diff --git a/packages/cache/README.md b/packages/cache/README.md
index 541b1155..eaa30e7b 100644
--- a/packages/cache/README.md
+++ b/packages/cache/README.md
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ const restoreKeys = [
 const cacheKey = await cache.restoreCache(paths, key, restoreKeys)
 ```
 
+##### Cache segment restore timeout
+
+A cache gets downloaded in multiple segments of fixed sizes (`1GB` for a `32-bit` runner and `2GB` for a `64-bit` runner). Sometimes, a segment download gets stuck which causes the workflow job to be stuck forever and fail. Version `v3.0.4` of cache package introduces a segment download timeout. The segment download timeout will allow the segment download to get aborted and hence allow the job to proceed with a cache miss.
+
+Default value of this timeout is 60 minutes and can be customized by specifying an [environment variable](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/environment-variables) named `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS` with timeout value in minutes.
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diff --git a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
index 749afb33..77ca90cc 100644
--- a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
+++ b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
@@ -83,4 +83,5 @@
 - Bug fixes for download stuck issue [#810](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/810).
 
 ### 3.0.4
-- Fix zstd not working for windows on gnu tar in issues [#888](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/888) and [#891](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/891).
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+- Fix zstd not working for windows on gnu tar in issues [#888](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/888) and [#891](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/891).
+- Allowing users to provide a custom timeout as input for aborting download of a cache segment using an environment variable `SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MIN`. Default is 60 minutes.
diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts
index 5ec7b146..83d9b227 100644
--- a/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/__tests__/options.test.ts
@@ -55,3 +55,21 @@ test('getUploadOptions overrides all settings', async () => {
 
   expect(actualOptions).toEqual(expectedOptions)
 })
+
+test('getDownloadOptions overrides download timeout minutes', async () => {
+  const expectedOptions: DownloadOptions = {
+    useAzureSdk: false,
+    downloadConcurrency: 14,
+    timeoutInMs: 20000,
+    segmentTimeoutInMs: 3600000
+  }
+  process.env.SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS = '10'
+  const actualOptions = getDownloadOptions(expectedOptions)
+
+  expect(actualOptions.useAzureSdk).toEqual(expectedOptions.useAzureSdk)
+  expect(actualOptions.downloadConcurrency).toEqual(
+    expectedOptions.downloadConcurrency
+  )
+  expect(actualOptions.timeoutInMs).toEqual(expectedOptions.timeoutInMs)
+  expect(actualOptions.segmentTimeoutInMs).toEqual(600000)
+})
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
index 34229ccf..3dee7fd0 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as io from '@actions/io'
 import {existsSync, writeFileSync} from 'fs'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as utils from './cacheUtils'
-import {CompressionMethod, TarOperation} from './constants'
+import {CompressionMethod} from './constants'
 
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32'
 
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/options.ts b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
index eefe9731..652899a2 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
@@ -112,10 +112,22 @@ export function getDownloadOptions(copy?: DownloadOptions): DownloadOptions {
       result.segmentTimeoutInMs = copy.segmentTimeoutInMs
     }
   }
+  const segmentDownloadTimeoutMins =
+    process.env['SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS']
 
+  if (
+    segmentDownloadTimeoutMins &&
+    !isNaN(Number(segmentDownloadTimeoutMins)) &&
+    isFinite(Number(segmentDownloadTimeoutMins))
+  ) {
+    result.segmentTimeoutInMs = Number(segmentDownloadTimeoutMins) * 60 * 1000
+  }
   core.debug(`Use Azure SDK: ${result.useAzureSdk}`)
   core.debug(`Download concurrency: ${result.downloadConcurrency}`)
   core.debug(`Request timeout (ms): ${result.timeoutInMs}`)
+  core.debug(
+    `Cache segment download timeout mins env var: ${process.env['SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS']}`
+  )
   core.debug(`Segment download timeout (ms): ${result.segmentTimeoutInMs}`)
 
   return result