diff --git a/src/QUICConnection.ts b/src/QUICConnection.ts
index 93e53e5a..25478313 100644
--- a/src/QUICConnection.ts
+++ b/src/QUICConnection.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
   protected logger: Logger;
   protected socket: QUICSocket;
   protected timer?: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+  protected keepAliveInterval?: ReturnType<typeof setInterval>;
   public readonly closedP: Promise<void>;
   protected resolveCloseP?: () => void;
 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
       new Error(`${type.toString()} ${code.toString()}`),
     maxReadableStreamBytes,
     maxWritableStreamBytes,
+    keepAliveDelay,
     logger = new Logger(`${this.name} ${scid}`),
   }: {
     scid: QUICConnectionId;
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
     codeToReason?: StreamCodeToReason;
     maxReadableStreamBytes?: number;
     maxWritableStreamBytes?: number;
+    keepAliveDelay?: number;
     logger?: Logger;
   }) {
     logger.info(`Connect ${this.name}`);
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
       codeToReason,
       maxReadableStreamBytes,
       maxWritableStreamBytes,
+      keepAliveDelay,
       logger,
     });
     socket.connectionMap.set(connection.connectionId, connection);
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
       new Error(`${type.toString()} ${code.toString()}`),
     maxReadableStreamBytes,
     maxWritableStreamBytes,
+    keepAliveDelay,
     logger = new Logger(`${this.name} ${scid}`),
   }: {
     scid: QUICConnectionId;
@@ -180,6 +185,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
     codeToReason?: StreamCodeToReason;
     maxReadableStreamBytes?: number;
     maxWritableStreamBytes?: number;
+    keepAliveDelay?: number;
     logger?: Logger;
   }): Promise<QUICConnection> {
     logger.info(`Accept ${this.name}`);
@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
       codeToReason,
       maxReadableStreamBytes,
       maxWritableStreamBytes,
+      keepAliveDelay,
       logger,
     });
     socket.connectionMap.set(connection.connectionId, connection);
@@ -228,6 +235,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
     codeToReason,
     maxReadableStreamBytes,
     maxWritableStreamBytes,
+    keepAliveDelay,
     logger,
   }: {
     type: 'client' | 'server';
@@ -239,6 +247,7 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
     codeToReason: StreamCodeToReason;
     maxReadableStreamBytes: number | undefined;
     maxWritableStreamBytes: number | undefined;
+    keepAliveDelay: number | undefined;
     logger: Logger;
   }) {
     super();
@@ -275,6 +284,14 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
     const { p: handshakeP, resolveP: resolveHandshakeP } = utils.promise();
     this.handshakeP = handshakeP;
     this.resolveHandshakeP = resolveHandshakeP;
+    // Setting up keep alive interval
+    if (keepAliveDelay != null) {
+      this.keepAliveInterval = setTimeout(async () => {
+        // Trigger an ping frame and send
+        this.conn.sendAckEliciting();
+        await this.send();
+      }, keepAliveDelay);
+    }
   }
 
   // Immediately call this after construction
@@ -330,6 +347,8 @@ class QUICConnection extends EventTarget {
     force?: boolean;
   } = {}) {
     this.logger.info(`Destroy ${this.constructor.name}`);
+    // Clean up keep alive
+    if (this.keepAliveInterval != null) clearTimeout(this.keepAliveInterval);
     // Handle destruction concurrently
     const destroyProms: Array<Promise<void>> = [];
     for (const stream of this.streamMap.values()) {
diff --git a/src/native/napi/connection.rs b/src/native/napi/connection.rs
index 4830ec12..35a5b126 100644
--- a/src/native/napi/connection.rs
+++ b/src/native/napi/connection.rs
@@ -1068,4 +1068,9 @@ impl Connection {
       |s| s.into()
     ).collect();
   }
+
+  #[napi]
+  pub fn send_ack_eliciting(&self) -> () {
+    self.0.send_ack_eliciting();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/native/types.ts b/src/native/types.ts
index 34860a4c..f6c3b20c 100644
--- a/src/native/types.ts
+++ b/src/native/types.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ interface Connection {
   localError(): ConnectionError | null;
   stats(): Stats;
   pathStats(): Array<PathStats>;
+  sendAckEliciting(): void;
 }
 
 interface ConnectionConstructor {
diff --git a/tests/QUICClient.test.ts b/tests/QUICClient.test.ts
index 3434b07e..dad256fa 100644
--- a/tests/QUICClient.test.ts
+++ b/tests/QUICClient.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import type { Crypto, Host, Port } from '@/types';
 import type * as events from '@/events';
+import type QUICConnection from '@/QUICConnection';
 import Logger, { LogLevel, StreamHandler, formatting } from '@matrixai/logger';
 import { fc, testProp } from '@fast-check/jest';
+import { destroyed } from '@matrixai/async-init';
 import QUICClient from '@/QUICClient';
 import QUICServer from '@/QUICServer';
 import * as errors from '@/errors';
@@ -10,9 +12,10 @@ import QUICSocket from '@/QUICSocket';
 import * as testsUtils from './utils';
 import { tlsConfigWithCaArb } from './tlsUtils';
 import { sleep } from './utils';
+import * as fixtures from './fixtures/certFixtures';
 
 describe(QUICClient.name, () => {
-  const logger = new Logger(`${QUICClient.name} Test`, LogLevel.WARN, [
+  const logger = new Logger(`${QUICClient.name} Test`, LogLevel.DEBUG, [
     new StreamHandler(
       formatting.format`${formatting.level}:${formatting.keys}:${formatting.msg}`,
     ),
@@ -1086,4 +1089,74 @@ describe(QUICClient.name, () => {
       { numRuns: 1 },
     );
   });
+  describe('keepalive', () => {
+    const tlsConfig = fixtures.tlsConfigMemRSA1;
+    test('connection can time out', async () => {
+      const connectionEventProm = promise<QUICConnection>();
+      const server = new QUICServer({
+        crypto,
+        logger: logger.getChild(QUICServer.name),
+        config: {
+          tlsConfig,
+          verifyPeer: false,
+          maxIdleTimeout: 100,
+        },
+      });
+      server.addEventListener(
+        'connection',
+        (e: events.QUICServerConnectionEvent) =>
+          connectionEventProm.resolveP(e.detail),
+      );
+      await server.start({
+        host: '127.0.0.1' as Host,
+      });
+      const client = await QUICClient.createQUICClient({
+        host: '::ffff:127.0.0.1' as Host,
+        port: server.port,
+        localHost: '::' as Host,
+        crypto,
+        logger: logger.getChild(QUICClient.name),
+        config: {
+          verifyPeer: false,
+          maxIdleTimeout: 100,
+        },
+      });
+      // Setting no keepalive should cause the connection to time out
+      // It has cleaned up due to timeout
+      const clientConnection = client.connection;
+      const clientTimeoutProm = promise<void>();
+      clientConnection.addEventListener(
+        'error',
+        (event: events.QUICConnectionErrorEvent) => {
+          console.log(event.detail);
+          if (event.detail instanceof errors.ErrorQUICConnectionTimeout) {
+            console.log('RESOLVING');
+            clientTimeoutProm.resolveP();
+          }
+        },
+      );
+      console.log('waiting for client timeout');
+      await clientTimeoutProm.p;
+      expect(clientConnection[destroyed]).toBeTrue();
+
+      // Server connection should time out as well
+      const serverConnection = await connectionEventProm.p;
+      const serverTimeoutProm = promise<void>();
+      serverConnection.addEventListener(
+        'error',
+        (event: events.QUICConnectionErrorEvent) => {
+          console.log(event.detail);
+          if (event.detail instanceof errors.ErrorQUICConnectionTimeout) {
+            serverTimeoutProm.resolveP();
+          }
+        },
+      );
+      console.log('waiting for server timeout');
+      await serverTimeoutProm.p;
+      expect(serverConnection[destroyed]).toBeTrue();
+
+      await client.destroy();
+      await server.stop();
+    });
+  });
 });