diff --git a/syscalls_windows.go b/syscalls_windows.go
index c93ca86..38d4bcd 100644
--- a/syscalls_windows.go
+++ b/syscalls_windows.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
@@ -286,11 +288,47 @@ func openTap(config Config) (ifce *Interface, err error) {
 	return nil, errIfceNameNotFound
 }
 
+// https://github.com/WireGuard/wireguard-go/blob/master/tun/tun_windows.go
+const (
+	rateMeasurementGranularity = uint64((time.Second / 2) / time.Nanosecond)
+	spinloopRateThreshold      = 800000000 / 8                                   // 800mbps
+	spinloopDuration           = uint64(time.Millisecond / 80 / time.Nanosecond) // ~1gbit/s
+)
+
+//go:linkname procyield runtime.procyield
+func procyield(cycles uint32)
+
+//go:linkname nanotime runtime.nanotime
+func nanotime() int64
+
+type rateJuggler struct {
+	current       uint64
+	nextByteCount uint64
+	nextStartTime int64
+	changing      int32
+}
+
+func (rate *rateJuggler) update(packetLen uint64) {
+	now := nanotime()
+	total := atomic.AddUint64(&rate.nextByteCount, packetLen)
+	period := uint64(now - atomic.LoadInt64(&rate.nextStartTime))
+	if period >= rateMeasurementGranularity {
+		if !atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&rate.changing, 0, 1) {
+			return
+		}
+		atomic.StoreInt64(&rate.nextStartTime, now)
+		atomic.StoreUint64(&rate.current, total*uint64(time.Second/time.Nanosecond)/period)
+		atomic.StoreUint64(&rate.nextByteCount, 0)
+		atomic.StoreInt32(&rate.changing, 0)
+	}
+}
+
 type wintunRWC struct {
 	ad       wintun.Adapter
 	s        wintun.Session
 	readwait windows.Handle
 	readbuf  []byte
+	rate     rateJuggler
 	isclosed bool
 }
 
@@ -301,6 +339,7 @@ func (w *wintunRWC) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (w *wintunRWC) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	w.rate.update(uint64(len(b)))
 	packet, err := w.s.AllocateSendPacket(len(b))
 	switch err {
 	case nil:
@@ -336,20 +375,30 @@ RETRY:
 	if w.isclosed {
 		return 0, errors.New("wintun is closed")
 	}
-	packet, err := w.s.ReceivePacket()
-	switch err {
-	case nil:
-		n += copy(b, packet)
-		if len(packet) > len(b) {
-			w.readbuf = make([]byte, len(packet)-len(b))
-			copy(w.readbuf, packet[len(b):])
+	start := nanotime()
+	shouldSpin := atomic.LoadUint64(&w.rate.current) >= spinloopRateThreshold && uint64(start-atomic.LoadInt64(&w.rate.nextStartTime)) <= rateMeasurementGranularity*2
+	for {
+		packet, err := w.s.ReceivePacket()
+		switch err {
+		case nil:
+			packetSize := len(packet)
+			n += copy(b, packet)
+			if len(packet) > len(b) {
+				w.readbuf = make([]byte, len(packet)-len(b))
+				copy(w.readbuf, packet[len(b):])
+			}
+			w.s.ReleaseReceivePacket(packet)
+			w.rate.update(uint64(packetSize))
+		case windows.ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS:
+			if !shouldSpin || uint64(nanotime()-start) >= spinloopDuration {
+				windows.WaitForSingleObject(w.readwait, windows.INFINITE)
+				goto RETRY
+			}
+			procyield(1)
+			continue
 		}
-		w.s.ReleaseReceivePacket(packet)
-	case windows.ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS:
-		windows.WaitForSingleObject(w.readwait, windows.INFINITE)
-		goto RETRY
+		return n, err
 	}
-	return n, err
 }
 
 // openDev find and open an interface.