diff --git a/src/socketio/asyncio_client.py b/src/socketio/asyncio_client.py
index 3c700ee..23fe2ab 100644
--- a/src/socketio/asyncio_client.py
+++ b/src/socketio/asyncio_client.py
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ class AsyncClient(client.Client):
         self.connection_transports = transports
         self.connection_namespaces = namespaces
         self.socketio_path = socketio_path
+        self.wait = wait
+        self.wait_timeout = wait_timeout
 
         if namespaces is None:
             namespaces = list(set(self.handlers.keys()).union(
@@ -479,7 +481,9 @@ class AsyncClient(client.Client):
                                    auth=self.connection_auth,
                                    transports=self.connection_transports,
                                    namespaces=self.connection_namespaces,
-                                   socketio_path=self.socketio_path)
+                                   socketio_path=self.socketio_path,
+                                   wait=self.wait,
+                                   wait_timeout = self.wait_timeout)
             except (exceptions.ConnectionError, ValueError):
                 pass
             else: