1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ev.c b/ev.c
index a22809a..53694cd 100644
--- a/ev.c
+++ b/ev.c
@@ -1509,6 +1509,9 @@ ev_recommended_backends (void)
   flags &= ~EVBACKEND_KQUEUE; /* horribly broken, even for sockets */
   flags &= ~EVBACKEND_POLL;   /* poll is based on kqueue from 10.5 onwards */
 #endif
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+  flags &= ~EVBACKEND_POLL;   /* poll return value is unusable (http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-10270.html) */
+#endif
 
   return flags;
 }