diff --git a/rwcancel/poll_linux.go b/rwcancel/poll_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9938c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rwcancel/poll_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2021 WireGuard LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+package rwcancel
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+func poll(fds []unix.PollFd, timeout int) (n int, err error) {
+	var ts *unix.Timespec
+	if timeout >= 0 {
+		ts = new(unix.Timespec)
+		*ts = unix.NsecToTimespec(int64(timeout) * 1e6)
+	}
+	return unix.Ppoll(fds, ts, nil)
+}
diff --git a/rwcancel/poll_unix.go b/rwcancel/poll_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37e9686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rwcancel/poll_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//go:build !windows && !linux
+// +build !windows,!linux
+
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2021 WireGuard LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+package rwcancel
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+func poll(fds []unix.PollFd, timeout int) (n int, err error) {
+	return unix.Poll(fds, timeout)
+}
diff --git a/rwcancel/rwcancel.go b/rwcancel/rwcancel.go
index 7013b16..45cc73b 100644
--- a/rwcancel/rwcancel.go
+++ b/rwcancel/rwcancel.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (rw *RWCancel) ReadyRead() bool {
 	pollFds := []unix.PollFd{{Fd: int32(rw.fd), Events: unix.POLLIN}, {Fd: closeFd, Events: unix.POLLIN}}
 	var err error
 	for {
-		_, err = unix.Poll(pollFds, -1)
+		_, err = poll(pollFds, -1)
 		if err == nil || !RetryAfterError(err) {
 			break
 		}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (rw *RWCancel) ReadyWrite() bool {
 	pollFds := []unix.PollFd{{Fd: int32(rw.fd), Events: unix.POLLOUT}, {Fd: closeFd, Events: unix.POLLOUT}}
 	var err error
 	for {
-		_, err = unix.Poll(pollFds, -1)
+		_, err = poll(pollFds, -1)
 		if err == nil || !RetryAfterError(err) {
 			break
 		}