diff --git a/tests/test_timeout.rs b/tests/test_timeout.rs
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+mod config;
+
+use config::{hw_config, HardwareConfig};
+use rstest::rstest;
+use serialport::*;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case(b"a")]
+#[case(b"0123456789")]
+#[case(b"0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~")]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "ignore-hardware-tests", ignore)]
+fn test_timeout_zero(hw_config: HardwareConfig, #[case] message: &[u8]) {
+    let timeout = Duration::ZERO;
+    let margin = Duration::from_millis(100);
+
+    let mut sender = serialport::new(hw_config.port_1, 115200).open().unwrap();
+    let mut receiver = serialport::new(hw_config.port_2, 115200)
+        .timeout(timeout)
+        .open()
+        .unwrap();
+    let mut buffer: [u8; 1024] = [0xff; 1024];
+
+    sender.clear(ClearBuffer::All).unwrap();
+    receiver.clear(ClearBuffer::All).unwrap();
+
+    sender.write_all(message).unwrap();
+    sender.flush().unwrap();
+    let flushed_at = Instant::now();
+
+    let expected_until = flushed_at + timeout + margin;
+    let mut timeouts = 0usize;
+
+    loop {
+        match receiver.read(&mut buffer) {
+            Ok(read) => {
+                assert!(read > 0);
+                println!(
+                    "read: {} bytes of {} after {} timeouts/{} ms",
+                    read,
+                    message.len(),
+                    timeouts,
+                    (Instant::now() - flushed_at).as_millis()
+                );
+                assert_eq!(message[..read], buffer[..read]);
+                break;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                assert_eq!(e.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut);
+                timeouts += 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert!(expected_until > Instant::now());
+    }
+}
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case(Duration::from_millis(10))]
+#[case(Duration::from_millis(100))]
+#[case(Duration::from_millis(1000))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "ignore-hardware-tests", ignore)]
+fn test_timeout_greater_zero(hw_config: HardwareConfig, #[case] timeout: Duration) {
+    let margin = Duration::from_millis(100);
+
+    let mut sender = serialport::new(hw_config.port_1, 115200).open().unwrap();
+    let mut receiver = serialport::new(hw_config.port_2, 115200)
+        .timeout(timeout)
+        .open()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let message =
+        b"0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
+    let mut buffer: [u8; 1024] = [0xff; 1024];
+
+    sender.clear(ClearBuffer::All).unwrap();
+    receiver.clear(ClearBuffer::All).unwrap();
+
+    sender.write_all(message).unwrap();
+    sender.flush().unwrap();
+
+    let flushed_at = Instant::now();
+
+    let read = receiver.read(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+    let read_at = Instant::now();
+
+    println!(
+        "read: {} bytes of {} after {} ms",
+        read,
+        message.len(),
+        (Instant::now() - flushed_at).as_millis()
+    );
+
+    assert!(read > 0);
+    assert!(flushed_at + timeout + margin > read_at);
+    assert_eq!(buffer[..read], message[..read]);
+}