diff --git cpp/src/plasma/thirdparty/ae/ae.c cpp/src/plasma/thirdparty/ae/ae.c
index dfb722444..96d9e537a 100644
--- cpp/src/plasma/thirdparty/ae/ae.c
+++ cpp/src/plasma/thirdparty/ae/ae.c
@@ -428,19 +428,33 @@ int aeProcessEvents(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int flags)
 /* Wait for milliseconds until the given file descriptor becomes
  * writable/readable/exception */
 int aeWait(int fd, int mask, long long milliseconds) {
-    struct pollfd pfd;
+    short revents = 0;
+    struct timeval tv = { milliseconds / 1000, (milliseconds % 1000) * 1000 };
     int retmask = 0, retval;
 
-    memset(&pfd, 0, sizeof(pfd));
-    pfd.fd = fd;
-    if (mask & AE_READABLE) pfd.events |= POLLIN;
-    if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) pfd.events |= POLLOUT;
+    fd_set rset, wset;
+    FD_ZERO(&rset);
+    FD_ZERO(&wset);
+    if (mask & AE_READABLE) {
+        FD_SET(fd, &rset);
+    } else if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) {
+        FD_SET(fd, &wset);
+    }
+
+    if ((retval = select(fd + 1, &rset, &wset, NULL, &tv)) > 0) {
+        if (FD_ISSET(fd, &rset)) {
+            revents |= POLLIN;
+        }
+        if (FD_ISSET(fd, &wset)) {
+            revents |= POLLOUT;
+        }
+    }
 
-    if ((retval = poll(&pfd, 1, milliseconds))== 1) {
-        if (pfd.revents & POLLIN) retmask |= AE_READABLE;
-        if (pfd.revents & POLLOUT) retmask |= AE_WRITABLE;
-	if (pfd.revents & POLLERR) retmask |= AE_WRITABLE;
-        if (pfd.revents & POLLHUP) retmask |= AE_WRITABLE;
+    if (retval== 1) {
+        if (revents & POLLIN) retmask |= AE_READABLE;
+        if (revents & POLLOUT) retmask |= AE_WRITABLE;
+        if (revents & POLLERR) retmask |= AE_WRITABLE;
+        if (revents & POLLHUP) retmask |= AE_WRITABLE;
         return retmask;
     } else {
         return retval;
--