diff --git a/include/rocksdb/utilities/transaction.h b/include/rocksdb/utilities/transaction.h
index 4127e9b2b..052570758 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/utilities/transaction.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/utilities/transaction.h
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ class Transaction {
   // write to this transaction.
   virtual WriteBatchWithIndex* GetWriteBatch() = 0;
 
+  // Change the value of TransactionOptions.lock_timeout (in milliseconds) for
+  // this transaction.
+  // Has no effect on OptimisticTransactions.
+  virtual void SetLockTimeout(int64_t timeout) = 0;
+
  protected:
   explicit Transaction(const TransactionDB* db) {}
   Transaction() {}
diff --git a/utilities/transactions/transaction_base.h b/utilities/transactions/transaction_base.h
index 9cd324e57..f48603d65 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/transaction_base.h
+++ b/utilities/transactions/transaction_base.h
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ class TransactionBaseImpl : public Transaction {
 
   WriteBatchWithIndex* GetWriteBatch() override;
 
+  virtual void SetLockTimeout(int64_t timeout) override { /* Do nothing */
+  }
+
   const Snapshot* GetSnapshot() const override {
     return snapshot_ ? snapshot_->snapshot() : nullptr;
   }
diff --git a/utilities/transactions/transaction_impl.h b/utilities/transactions/transaction_impl.h
index 2d11ac0c0..6b0901dcd 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/transaction_impl.h
+++ b/utilities/transactions/transaction_impl.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TransactionImpl : public TransactionBaseImpl {
   // Returns the number of milliseconds a transaction can wait on acquiring a
   // lock or -1 if there is no timeout.
   int64_t GetLockTimeout() const { return lock_timeout_; }
-  void SetLockTimeout(int64_t timeout) { lock_timeout_ = timeout; }
+  void SetLockTimeout(int64_t timeout) override { lock_timeout_ = timeout; }
 
  protected:
   Status TryLock(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family, const Slice& key,
diff --git a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
index e9d6a196f..bb7caa95a 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
+++ b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
@@ -1530,7 +1530,9 @@ TEST_F(TransactionTest, TimeoutTest) {
 
   delete txn1;
   txn_options.expiration = 6000000;  // 100 minutes
+  txn_options.lock_timeout = 1;      // 1ms
   txn1 = db->BeginTransaction(write_options, txn_options);
+  txn1->SetLockTimeout(100);
 
   TransactionOptions txn_options2;
   txn_options2.expiration = 10;  // 10ms