diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 589f43f5..36496306 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h \
 		  poll.h \
 		  pthread.h \
 		  sys/ioctl.h \
+		  sys/select.h \
 		  termios.h])
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_setname_np],
-	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP], [1], ["Define to 1 if pthread has pthread_setname_np"]),
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([Could not find pthread_setname_np in pthread]))
+	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP], [1], ["Define to 1 if pthread has pthread_setname_np."]),
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([Could not find pthread_setname_np in pthread.]))
+
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([pselect], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSELECT, [1], [Define to 1 if pselect() is available.])])
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([ppoll], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PPOLL, [1], [Define to 1 if ppoll() is available.])])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/ebusd/ebusd.cpp])
diff --git a/src/ebusd/network.cpp b/src/ebusd/network.cpp
index 99dd0092..f9f99030 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/network.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/network.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,19 @@
  * along with ebusd. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
  */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "network.h"
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "appl.h"
 #include <cstring>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
 #include <poll.h>
+#endif
+
 
 extern Logger& L;
 extern Appl& A;
@@ -32,14 +40,17 @@ void* Connection::run()
 {
 	m_running = true;
 
-	int ret, nfds = 2;
-	struct pollfd fds[nfds];
+	int ret;
 	struct timespec tdiff;
 
 	// set select timeout 10 secs
 	tdiff.tv_sec = 10;
 	tdiff.tv_nsec = 0;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
+	int nfds = 2;
+	struct pollfd fds[nfds];
+
 	memset(fds, 0, sizeof(fds));
 
 	fds[0].fd = m_notify.notifyFD();
@@ -47,21 +58,55 @@ void* Connection::run()
 
 	fds[1].fd = m_socket->getFD();
 	fds[1].events = POLLIN;
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_PSELECT
+	int maxfd;
+	fd_set checkfds;
+
+	FD_ZERO(&checkfds);
+	FD_SET(m_notify.notifyFD(), &checkfds);
+	FD_SET(m_socket->getFD(), &checkfds);
+
+	(m_notify.notifyFD() > m_socket->getFD()) ?
+		(maxfd = m_notify.notifyFD()) : (maxfd = m_socket->getFD());
+#endif
+#endif
 
 	for (;;) {
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
 		// wait for new fd event
 		ret = ppoll(fds, nfds, &tdiff, NULL);
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_PSELECT
+		// set readfds to inital checkfds
+		fd_set readfds = checkfds;
+		// wait for new fd event
+		ret = pselect(maxfd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tdiff, NULL);
+#endif
+#endif
 
-		if (ret == 0) {
+		if (ret == 0)
 			continue;
-		}
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
 		// new data from notify
 		if (fds[0].revents & POLLIN)
 			break;
 
 		// new data from socket
 		if (fds[1].revents & POLLIN) {
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_PSELECT
+		// new data from notify
+		if (FD_ISSET(m_notify.notifyFD(), &readfds))
+			break;
+
+		// new data from socket
+		if (FD_ISSET(m_socket->getFD(), &readfds)) {
+#endif
+#endif
+
 			char data[256];
 			size_t datalen;
 
@@ -139,14 +184,17 @@ void* Network::run()
 
 	m_running = true;
 
-	int ret, nfds = 2;
-	struct pollfd fds[nfds];
+	int ret;
 	struct timespec tdiff;
 
 	// set select timeout 1 secs
 	tdiff.tv_sec = 1;
 	tdiff.tv_nsec = 0;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
+	int nfds = 2;
+	struct pollfd fds[nfds];
+
 	memset(fds, 0, sizeof(fds));
 
 	fds[0].fd = m_notify.notifyFD();
@@ -154,16 +202,40 @@ void* Network::run()
 
 	fds[1].fd = m_tcpServer->getFD();
 	fds[1].events = POLLIN;
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_PSELECT
+	int maxfd;
+	fd_set checkfds;
+
+	FD_ZERO(&checkfds);
+	FD_SET(m_notify.notifyFD(), &checkfds);
+	FD_SET(m_tcpServer->getFD(), &checkfds);
+
+	(m_notify.notifyFD() > m_tcpServer->getFD()) ?
+		(maxfd = m_notify.notifyFD()) : (maxfd = m_tcpServer->getFD());
+#endif
+#endif
 
 	for (;;) {
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
 		// wait for new fd event
 		ret = ppoll(fds, nfds, &tdiff, NULL);
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_PSELECT
+		// set readfds to inital checkfds
+		fd_set readfds = checkfds;
+		// wait for new fd event
+		ret = pselect(maxfd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tdiff, NULL);
+#endif
+#endif
 
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			cleanConnections();
 			continue;
 		}
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
 		// new data from notify
 		if (fds[0].revents & POLLIN) {
 			m_running = false;
@@ -172,6 +244,19 @@ void* Network::run()
 
 		// new data from socket
 		if (fds[1].revents & POLLIN) {
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_PSELECT
+		// new data from notify
+		if (FD_ISSET(m_notify.notifyFD(), &readfds)) {
+			m_running = false;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		// new data from socket
+		if (FD_ISSET(m_tcpServer->getFD(), &readfds)) {
+#endif
+#endif
+
 			TCPSocket* socket = m_tcpServer->newSocket();
 			if (socket == NULL)
 				continue;
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/port.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/port.cpp
index 16872806..856ce198 100644
--- a/src/lib/ebus/port.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/port.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
  * along with ebusd. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
  */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "port.h"
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -24,7 +28,10 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
 #include <poll.h>
+#endif
 
 bool Device::isOpen()
 {
@@ -64,20 +71,33 @@ ssize_t Device::recvBytes(const long timeout, size_t maxCount)
 		return -1; // TODO RESULT_ERR_DEVICE
 
 	if (timeout > 0) {
-		int ret, nfds = 1;
-		struct pollfd fds[nfds];
+		int ret;
 		struct timespec tdiff;
 
 		// set select timeout
 		tdiff.tv_sec = 0;
 		tdiff.tv_nsec = timeout*1000;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
+		int nfds = 1;
+		struct pollfd fds[nfds];
+
 		memset(fds, 0, sizeof(fds));
 
 		fds[0].fd = m_fd;
 		fds[0].events = POLLIN;
 
 		ret = ppoll(fds, nfds, &tdiff, NULL);
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_PSELECT
+		fd_set readfds;
+
+		FD_ZERO(&readfds);
+		FD_SET(m_fd, &readfds);
+
+		ret = pselect(m_fd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tdiff, NULL);
+#endif
+#endif
 
 		if (ret == -1) return -1; // TODO RESULT_ERR_DEVICE
 		if (ret == 0) return -2; // TODO RESULT_ERR_TIMEOUT