@@ -4895,10 +4895,17 @@
 			cackey_pcsc_connect();
 
 			CACKEY_DEBUG_PRINTF("Trying SCardListReaders() again");
 			scard_listreaders_ret = SCardListReaders(*cackey_pcsc_handle, NULL, NULL, &pcsc_readers_len);
 		}
+
+		if (scard_listreaders_ret == SCARD_E_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
+			CACKEY_DEBUG_PRINTF("Error. SCardListReaders() returned SCARD_E_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER, assuming this is a bug (e.g., Google PCSC) and allocating a massive amount of space to hold the reader list.");
+
+			pcsc_readers_len = 32768;
+			scard_listreaders_ret = SCARD_S_SUCCESS;
+		}
 
 		if (scard_listreaders_ret == SCARD_S_SUCCESS && pcsc_readers_len != 0) {
 			pcsc_readers = malloc(pcsc_readers_len);
 			pcsc_readers_s = pcsc_readers;