diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a82c71dc44..3aa1c7e59a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 
+2.1-50 | 2012-10-02 12:06:08 -0700
+
+  * Fix a typing issue that prevented the ElasticSearch timeout to
+    work. (Matthias Vallentin)
+
+  * Use second granularity for ElasticSearch timeouts. (Matthias
+    Vallentin)
+
+  * Fix compile issues with older versions of libcurl, which don't
+    offer *_MS timeout constants. (Matthias Vallentin)
+
 2.1-47 | 2012-10-02 11:59:29 -0700
 
   * Fix for the input framework: BroStrings were constructed without a
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index eac9141edc..22b33d6bf8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1-47
+2.1-50
diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/elasticsearch.bro b/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/elasticsearch.bro
index b0e8fac40e..1901759730 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/elasticsearch.bro
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/elasticsearch.bro
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ export {
 	## e.g. prefix = "bro\_" would create types of bro_dns, bro_software, etc.
 	const type_prefix = "" &redef;
 
-	## The time before an ElasticSearch transfer will timeout.
-	## This is not working!
+	## The time before an ElasticSearch transfer will timeout. Note that
+	## the fractional part of the timeout will be ignored. In particular, time
+	## specifications less than a second result in a timeout value of 0, which
+	## means "no timeout."
 	const transfer_timeout = 2secs;
 
 	## The batch size is the number of messages that will be queued up before
diff --git a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
index cb3248a044..ae825ac997 100644
--- a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
+++ b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ElasticSearch::ElasticSearch(WriterFrontend* frontend) : WriterBackend(frontend)
 	last_send = current_time();
 	failing = false;
 
-	transfer_timeout = BifConst::LogElasticSearch::transfer_timeout * 1000;
+	transfer_timeout = static_cast<long>(BifConst::LogElasticSearch::transfer_timeout);
 
 	curl_handle = HTTPSetup();
 }
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ bool ElasticSearch::HTTPSend(CURL *handle)
 
 	// Some timeout options.  These will need more attention later.
 	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
-	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, transfer_timeout);
-	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, transfer_timeout*2);
+	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, transfer_timeout);
+	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, transfer_timeout);
 	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT, 60*60);
 
 	CURLcode return_code = curl_easy_perform(handle);
diff --git a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.h b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.h
index 0e88bf3e88..fef0a00ffd 100644
--- a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.h
+++ b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private:
 
 	string path;
 	string index_prefix;
-	uint64 transfer_timeout;
+	long transfer_timeout;
 	bool failing;
 
 	uint64 batch_size;