diff --git a/amqp/transport.py b/amqp/transport.py
index ea713fdb..898dbe63 100644
--- a/amqp/transport.py
+++ b/amqp/transport.py
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ def _read(self, n, initial=False,
                 try:
                     s = recv(n - len(rbuf))  # see note above
                 except socket.error as exc:
+                    # ssl.sock.read may cause a SSLerror without errno
+                    # http://bugs.python.org/issue10272
+                    if isinstance(exc, SSLError) and 'timed out' in str(exc):
+                        raise socket.timeout()
                     # ssl.sock.read may cause ENOENT if the
                     # operation couldn't be performed (Issue celery#1414).
                     if exc.errno in _errnos:
diff --git a/t/unit/test_transport.py b/t/unit/test_transport.py
index 10a112b9..dfc398cc 100644
--- a/t/unit/test_transport.py
+++ b/t/unit/test_transport.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import struct
 
 import pytest
-from case import ANY, Mock, call, patch
+from case import ANY, Mock, MagicMock, call, patch
 
 from amqp import transport
 from amqp.exceptions import UnexpectedFrame
@@ -653,6 +653,22 @@ def test_write_ValueError(self):
                            match=r'.*Socket closed.*'):
             self.t._write('foo')
 
+    def test_read_timeout(self):
+        self.t.sock = Mock(name='SSLSocket')
+        self.t._quick_recv = Mock(name='recv', return_value='4')
+        self.t._quick_recv.side_effect = socket.timeout()
+        self.t._read_buffer = MagicMock(return_value='AA')
+        with pytest.raises(socket.timeout):
+            self.t._read(64)
+
+    def test_read_SSLError(self):
+        self.t.sock = Mock(name='SSLSocket')
+        self.t._quick_recv = Mock(name='recv', return_value='4')
+        self.t._quick_recv.side_effect = transport.SSLError('timed out')
+        self.t._read_buffer = MagicMock(return_value='AA')
+        with pytest.raises(socket.timeout):
+            self.t._read(64)
+
 
 class test_TCPTransport: