diff --git a/src/io/piethernet.cpp b/src/io/piethernet.cpp
index 635748bf..43fc5199 100755
--- a/src/io/piethernet.cpp
+++ b/src/io/piethernet.cpp
@@ -300,11 +300,15 @@ void PIEthernet::applyTimeouts() {
 
 void PIEthernet::applyTimeout(int fd, int opt, double ms) {
 	if (fd == 0) return;
+	//piCoutObj << "setReadIsBlocking" << yes;
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+	DWORD tm = ms;
+#else
 	double s = ms / 1000.;
 	timeval tm;
 	tm.tv_sec = piFloord(s); s -= tm.tv_sec;
 	tm.tv_usec = s * 1000000.;
-	//piCoutObj << "setReadIsBlocking" << yes;
+#endif
 	ethSetsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, opt, &tm, sizeof(tm));
 }