diff --git a/src/io_uring.rs b/src/io_uring.rs
index 4f9f9267..9d19c786 100644
--- a/src/io_uring.rs
+++ b/src/io_uring.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use {
                 accept::AcceptTask, async_cancel::AsyncCancelTask, connect::ConnectTask,
                 poll::PollTask, poll_external::PollExternalTask, read_write::ReadWriteTask,
                 read_write_no_cancel::ReadWriteNoCancelTask, recvmsg::RecvmsgTask,
-                sendmsg::SendmsgTask, timeout::TimeoutTask, timeout_link::TimeoutLinkTask,
+                sendmsg::SendmsgTask, timeout::TimeoutTask, timeout_external::TimeoutExternalTask,
+                timeout_link::TimeoutLinkTask,
             },
             pending_result::PendingResults,
             sys::{
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ impl IoUring {
             cached_sendmsg: Default::default(),
             cached_recvmsg: Default::default(),
             cached_timeouts: Default::default(),
+            cached_timeouts_external: Default::default(),
             cached_timeout_links: Default::default(),
             cached_cmsg_bufs: Default::default(),
             cached_connects: Default::default(),
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ struct IoUringData {
     cached_sendmsg: Stack<Box<SendmsgTask>>,
     cached_recvmsg: Stack<Box<RecvmsgTask>>,
     cached_timeouts: Stack<Box<TimeoutTask>>,
+    cached_timeouts_external: Stack<Box<TimeoutExternalTask>>,
     cached_timeout_links: Stack<Box<TimeoutLinkTask>>,
     cached_cmsg_bufs: Stack<Buf>,
     cached_connects: Stack<Box<ConnectTask>>,
diff --git a/src/io_uring/ops.rs b/src/io_uring/ops.rs
index e5f4bf0a..e6abdbee 100644
--- a/src/io_uring/ops.rs
+++ b/src/io_uring/ops.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod read_write_no_cancel;
 pub mod recvmsg;
 pub mod sendmsg;
 pub mod timeout;
+pub mod timeout_external;
 pub mod timeout_link;
 
 pub type TaskResult<T> = Result<Result<T, OsError>, IoUringError>;
diff --git a/src/io_uring/ops/timeout_external.rs b/src/io_uring/ops/timeout_external.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..131d4c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io_uring/ops/timeout_external.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+use {
+    crate::{
+        io_uring::{
+            ops::timeout::timespec64,
+            sys::{io_uring_sqe, IORING_OP_TIMEOUT, IORING_TIMEOUT_ABS},
+            IoUring, IoUringData, IoUringError, IoUringTaskId, Task,
+        },
+        utils::oserror::OsError,
+    },
+    std::{cell::Cell, rc::Rc},
+    uapi::c,
+};
+
+pub trait TimeoutCallback {
+    fn completed(self: Rc<Self>, res: Result<(), OsError>, data: u64);
+}
+
+pub struct PendingTimeout {
+    data: Rc<IoUringData>,
+    shared: Rc<TimeoutExternalTaskShared>,
+    id: IoUringTaskId,
+}
+
+impl Drop for PendingTimeout {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if self.shared.id.get() != self.id {
+            return;
+        }
+        self.shared.callback.take();
+        self.data.cancel_task(self.id);
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct TimeoutExternalTaskShared {
+    id: Cell<IoUringTaskId>,
+    callback: Cell<Option<Rc<dyn TimeoutCallback>>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct TimeoutExternalTask {
+    timespec: timespec64,
+    shared: Rc<TimeoutExternalTaskShared>,
+    data: u64,
+}
+
+impl IoUring {
+    #[expect(dead_code)]
+    pub fn timeout_external(
+        &self,
+        timeout_nsec: u64,
+        callback: Rc<dyn TimeoutCallback>,
+        data: u64,
+    ) -> Result<PendingTimeout, IoUringError> {
+        self.ring.check_destroyed()?;
+        let mut pw = self.ring.cached_timeouts_external.pop().unwrap_or_default();
+        pw.shared.id.set(self.ring.id_raw());
+        pw.shared.callback.set(Some(callback));
+        pw.timespec = timespec64 {
+            tv_sec: (timeout_nsec / 1_000_000_000) as _,
+            tv_nsec: (timeout_nsec % 1_000_000_000) as _,
+        };
+        pw.data = data;
+        let pending = PendingTimeout {
+            data: self.ring.clone(),
+            shared: pw.shared.clone(),
+            id: pw.shared.id.get(),
+        };
+        self.ring.schedule(pw);
+        Ok(pending)
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl Task for TimeoutExternalTask {
+    fn id(&self) -> IoUringTaskId {
+        self.shared.id.get()
+    }
+
+    fn complete(self: Box<Self>, ring: &IoUringData, res: i32) {
+        if let Some(pr) = self.shared.callback.take() {
+            let res = if res == -c::ETIME {
+                Ok(())
+            } else {
+                map_err!(res).map(drop)
+            };
+            pr.completed(res, self.data);
+        }
+        ring.cached_timeouts_external.push(self);
+    }
+
+    fn encode(&self, sqe: &mut io_uring_sqe) {
+        sqe.opcode = IORING_OP_TIMEOUT;
+        sqe.u2.addr = &self.timespec as *const _ as _;
+        sqe.len = 1;
+        sqe.u3.timeout_flags = IORING_TIMEOUT_ABS;
+        sqe.u1.off = 0;
+    }
+}