diff --git a/google_auth_oauthlib/flow.py b/google_auth_oauthlib/flow.py
index e564ca4..e12da98 100644
--- a/google_auth_oauthlib/flow.py
+++ b/google_auth_oauthlib/flow.py
@@ -410,8 +410,9 @@ def run_local_server(
                 in the user's browser.
             redirect_uri_trailing_slash (bool): whether or not to add trailing
                 slash when constructing the redirect_uri. Default value is True.
-            timeout_seconds (int): It will raise an error after the timeout timing
-                if there are no credentials response. The value is in seconds.
+            timeout_seconds (int): It will raise a WSGITimeout exception after the
+                timeout timing if there are no credentials response. The value is in
+                seconds.
                 When set to None there is no timeout.
                 Default value is None.
             token_audience (str): Passed along with the request for an access
@@ -425,6 +426,10 @@ def run_local_server(
         Returns:
             google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials: The OAuth 2.0 credentials
                 for the user.
+
+        Raises:
+            WSGITimeout: If there is a timeout when waiting for the response from the
+                authorization server.
         """
         wsgi_app = _RedirectWSGIApp(success_message)
         # Fail fast if the address is occupied
@@ -452,6 +457,10 @@ def run_local_server(
             local_server.timeout = timeout_seconds
             local_server.handle_request()
 
+            if wsgi_app.last_request_uri is None:
+                # Timeout occurred
+                raise WSGITimeout("Timed out waiting for response from authorization server")
+
             # Note: using https here because oauthlib is very picky that
             # OAuth 2.0 should only occur over https.
             authorization_response = wsgi_app.last_request_uri.replace("http", "https")
@@ -505,3 +514,7 @@ def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         start_response("200 OK", [("Content-type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")])
         self.last_request_uri = wsgiref.util.request_uri(environ)
         return [self._success_message.encode("utf-8")]
+
+
+class WSGITimeout(Exception):
+    """Raised when the WSGI server times out waiting for a response."""
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_flow.py b/tests/unit/test_flow.py
index 65ced12..5a70ec4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_flow.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_flow.py
@@ -455,3 +455,17 @@ def test_local_server_socket_cleanup(
             instance.run_local_server()
 
         server_mock.server_close.assert_called_once()
+
+    @mock.patch("google_auth_oauthlib.flow.webbrowser", autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch("wsgiref.simple_server.make_server", autospec=True)
+    def test_run_local_server_timeout(
+        self, make_server_mock, webbrowser_mock, instance, mock_fetch_token
+    ):
+        mock_server = mock.Mock()
+        make_server_mock.return_value = mock_server
+
+        # handle_request does nothing (simulating timeout), so last_request_uri remains None
+        mock_server.handle_request.return_value = None
+
+        with pytest.raises(flow.WSGITimeout):
+            instance.run_local_server(timeout_seconds=1)