diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/smartcardio/CardImpl.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/smartcardio/CardImpl.java
index 1c14ea7ee813123318a1e31ec91c2f4cc7494e30..69ffb46558a1b35cc223d47566c73ba294d84d85 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/smartcardio/CardImpl.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/smartcardio/CardImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 package sun.security.smartcardio;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import javax.smartcardio.*;
-
 import static sun.security.smartcardio.PCSC.*;
 
 /**
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ final class CardImpl extends Card {
     // thread holding exclusive access to the card, or null
     private volatile Thread exclusiveThread;
 
+    // used for platform specific logic
+    private static final boolean isWindows;
+
+    static {
+        final String osName = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+            (PrivilegedAction<String>) () -> System.getProperty("os.name"));
+        isWindows = osName.startsWith("Windows");
+    }
+
     CardImpl(TerminalImpl terminal, String protocol) throws PCSCException {
         this.terminal = terminal;
         int sharingMode = SCARD_SHARE_SHARED;
@@ -74,7 +83,12 @@ final class CardImpl extends Card {
             connectProtocol = SCARD_PROTOCOL_T1;
         } else if (protocol.equalsIgnoreCase("direct")) {
             // testing
-            connectProtocol = 0;
+
+            // MSDN states that the preferred protocol can be zero, but doesn't
+            //     specify whether other values are allowed.
+            // pcsc-lite implementation expects the preferred protocol to be non zero.
+            connectProtocol = isWindows ? 0 : SCARD_PROTOCOL_RAW;
+
             sharingMode = SCARD_SHARE_DIRECT;
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported protocol " + protocol);
diff --git a/test/sun/security/smartcardio/TestAll.java b/test/sun/security/smartcardio/TestAll.java
index 1bd1d76ffd0d498be069ed161ac40e718a3eec63..72a0f85daaaf7a66c63e9f9110a667d2c09ad1e8 100644
--- a/test/sun/security/smartcardio/TestAll.java
+++ b/test/sun/security/smartcardio/TestAll.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class TestAll {
         TestMultiplePresent.class,
         TestPresent.class,
         TestTransmit.class,
+        TestDirect.class,
     };
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
diff --git a/test/sun/security/smartcardio/TestDirect.java b/test/sun/security/smartcardio/TestDirect.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..964cbfa2fd9be4791360b7c9f6ac7fb4a0128883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sun/security/smartcardio/TestDirect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8046343
+ * @summary Make sure that direct protocol is available
+ * @run main/manual TestDirect
+ */
+
+// This test requires special hardware.
+
+import javax.smartcardio.Card;
+import javax.smartcardio.CardTerminal;
+import javax.smartcardio.CardTerminals;
+import javax.smartcardio.TerminalFactory;
+
+public class TestDirect {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        TerminalFactory terminalFactory = TerminalFactory.getDefault();
+        CardTerminals cardTerminals = terminalFactory.terminals();
+        CardTerminal cardTerminal = cardTerminals.list().get(0);
+        Card card = cardTerminal.connect("DIRECT");
+        card.disconnect(true);
+
+        System.out.println("OK.");
+    }
+}