diff --git a/demo/Makefile b/demo/Makefile
index 543588e..2ab089a 100644
--- a/demo/Makefile
+++ b/demo/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif
 
 override CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -std=c++17 -I.. -lfmt -luring -pthread
 
-all_targets = file_server http_client link_cp threading test bench echo_server
+all_targets = file_server http_client link_cp threading test bench echo_server server_with_read_timeout
 
 all: $(all_targets)
 
@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@ bench: bench.cpp ../include/task.hpp ../include/io_service.hpp
 
 echo_server: echo_server.cpp ../include/task.hpp ../include/io_service.hpp
 	$(CXX_COMPILER) ./echo_server.cpp -I../include -o echo_server $(CXXFLAGS)
+
+server_with_read_timeout: server_with_read_timeout.cpp ../include/task.hpp ../include/io_service.hpp
+	$(CXX_COMPILER) ./server_with_read_timeout.cpp -I../include -o server_with_read_timeout $(CXXFLAGS)
diff --git a/demo/server_with_read_timeout.cpp b/demo/server_with_read_timeout.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a647c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/server_with_read_timeout.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h> // https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
+#include <vector>
+#include <numeric>
+
+#include <liburing/io_service.hpp>
+
+#define USE_SPLICE 0
+#define USE_LINK 0
+#define USE_POLL 0
+
+enum {
+    BUF_SIZE = 512,
+    MAX_CONN_SIZE = 512,
+};
+
+int runningCoroutines = 0;
+
+uio::task<> accept_connection(uio::io_service &service, int serverfd) {
+    while (int clientfd = co_await service.accept(serverfd, nullptr, nullptr)) {
+        [](uio::io_service &service, int clientfd) -> uio::task<> {
+            __kernel_timespec timeout = { .tv_sec = 1, .tv_nsec = 0 };
+            fmt::print("sockfd {} is accepted; number of running coroutines: {}\n",
+                       clientfd, ++runningCoroutines);
+            std::vector<char> buf(BUF_SIZE);
+            while (true) {
+                auto recvTask = service.read(clientfd, buf.data(), BUF_SIZE, 0, IOSQE_IO_LINK);
+                service.link_timeout(&timeout);
+                int r = co_await recvTask;
+                if (r <= 0) {
+                    if (r == -ETIMEDOUT) {
+                        fmt::println("Read timed out! Closing!");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    fmt::println("Read failed! Error: {}", strerror(-r));
+                    break;
+                };
+                co_await service.send(clientfd, buf.data(), r, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+            }
+            service.shutdown(clientfd, SHUT_RDWR, IOSQE_IO_LINK);
+            co_await service.close(clientfd);
+            fmt::print("sockfd {} is closed; number of running coroutines: {}\n",
+                       clientfd, --runningCoroutines);
+        }(service, clientfd);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    using uio::io_service;
+    using uio::panic_on_err;
+    using uio::on_scope_exit;
+    using uio::panic;
+
+    uint16_t server_port = 0;
+    if (argc == 2) {
+        server_port = (uint16_t) std::strtoul(argv[1], nullptr, 10);
+    }
+    if (server_port == 0) {
+        fmt::print("Usage: {} <PORT>\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    io_service service(MAX_CONN_SIZE);
+
+    int sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) | panic_on_err("socket creation", true);
+    on_scope_exit closesock([=]() { shutdown(sockfd, SHUT_RDWR); });
+
+    if (sockaddr_in addr = {
+        .sin_family = AF_INET,
+        .sin_port = htons(server_port),
+        .sin_addr = {INADDR_ANY},
+        .sin_zero = {},
+    }; bind(sockfd, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr *>(&addr), sizeof(sockaddr_in)))
+        panic("socket binding", errno);
+
+    if (listen(sockfd, MAX_CONN_SIZE * 2)) panic("listen", errno);
+    fmt::print("Listening: {}\n", server_port);
+
+    service.run(accept_connection(service, sockfd));
+}
diff --git a/include/liburing/io_service.hpp b/include/liburing/io_service.hpp
index 416cacf..6ff8dfc 100644
--- a/include/liburing/io_service.hpp
+++ b/include/liburing/io_service.hpp
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ class io_service {
         return await_work(sqe, iflags);
     }
 
+    void link_timeout(__kernel_timespec* timeout) {
+        auto* sqe = io_uring_get_sqe_safe();
+        io_uring_prep_link_timeout(sqe, timeout, 0);
+        io_uring_sqe_set_data(sqe, new callback_resolver(+[](int) {}));
+    }
+
     /** Read from a file descriptor at a given offset asynchronously
      * @see pread(2)
      * @see io_uring_enter(2) IORING_OP_READ