diff --git a/src/logid/Configuration.cpp b/src/logid/Configuration.cpp
index 7a16266..a94265a 100644
--- a/src/logid/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/logid/Configuration.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 using namespace logid;
 using namespace libconfig;
+using namespace std::chrono;
 
 Configuration::Configuration(const std::string& config_file)
 {
@@ -49,6 +50,23 @@ Configuration::Configuration(const std::string& config_file)
         return;
     }
 
+    _io_timeout = LOGID_DEFAULT_RAWDEVICE_TIMEOUT;
+    try {
+        auto& timeout = root["io_timeout"];
+        if(timeout.isNumber()) {
+            auto t = timeout.getType();
+            if(timeout.getType() == libconfig::Setting::TypeFloat)
+                _io_timeout = duration_cast<milliseconds>(
+                        duration<double, std::milli>(timeout));
+            else
+                _io_timeout = milliseconds((int)timeout);
+        } else
+            logPrintf(WARN, "Line %d: io_timeout must be a number.",
+                    timeout.getSourceLine());
+    } catch(const SettingNotFoundException& e) {
+        // Ignore
+    }
+
     for(int i = 0; i < devices->getLength(); i++) {
         const Setting &device = (*devices)[i];
         std::string name;
@@ -90,3 +108,8 @@ const char * Configuration::DeviceNotFound::what() const noexcept
 {
     return _name.c_str();
 }
+
+std::chrono::milliseconds Configuration::ioTimeout() const
+{
+    return _io_timeout;
+}
diff --git a/src/logid/Configuration.h b/src/logid/Configuration.h
index 2d2166a..d083ef9 100644
--- a/src/logid/Configuration.h
+++ b/src/logid/Configuration.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <libconfig.h++>
 #include <memory>
+#include <chrono>
+
+#define LOGID_DEFAULT_RAWDEVICE_TIMEOUT std::chrono::seconds(2)
 
 namespace logid
 {
@@ -41,8 +44,11 @@ namespace logid
         private:
             std::string _name;
         };
+
+        std::chrono::milliseconds ioTimeout() const;
     private:
         std::map<std::string, std::string> _device_paths;
+        std::chrono::milliseconds _io_timeout;
         libconfig::Config _config;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.cpp b/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.cpp
index 680bdd2..2905c38 100644
--- a/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "../dj/defs.h"
 #include "../../util/log.h"
 #include "../hidpp/Report.h"
+#include "../../Configuration.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <system_error>
@@ -258,8 +259,15 @@ int RawDevice::_readReport(std::vector<uint8_t>& report, std::size_t maxDataLeng
     int ret;
     report.resize(maxDataLength);
 
-    timeval timeout = { duration_cast<milliseconds>(HIDPP_IO_TIMEOUT).count(),
-                       duration_cast<microseconds>(HIDPP_IO_TIMEOUT).count() };
+    timeval timeout{};
+    timeout.tv_sec = duration_cast<seconds>(global_config->ioTimeout())
+            .count();
+    timeout.tv_usec = duration_cast<microseconds>(
+            global_config->ioTimeout()).count() %
+            duration_cast<microseconds>(seconds(1)).count();
+
+    auto timeout_ms = duration_cast<milliseconds>(
+            global_config->ioTimeout()).count();
 
     fd_set fds;
     do {
@@ -269,7 +277,7 @@ int RawDevice::_readReport(std::vector<uint8_t>& report, std::size_t maxDataLeng
 
         ret = select(std::max(_fd, _pipe[0]) + 1,
                      &fds, nullptr, nullptr,
-                     (HIDPP_IO_TIMEOUT.count() > 0 ? nullptr : &timeout));
+                     (timeout_ms > 0 ? nullptr : &timeout));
     } while(ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
     if(ret == -1)
diff --git a/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.h b/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.h
index d12020a..3cb1823 100644
--- a/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.h
+++ b/src/logid/backend/raw/RawDevice.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "../../util/mutex_queue.h"
 
-#define HIDPP_IO_TIMEOUT std::chrono::seconds(2)
-
 namespace logid {
 namespace backend {
 namespace raw