diff --git a/pcsc-relay/configure.ac b/pcsc-relay/configure.ac
index 797b1c1..35fddf5 100644
--- a/pcsc-relay/configure.ac
+++ b/pcsc-relay/configure.ac
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([libpcsclite],
                  [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PCSC], [libpcsclite])],
                  [AC_MSG_WARN([libpcsclite not found by pkg-config])])
 # Checks for libraries.
-PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([libnfc >= 1.3.9],
-                 [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNFC], [libnfc >= 1.3.9])],
-                 [AC_MSG_WARN([libnfc >= 1.3.9 not found by pkg-config])])
+PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([libnfc >= 1.5.1],
+                 [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBNFC], [libnfc >= 1.5.1])],
+                 [AC_MSG_WARN([libnfc >= 1.5.1 not found by pkg-config])])
 
 
 saved_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SCardEstablishContext])
 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(SCardEstablishContext, [ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) ],
         [ AC_MSG_ERROR([libpcsclite not found, use ./configure PCSC_LIBS=...]) ])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(nfc/nfc.h,,
-        [ AC_MSG_ERROR([nfc/nfc.h not found, install libnfc >= 1.3.9 or use ./configure LIBNFC_CFLAGS=...]) ])
+        [ AC_MSG_ERROR([nfc/nfc.h not found, install libnfc >= 5.1.9 or use ./configure LIBNFC_CFLAGS=...]) ])
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for nfc_initiator_select_passive_target])
 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(nfc_initiator_select_passive_target, [ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) ],
-        [ AC_MSG_ERROR([libnfc >= 1.3.9 not found, use ./configure LIBNFC_LIBS=...]) ])
+        [ AC_MSG_ERROR([libnfc >= 1.5.1 not found, use ./configure LIBNFC_LIBS=...]) ])
 CPPFLAGS="$saved_CPPFLAGS"
 LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
 
diff --git a/pcsc-relay/src/lnfc.c b/pcsc-relay/src/lnfc.c
index 7a6a2b1..da83873 100644
--- a/pcsc-relay/src/lnfc.c
+++ b/pcsc-relay/src/lnfc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Frank Morgner
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Frank Morgner
  *
  * This file is part of pcsc-relay.
  *
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ struct lnfc_data {
 };
 
 
+static struct timeval transmit_timeout = {
+    1, /* seconds */
+    0, /* microseconds */
+};
+
+
 static size_t get_historical_bytes(unsigned char *atr, size_t atrlen,
         unsigned char **hb)
 {
@@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ static int lnfc_receive_capdu(driver_data_t *driver_data,
 
 
     // Receive external reader command through target
-    if (!nfc_target_receive_bytes(data->pndTarget, data->abtCapdu, &data->szCapduLen)) {
+    if (!nfc_target_receive_bytes(data->pndTarget, data->abtCapdu, &data->szCapduLen, &transmit_timeout)) {
         ERROR ("nfc_target_receive_bytes: %s\n", nfc_strerror(data->pndTarget));
         return 0;
     }
@@ -209,7 +215,7 @@ static int lnfc_send_rapdu(driver_data_t *driver_data,
         return 0;
 
 
-    if (!nfc_target_send_bytes(data->pndTarget, rapdu, len)) {
+    if (!nfc_target_send_bytes(data->pndTarget, rapdu, len, &transmit_timeout)) {
         ERROR ("nfc_target_send_bytes: %s\n", nfc_strerror(data->pndTarget));
         return 0;
     }