autoenv.zsh    | 2 +-
 tests/setup.sh | 3 +++

diff --git a/autoenv.zsh b/autoenv.zsh
index 1499103e5918216e5d5b28e7289d4453ecf5a4cb..bb395e2984e4917f8765063e151923fc1be430bb 100644
--- a/autoenv.zsh
+++ b/autoenv.zsh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 # This function can be mocked in tests
 _dotenv_read_answer() {
   local answer
-  read -q answer
+  read $=_AUTOENV_TEST_READ_ARGS -q answer
   echo $answer
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/setup.sh b/tests/setup.sh
index 49b0b3e7ba4d0809886f35847b62c87e61d1571f..efa99ab86e845b0b2385c46e317f3674bd8117d3 100644
--- a/tests/setup.sh
+++ b/tests/setup.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # Ensure we have our mocked out ENV_AUTHORIZATION_FILE
 
 [[ $ENV_AUTHORIZATION_FILE[0,4] == '/tmp' ]] || return 1
+
+# Inject timeout for `read` while running tests.
+_AUTOENV_TEST_READ_ARGS='-t 1'