diff --git a/src/httpserver.cpp b/src/httpserver.cpp
index 9f079aedfe..0a7f903e9f 100644
--- a/src/httpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver.cpp
@@ -457,6 +457,13 @@ void InterruptHTTPServer()
         // Reject requests on current connections
         evhttp_set_gencb(eventHTTP, http_reject_request_cb, NULL);
     }
+    if (eventBase) {
+        // Force-exit event loop after predefined time
+        struct timeval tv;
+        tv.tv_sec = 10;
+        tv.tv_usec = 0;
+        event_base_loopexit(eventBase, &tv);
+    }
     if (workQueue)
         workQueue->Interrupt();
 }