEqual( msg, "error", "Native timeout triggers error callback" );
+			},
+			complete: function() {
+				assert.ok( true, "complete" );
+			}
+		};
+	} );
+
 	ajaxTest( "jQuery.ajax() - events with context", 12, function( assert ) {
 		var context = document.createElement( "div" );