diff --git a/mesh/dbus.c b/mesh/dbus.c
index 6b9694a..bf0f73b 100644
--- a/mesh/dbus.c
+++ b/mesh/dbus.c
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ struct error_entry {
 	const char *default_desc;
 };
 
+struct send_info {
+	struct l_dbus *dbus;
+	struct l_timeout *timeout;
+	l_dbus_message_func_t cb;
+	void *user_data;
+	uint32_t serial;
+};
+
 /*
  * Important: The entries in this table follow the order of
  * enumerated values in mesh_error (file error.h)
@@ -143,3 +151,35 @@ void dbus_append_dict_entry_basic(struct l_dbus_message_builder *builder,
 	l_dbus_message_builder_leave_variant(builder);
 	l_dbus_message_builder_leave_dict(builder);
 }
+
+static void send_reply(struct l_dbus_message *message, void *user_data)
+{
+	struct send_info *info = user_data;
+
+	l_timeout_remove(info->timeout);
+	info->cb(message, info->user_data);
+	l_free(info);
+}
+
+static void send_timeout(struct l_timeout *timeout, void *user_data)
+{
+	struct send_info *info = user_data;
+
+	l_dbus_cancel(info->dbus, info->serial);
+	send_reply(NULL, info);
+}
+
+void dbus_send_with_timeout(struct l_dbus *dbus, struct l_dbus_message *msg,
+						l_dbus_message_func_t cb,
+						void *user_data,
+						unsigned int seconds)
+{
+	struct send_info *info = l_new(struct send_info, 1);
+
+	info->dbus = dbus;
+	info->cb = cb;
+	info->user_data = user_data;
+	info->serial = l_dbus_send_with_reply(dbus, msg, send_reply,
+								info, NULL);
+	info->timeout = l_timeout_create(seconds, send_timeout, info, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/mesh/dbus.h b/mesh/dbus.h
index e7643a5..aafb85f 100644
--- a/mesh/dbus.h
+++ b/mesh/dbus.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #define BLUEZ_MESH_PATH "/org/bluez/mesh"
 #define BLUEZ_MESH_SERVICE "org.bluez.mesh"
 
+#define DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT	30
+
 bool dbus_init(struct l_dbus *dbus);
 struct l_dbus *dbus_get_bus(void);
 void dbus_append_byte_array(struct l_dbus_message_builder *builder,
@@ -31,3 +33,7 @@ bool dbus_match_interface(struct l_dbus_message_iter *interfaces,
 							const char *match);
 struct l_dbus_message *dbus_error(struct l_dbus_message *msg, int err,
 						const char *description);
+void dbus_send_with_timeout(struct l_dbus *dbus, struct l_dbus_message *msg,
+						l_dbus_message_func_t cb,
+						void *user_data,
+						unsigned int seconds);
diff --git a/mesh/mesh.c b/mesh/mesh.c
index 6a4f51e..890a3aa 100644
--- a/mesh/mesh.c
+++ b/mesh/mesh.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static bool prov_complete_cb(void *user_data, uint8_t status,
 	path = node_get_app_path(join_pending->node);
 
 	if (status == PROV_ERR_SUCCESS &&
-	    !node_add_pending_local(join_pending->node, info))
+			!node_add_pending_local(join_pending->node, info))
 		status = PROV_ERR_UNEXPECTED_ERR;
 
 	if (status != PROV_ERR_SUCCESS) {
@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ static bool prov_complete_cb(void *user_data, uint8_t status,
 						"JoinComplete");
 
 	l_dbus_message_set_arguments(msg, "t", l_get_be64(token));
-	l_dbus_send_with_reply(dbus, msg,
-				prov_join_complete_reply_cb, NULL, NULL);
+	dbus_send_with_timeout(dbus, msg, prov_join_complete_reply_cb,
+						NULL, DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -723,8 +723,8 @@ static void create_node_ready_cb(void *user_data, int status,
 						"JoinComplete");
 
 	l_dbus_message_set_arguments(msg, "t", l_get_be64(token));
-	l_dbus_send_with_reply(dbus, msg,
-				create_join_complete_reply_cb, node, NULL);
+	dbus_send_with_timeout(dbus, msg, create_join_complete_reply_cb,
+						node, DEFAULT_DBUS_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
 static struct l_dbus_message *create_network_call(struct l_dbus *dbus,