diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80dddac..c3abe90 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/creack/goselect v0.1.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210823070655-63515b42dcdf
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220829200755-d48e67d00261
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2abf8f5..dac8e08 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210823070655-63515b42dcdf h1:2ucpDCmfkl8Bd/FsLtiD653Wf96cW37s+iGx93zsu4k=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210823070655-63515b42dcdf/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220829200755-d48e67d00261 h1:v6hYoSR9T5oet+pMXwUWkbiVqx/63mlHjefrHmxwfeY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220829200755-d48e67d00261/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
diff --git a/serial.go b/serial.go
index e072d42..2bb7f3e 100644
--- a/serial.go
+++ b/serial.go
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ type Port interface {
 
 	// Close the serial port
 	Close() error
+
+	// Break sends a break for a determined time
+	Break(time.Duration) error
 }
 
 // NoTimeout should be used as a parameter to SetReadTimeout to disable timeout.
diff --git a/serial_darwin.go b/serial_darwin.go
index f30dc8d..6c448a7 100644
--- a/serial_darwin.go
+++ b/serial_darwin.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const regexFilter = "^(cu|tty)\\..*"
 const ioctlTcgetattr = unix.TIOCGETA
 const ioctlTcsetattr = unix.TIOCSETA
 const ioctlTcflsh = unix.TIOCFLUSH
+const ioctlTioccbrk = unix.TIOCCBRK
+const ioctlTiocsbrk = unix.TIOCSBRK
 
 func setTermSettingsBaudrate(speed int, settings *unix.Termios) (error, bool) {
 	baudrate, ok := baudrateMap[speed]
diff --git a/serial_freebsd.go b/serial_freebsd.go
index ca1ef76..1ccaf33 100644
--- a/serial_freebsd.go
+++ b/serial_freebsd.go
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ const tcCRTSCTS uint32 = tcCCTS_OFLOW
 const ioctlTcgetattr = unix.TIOCGETA
 const ioctlTcsetattr = unix.TIOCSETA
 const ioctlTcflsh = unix.TIOCFLUSH
+const ioctlTioccbrk = unix.TIOCCBRK
+const ioctlTiocsbrk = unix.TIOCSBRK
 
 func toTermiosSpeedType(speed uint32) uint32 {
 	return speed
diff --git a/serial_linux.go b/serial_linux.go
index 1d6edb3..116474d 100644
--- a/serial_linux.go
+++ b/serial_linux.go
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ const tcCRTSCTS uint32 = unix.CRTSCTS
 const ioctlTcgetattr = unix.TCGETS
 const ioctlTcsetattr = unix.TCSETS
 const ioctlTcflsh = unix.TCFLSH
+const ioctlTioccbrk = unix.TIOCCBRK
+const ioctlTiocsbrk = unix.TIOCSBRK
 
 func toTermiosSpeedType(speed uint32) uint32 {
 	return speed
diff --git a/serial_openbsd.go b/serial_openbsd.go
index e9d71a4..bf38bba 100644
--- a/serial_openbsd.go
+++ b/serial_openbsd.go
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ const tcCRTSCTS uint32 = tcCCTS_OFLOW
 const ioctlTcgetattr = unix.TIOCGETA
 const ioctlTcsetattr = unix.TIOCSETA
 const ioctlTcflsh = unix.TIOCFLUSH
+const ioctlTioccbrk = unix.TIOCCBRK
+const ioctlTiocsbrk = unix.TIOCSBRK
 
 func toTermiosSpeedType(speed uint32) int32 {
 	return int32(speed)
diff --git a/serial_unix.go b/serial_unix.go
index e171001..0e83018 100644
--- a/serial_unix.go
+++ b/serial_unix.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 //
 
+//go:build linux || darwin || freebsd || openbsd
 // +build linux darwin freebsd openbsd
 
 package serial
@@ -117,6 +118,20 @@ func (port *unixPort) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (port *unixPort) Break(t time.Duration) error {
+	if err := unix.IoctlSetInt(port.handle, ioctlTiocsbrk, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(t)
+
+	if err := unix.IoctlSetInt(port.handle, ioctlTioccbrk, 0); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (port *unixPort) SetMode(mode *Mode) error {
 	settings, err := port.getTermSettings()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/serial_windows.go b/serial_windows.go
index 1a3db7a..e393d4e 100644
--- a/serial_windows.go
+++ b/serial_windows.go
@@ -381,6 +381,20 @@ func (port *windowsPort) SetReadTimeout(timeout time.Duration) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (port *windowsPort) Break(d time.Duration) error {
+	if err := setCommBreak(port.handle); err != nil {
+		return &PortError{causedBy: err}
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(d)
+
+	if err := clearCommBreak(port.handle); err != nil {
+		return &PortError{causedBy: err}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func createOverlappedEvent() (*syscall.Overlapped, error) {
 	h, err := createEvent(nil, true, false, nil)
 	return &syscall.Overlapped{HEvent: h}, err
diff --git a/syscall_windows.go b/syscall_windows.go
index baa4deb..3b86776 100644
--- a/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/syscall_windows.go
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ package serial
 //sys getOverlappedResult(handle syscall.Handle, overlapEvent *syscall.Overlapped, n *uint32, wait bool) (err error) = GetOverlappedResult
 
 //sys purgeComm(handle syscall.Handle, flags uint32) (err error) = PurgeComm
+
+//sys setCommBreak(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) = SetCommBreak
+
+//sys clearCommBreak(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) = ClearCommBreak
diff --git a/zsyscall_windows.go b/zsyscall_windows.go
index 9c42379..a2411a6 100644
--- a/zsyscall_windows.go
+++ b/zsyscall_windows.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	errERROR_IO_PENDING error = syscall.Errno(errnoERROR_IO_PENDING)
+	errERROR_EINVAL     error = syscall.EINVAL
 )
 
 // errnoErr returns common boxed Errno values, to prevent
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 func errnoErr(e syscall.Errno) error {
 	switch e {
 	case 0:
-		return nil
+		return errERROR_EINVAL
 	case errnoERROR_IO_PENDING:
 		return errERROR_IO_PENDING
 	}
@@ -41,15 +42,17 @@ var (
 	modkernel32 = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("kernel32.dll")
 
 	procRegEnumValueW       = modadvapi32.NewProc("RegEnumValueW")
-	procGetCommState        = modkernel32.NewProc("GetCommState")
-	procSetCommState        = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommState")
-	procSetCommTimeouts     = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommTimeouts")
+	procClearCommBreak      = modkernel32.NewProc("ClearCommBreak")
+	procCreateEventW        = modkernel32.NewProc("CreateEventW")
 	procEscapeCommFunction  = modkernel32.NewProc("EscapeCommFunction")
 	procGetCommModemStatus  = modkernel32.NewProc("GetCommModemStatus")
-	procCreateEventW        = modkernel32.NewProc("CreateEventW")
-	procResetEvent          = modkernel32.NewProc("ResetEvent")
+	procGetCommState        = modkernel32.NewProc("GetCommState")
 	procGetOverlappedResult = modkernel32.NewProc("GetOverlappedResult")
 	procPurgeComm           = modkernel32.NewProc("PurgeComm")
+	procResetEvent          = modkernel32.NewProc("ResetEvent")
+	procSetCommBreak        = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommBreak")
+	procSetCommState        = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommState")
+	procSetCommTimeouts     = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommTimeouts")
 )
 
 func regEnumValue(key syscall.Handle, index uint32, name *uint16, nameLen *uint32, reserved *uint32, class *uint16, value *uint16, valueLen *uint32) (regerrno error) {
@@ -60,38 +63,27 @@ func regEnumValue(key syscall.Handle, index uint32, name *uint16, nameLen *uint3
 	return
 }
 
-func getCommState(handle syscall.Handle, dcb *dcb) (err error) {
-	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procGetCommState.Addr(), 2, uintptr(handle), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(dcb)), 0)
+func clearCommBreak(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procClearCommBreak.Addr(), 1, uintptr(handle), 0, 0)
 	if r1 == 0 {
-		if e1 != 0 {
-			err = errnoErr(e1)
-		} else {
-			err = syscall.EINVAL
-		}
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
 	}
 	return
 }
 
-func setCommState(handle syscall.Handle, dcb *dcb) (err error) {
-	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procSetCommState.Addr(), 2, uintptr(handle), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(dcb)), 0)
-	if r1 == 0 {
-		if e1 != 0 {
-			err = errnoErr(e1)
-		} else {
-			err = syscall.EINVAL
-		}
+func createEvent(eventAttributes *uint32, manualReset bool, initialState bool, name *uint16) (handle syscall.Handle, err error) {
+	var _p0 uint32
+	if manualReset {
+		_p0 = 1
 	}
-	return
-}
-
-func setCommTimeouts(handle syscall.Handle, timeouts *commTimeouts) (err error) {
-	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procSetCommTimeouts.Addr(), 2, uintptr(handle), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(timeouts)), 0)
-	if r1 == 0 {
-		if e1 != 0 {
-			err = errnoErr(e1)
-		} else {
-			err = syscall.EINVAL
-		}
+	var _p1 uint32
+	if initialState {
+		_p1 = 1
+	}
+	r0, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall6(procCreateEventW.Addr(), 4, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(eventAttributes)), uintptr(_p0), uintptr(_p1), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(name)), 0, 0)
+	handle = syscall.Handle(r0)
+	if handle == 0 {
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -108,39 +100,10 @@ func getCommModemStatus(handle syscall.Handle, bits *uint32) (res bool) {
 	return
 }
 
-func createEvent(eventAttributes *uint32, manualReset bool, initialState bool, name *uint16) (handle syscall.Handle, err error) {
-	var _p0 uint32
-	if manualReset {
-		_p0 = 1
-	} else {
-		_p0 = 0
-	}
-	var _p1 uint32
-	if initialState {
-		_p1 = 1
-	} else {
-		_p1 = 0
-	}
-	r0, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall6(procCreateEventW.Addr(), 4, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(eventAttributes)), uintptr(_p0), uintptr(_p1), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(name)), 0, 0)
-	handle = syscall.Handle(r0)
-	if handle == 0 {
-		if e1 != 0 {
-			err = errnoErr(e1)
-		} else {
-			err = syscall.EINVAL
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func resetEvent(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) {
-	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procResetEvent.Addr(), 1, uintptr(handle), 0, 0)
+func getCommState(handle syscall.Handle, dcb *dcb) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procGetCommState.Addr(), 2, uintptr(handle), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(dcb)), 0)
 	if r1 == 0 {
-		if e1 != 0 {
-			err = errnoErr(e1)
-		} else {
-			err = syscall.EINVAL
-		}
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -149,16 +112,10 @@ func getOverlappedResult(handle syscall.Handle, overlapEvent *syscall.Overlapped
 	var _p0 uint32
 	if wait {
 		_p0 = 1
-	} else {
-		_p0 = 0
 	}
 	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall6(procGetOverlappedResult.Addr(), 4, uintptr(handle), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(overlapEvent)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(n)), uintptr(_p0), 0, 0)
 	if r1 == 0 {
-		if e1 != 0 {
-			err = errnoErr(e1)
-		} else {
-			err = syscall.EINVAL
-		}
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -166,11 +123,39 @@ func getOverlappedResult(handle syscall.Handle, overlapEvent *syscall.Overlapped
 func purgeComm(handle syscall.Handle, flags uint32) (err error) {
 	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procPurgeComm.Addr(), 2, uintptr(handle), uintptr(flags), 0)
 	if r1 == 0 {
-		if e1 != 0 {
-			err = errnoErr(e1)
-		} else {
-			err = syscall.EINVAL
-		}
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func resetEvent(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procResetEvent.Addr(), 1, uintptr(handle), 0, 0)
+	if r1 == 0 {
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func setCommBreak(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procSetCommBreak.Addr(), 1, uintptr(handle), 0, 0)
+	if r1 == 0 {
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func setCommState(handle syscall.Handle, dcb *dcb) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procSetCommState.Addr(), 2, uintptr(handle), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(dcb)), 0)
+	if r1 == 0 {
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func setCommTimeouts(handle syscall.Handle, timeouts *commTimeouts) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procSetCommTimeouts.Addr(), 2, uintptr(handle), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(timeouts)), 0)
+	if r1 == 0 {
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
 	}
 	return
 }