1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 4c724e6166..4c01726c4c 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -10643,15 +10643,21 @@ maygvl_copy_stream_continue_p(int has_gvl, struct copy_stream_struct *stp)
 }
 
 /* non-Linux poll may not work on all FDs */
-#if defined(HAVE_POLL) && defined(__linux__)
-#  define USE_POLL 1
-#  define IOWAIT_SYSCALL "poll"
-#else
-#  define IOWAIT_SYSCALL "select"
+#if defined(HAVE_POLL)
+#  if defined(__linux__)
+#    define USE_POLL 1
+#  endif
+#  if defined(__FreeBSD_version) && __FreeBSD_version >= 1100000
+#    define USE_POLL 1
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef USE_POLL
 #  define USE_POLL 0
 #endif
 
 #if USE_POLL
+#  define IOWAIT_SYSCALL "poll"
 STATIC_ASSERT(pollin_expected, POLLIN == RB_WAITFD_IN);
 STATIC_ASSERT(pollout_expected, POLLOUT == RB_WAITFD_OUT);
 static int
@@ -10665,6 +10671,7 @@ nogvl_wait_for_single_fd(int fd, short events)
     return poll(&fds, 1, -1);
 }
 #else /* !USE_POLL */
+#  define IOWAIT_SYSCALL "select"
 static int
 nogvl_wait_for_single_fd(int fd, short events)
 {