diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1d7f213..bdee736 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -803,17 +803,18 @@ mod sys {
 #[cfg(windows)]
 mod sys {
 
+    use winapi::um::winnt::MAXDWORD;
+
     use super::os_prelude::*;
     use super::StdIoResult;
     /// Overrides timeout value set by serialport-rs so that the read end will
     /// never wake up with 0-byte payload.
     pub(crate) fn override_comm_timeouts(handle: RawHandle) -> StdIoResult<()> {
         let mut timeouts = COMMTIMEOUTS {
-            // wait at most 1ms between two bytes (0 means no timeout)
-            ReadIntervalTimeout: 1,
-            // disable "total" timeout to wait at least 1 byte forever
-            ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier: 0,
-            ReadTotalTimeoutConstant: 0,
+            // Enable POSIX-like behaviour to wait for ANY about of bytes or timeout
+            ReadIntervalTimeout: MAXDWORD,
+            ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier: MAXDWORD,
+            ReadTotalTimeoutConstant: 1,
             // write timeouts are just copied from serialport-rs
             WriteTotalTimeoutMultiplier: 0,
             WriteTotalTimeoutConstant: 0,