diff --git a/src/LoRa.cpp b/src/LoRa.cpp
index 210a589..1899859 100644
--- a/src/LoRa.cpp
+++ b/src/LoRa.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define REG_RSSI_VALUE           0x1b
 #define REG_MODEM_CONFIG_1       0x1d
 #define REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2       0x1e
+#define REG_SYMB_TIMEOUT_LSB	 0x1f
 #define REG_PREAMBLE_MSB         0x20
 #define REG_PREAMBLE_LSB         0x21
 #define REG_PAYLOAD_LENGTH       0x22
@@ -582,6 +583,15 @@ void LoRaClass::setSyncWord(int sw)
   writeRegister(REG_SYNC_WORD, sw);
 }
 
+void LoRaClass::setRxSingleTimeout(uint16_t symbols) 
+{
+	if (symbols > 1023) {
+		symbols = 1023;
+	}
+	writeRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2, readRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2) | (symbols >> 8));
+	writeRegister(REG_SYMB_TIMEOUT_LSB, (symbols & 0xFF));
+}
+
 void LoRaClass::enableCrc()
 {
   writeRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2, readRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2) | 0x04);
diff --git a/src/LoRa.h b/src/LoRa.h
index b312db5..da21692 100644
--- a/src/LoRa.h
+++ b/src/LoRa.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class LoRaClass : public Stream {
   void setCodingRate4(int denominator);
   void setPreambleLength(long length);
   void setSyncWord(int sw);
+  void setRxSingleTimeout(uint16_t symbols);
   void enableCrc();
   void disableCrc();
   void enableInvertIQ();