diff --git a/catalyst-uploader.go b/catalyst-uploader.go
index cf843ac..9eb9842 100644
--- a/catalyst-uploader.go
+++ b/catalyst-uploader.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func run() int {
 	verbosity := fs.String("v", "", "Log verbosity.  {4|5|6}")
 	timeout := fs.Duration("t", 30*time.Second, "Upload timeout")
 	storageFallbackURLs := CommaMapFlag(fs, "storage-fallback-urls", `Comma-separated map of primary to backup storage URLs. If a file fails uploading to one of the primary storages (detected by prefix), it will fallback to the corresponding backup URL after having the prefix replaced`)
+	segTimeout := fs.Duration("segment-timeout", 5*time.Minute, "Segment write timeout")
 
 	defaultConfigFile := "/etc/livepeer/catalyst_uploader.conf"
 	if _, err := os.Stat(defaultConfigFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ func run() int {
 	}
 
 	start := time.Now()
-	out, err := core.Upload(os.Stdin, uri, WaitBetweenWrites, *timeout, *storageFallbackURLs)
+	out, err := core.Upload(os.Stdin, uri, WaitBetweenWrites, *timeout, *storageFallbackURLs, *segTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Uploader failed for %s: %s", uri.Redacted(), err)
 		return 1
diff --git a/core/uploader.go b/core/uploader.go
index 49ba0ab..d0e9746 100644
--- a/core/uploader.go
+++ b/core/uploader.go
@@ -49,13 +49,11 @@ func SingleRequestRetryBackoff() backoff.BackOff {
 	return newExponentialBackOffExecutor(5*time.Second, 10*time.Second, 30*time.Second)
 }
 
-const segmentWriteTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
-
 var expiryField = map[string]string{
 	"Object-Expires": "+168h", // Objects will be deleted after 7 days
 }
 
-func Upload(input io.Reader, outputURI *url.URL, waitBetweenWrites, writeTimeout time.Duration, storageFallbackURLs map[string]string) (*drivers.SaveDataOutput, error) {
+func Upload(input io.Reader, outputURI *url.URL, waitBetweenWrites, writeTimeout time.Duration, storageFallbackURLs map[string]string, segTimeout time.Duration) (*drivers.SaveDataOutput, error) {
 	ext := filepath.Ext(outputURI.Path)
 	inputFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "upload-*"+ext)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ func Upload(input io.Reader, outputURI *url.URL, waitBetweenWrites, writeTimeout
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to close input file: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		out, bytesWritten, err := uploadFileWithBackup(outputURI, inputFileName, nil, segmentWriteTimeout, true, storageFallbackURLs)
+		out, bytesWritten, err := uploadFileWithBackup(outputURI, inputFileName, nil, segTimeout, true, storageFallbackURLs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to upload video %s: (%d bytes) %w", outputURI.Redacted(), bytesWritten, err)
 		}
diff --git a/core/uploader_test.go b/core/uploader_test.go
index 86f3a76..b775ba9 100644
--- a/core/uploader_test.go
+++ b/core/uploader_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestItWritesSlowInputIncrementally(t *testing.T) {
 	go func() {
 		u, err := url.Parse(outputFile.Name())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		_, err = Upload(slowReader, u, 100*time.Millisecond, time.Second, nil)
+		_, err = Upload(slowReader, u, 100*time.Millisecond, time.Second, nil, nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err, "")
 	}()