diff --git a/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.c b/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.c
index befa56c6c..0f48038b1 100644
--- a/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.c
+++ b/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.c
@@ -381,19 +381,45 @@ static int DesfireExchangeNative(bool activate_field, DesfireContext *ctx, uint8
     uint32_t i = 1;
 
     uint8_t rcode = 0xff;
-    uint8_t cdata[255]  = {0};
+    uint8_t cdata[1024]  = {0};
     uint32_t cdatalen = 0;
     cdata[0] = cmd;
     memcpy(&cdata[1], data, datalen);
     cdatalen = datalen + 1;
 
-    int res = DESFIRESendRaw(activate_field, cdata, cdatalen, buf, sizeof(buf), &buflen, &rcode);
-    if (res != PM3_SUCCESS) {
-        uint16_t ssw = DESFIRE_GET_ISO_STATUS(rcode);
-        PrintAndLogEx(DEBUG, "error DESFIRESendRaw %s", DesfireGetErrorString(res, &ssw));
-        return res;
+    int res = 0;
+    size_t len = 0;
+    // tx chaining
+    size_t sentdatalen = 0;
+    while(cdatalen >= sentdatalen) {
+        if (cdatalen - sentdatalen > DESFIRE_TX_FRAME_MAX_LEN)
+            len = DESFIRE_TX_FRAME_MAX_LEN;
+        else
+            len = cdatalen - sentdatalen;
+        
+        size_t sendindx = sentdatalen;
+        size_t sendlen = len;
+        if (sentdatalen > 0) {
+            sendindx--;
+            sendlen++;
+            cdata[sendindx] = MFDES_ADDITIONAL_FRAME;
+        }        
+
+        res = DESFIRESendRaw(activate_field, &cdata[sendindx], sendlen, buf, sizeof(buf), &buflen, &rcode);
+        if (res != PM3_SUCCESS) {
+            uint16_t ssw = DESFIRE_GET_ISO_STATUS(rcode);
+            PrintAndLogEx(DEBUG, "error DESFIRESendRaw %s", DesfireGetErrorString(res, &ssw));
+            return res;
+        }
+        sentdatalen += len;
+        if (rcode != MFDES_ADDITIONAL_FRAME || buflen > 0) {
+            if (sentdatalen != cdatalen)
+                PrintAndLogEx(WARNING, "Tx chaining error. Needs to send: %d but sent: %d", cdatalen, sentdatalen);
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
+    // rx
     if (resp) {
         if (splitbysize) {
             resp[0] = buflen;
diff --git a/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.h b/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.h
index 004a452f9..8933e7e10 100644
--- a/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.h
+++ b/client/src/mifare/desfirecore.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include "mifare/desfire_crypto.h"
 #include "mifare/mifare4.h"
 
+#define DESFIRE_TX_FRAME_MAX_LEN 54
+
 typedef struct {
     const uint8_t id;
     const char *text;