diff --git a/serial_windows.go b/serial_windows.go
index ed04e6b..68f7f76 100644
--- a/serial_windows.go
+++ b/serial_windows.go
@@ -65,13 +65,32 @@ func (port *windowsPort) Close() error {
 func (port *windowsPort) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	var readed uint32
 	params := &dcb{}
+	ev, err := createOverlappedEvent()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer syscall.CloseHandle(ev.HEvent)
 	for {
-		if err := syscall.ReadFile(port.handle, p, &readed, nil); err != nil {
+		err := syscall.ReadFile(port.handle, p, &readed, ev)
+		switch err {
+		case nil:
+			// operation completed successfully
+		case syscall.ERROR_IO_PENDING:
+			// wait for overlapped I/O to complete
+			if err := getOverlappedResult(port.handle, ev, &readed, true); err != nil {
+				return int(readed), err
+			}
+		default:
+			// error happened
 			return int(readed), err
 		}
+
 		if readed > 0 {
 			return int(readed), nil
 		}
+		if err := resetEvent(ev.HEvent); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
 
 		// At the moment it seems that the only reliable way to check if
 		// a serial port is alive in Windows is to check if the SetCommState
@@ -87,7 +106,16 @@ func (port *windowsPort) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 
 func (port *windowsPort) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	var writed uint32
-	err := syscall.WriteFile(port.handle, p, &writed, nil)
+	ev, err := createOverlappedEvent()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer syscall.CloseHandle(ev.HEvent)
+	err = syscall.WriteFile(port.handle, p, &writed, ev)
+	if err == syscall.ERROR_IO_PENDING {
+		// wait for write to complete
+		err = getOverlappedResult(port.handle, ev, &writed, true)
+	}
 	return int(writed), err
 }
 
@@ -295,6 +323,15 @@ func (port *windowsPort) GetModemStatusBits() (*ModemStatusBits, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+//sys createEvent(eventAttributes *uint32, manualReset bool, initialState bool, name *uint16) (handle syscall.Handle, err error) = CreateEventW
+//sys resetEvent(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) = ResetEvent
+//sys getOverlappedResult(handle syscall.Handle, overlapEvent *syscall.Overlapped, n *uint32, wait bool) (err error) = GetOverlappedResult
+
+func createOverlappedEvent() (*syscall.Overlapped, error) {
+	h, err := createEvent(nil, true, false, nil)
+	return &syscall.Overlapped{HEvent: h}, err
+}
+
 func nativeOpen(portName string, mode *Mode) (*windowsPort, error) {
 	portName = "\\\\.\\" + portName
 	path, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(portName)
@@ -306,7 +343,7 @@ func nativeOpen(portName string, mode *Mode) (*windowsPort, error) {
 		syscall.GENERIC_READ|syscall.GENERIC_WRITE,
 		0, nil,
 		syscall.OPEN_EXISTING,
-		0, //syscall.FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
+		syscall.FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
 		0)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch err {
diff --git a/syscall_windows.go b/syscall_windows.go
index dfa3f84..a72df76 100644
--- a/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/syscall_windows.go
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ var (
 	modadvapi32 = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("advapi32.dll")
 	modkernel32 = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("kernel32.dll")
 
-	procRegEnumValueW      = modadvapi32.NewProc("RegEnumValueW")
-	procGetCommState       = modkernel32.NewProc("GetCommState")
-	procSetCommState       = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommState")
-	procSetCommTimeouts    = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommTimeouts")
-	procEscapeCommFunction = modkernel32.NewProc("EscapeCommFunction")
-	procGetCommModemStatus = modkernel32.NewProc("GetCommModemStatus")
+	procRegEnumValueW       = modadvapi32.NewProc("RegEnumValueW")
+	procGetCommState        = modkernel32.NewProc("GetCommState")
+	procSetCommState        = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommState")
+	procSetCommTimeouts     = modkernel32.NewProc("SetCommTimeouts")
+	procEscapeCommFunction  = modkernel32.NewProc("EscapeCommFunction")
+	procGetCommModemStatus  = modkernel32.NewProc("GetCommModemStatus")
+	procCreateEventW        = modkernel32.NewProc("CreateEventW")
+	procResetEvent          = modkernel32.NewProc("ResetEvent")
+	procGetOverlappedResult = modkernel32.NewProc("GetOverlappedResult")
 )
 
 func regEnumValue(key syscall.Handle, index uint32, name *uint16, nameLen *uint32, reserved *uint32, class *uint16, value *uint16, valueLen *uint32) (regerrno error) {
@@ -78,3 +81,58 @@ func getCommModemStatus(handle syscall.Handle, bits *uint32) (res bool) {
 	res = r0 != 0
 	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 = error(e1)
+		} else {
+			err = syscall.EINVAL
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func resetEvent(handle syscall.Handle) (err error) {
+	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procResetEvent.Addr(), 1, uintptr(handle), 0, 0)
+	if r1 == 0 {
+		if e1 != 0 {
+			err = error(e1)
+		} else {
+			err = syscall.EINVAL
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func getOverlappedResult(handle syscall.Handle, overlapEvent *syscall.Overlapped, n *uint32, wait bool) (err error) {
+	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 = error(e1)
+		} else {
+			err = syscall.EINVAL
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}