diff --git a/lib/event.c b/lib/event.c
index 766ffa15..10f83c28 100644
--- a/lib/event.c
+++ b/lib/event.c
@@ -283,7 +283,13 @@ void ev_uncork(struct event_cork *ec)
       birdloop_ping(el->loop);
     }
 
-  UNLOCK_DOMAIN(cork, ec->lock);
+  struct birdsock *sk;
+  WALK_LIST_FIRST2(sk, cork_node, ec->sockets)
+    {
+//      log(L_TRACE "Socket %p uncorked", sk);
+      rem_node(&sk->cork_node);
+      sk_ping(sk);
+    }
 
-  birdloop_ping(&main_birdloop);
+  UNLOCK_DOMAIN(cork, ec->lock);
 }
diff --git a/lib/event.h b/lib/event.h
index cd85bf78..3af33a7f 100644
--- a/lib/event.h
+++ b/lib/event.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct event_cork {
   DOMAIN(cork) lock;
   u32 count;
   list events;
+  list sockets;
 };
 
 extern event_list global_event_list;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ static inline void ev_init_list(event_list *el, struct birdloop *loop, const cha
 static inline void ev_init_cork(struct event_cork *ec, const char *name)
 {
   init_list(&ec->events);
+  init_list(&ec->sockets);
   ec->lock = DOMAIN_NEW(cork, name);
   ec->count = 0;
 };
diff --git a/lib/io-loop.h b/lib/io-loop.h
index 386a31d5..d60fb1ae 100644
--- a/lib/io-loop.h
+++ b/lib/io-loop.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 void sk_start(sock *s);
 void sk_stop(sock *s);
 void sk_reloop(sock *s, struct birdloop *loop);
+void sk_ping(sock *s);
 
 extern struct birdloop main_birdloop;
 
diff --git a/lib/socket.h b/lib/socket.h
index 17d647f3..89398edf 100644
--- a/lib/socket.h
+++ b/lib/socket.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ typedef struct birdsock {
   uint rbsize;
   int (*rx_hook)(struct birdsock *, uint size); /* NULL=receiving turned off, returns 1 to clear rx buffer */
   struct event_cork *cork;		/* Cork to temporarily stop receiving data */
+  node cork_node;			/* Node in cork list */
 
   byte *tbuf, *tpos;			/* NULL=allocate automatically */
   byte *ttx;				/* Internal */
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c b/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c
index 1d3a555f..5ab93b31 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c
@@ -218,7 +218,36 @@ sk_stop(sock *s)
 }
 
 static inline uint sk_want_events(sock *s)
-{ return ((s->rx_hook && !ev_corked(s->cork)) ? POLLIN : 0) | ((s->ttx != s->tpos) ? POLLOUT : 0); }
+{
+  uint out = ((s->ttx != s->tpos) ? POLLOUT : 0);
+  if (s->rx_hook)
+    if (s->cork)
+    {
+      LOCK_DOMAIN(cork, s->cork->lock);
+      if (!enlisted(&s->cork_node))
+	if (s->cork->count)
+	{
+//	    log(L_TRACE "Socket %p corked", s);
+	  add_tail(&s->cork->sockets, &s->cork_node);
+	}
+	else
+	  out |= POLLIN;
+      UNLOCK_DOMAIN(cork, s->cork->lock);
+    }
+    else
+      out |= POLLIN;
+
+//  log(L_TRACE "sk_want_events(%p) = %x", s, out);
+  return out;
+}
+
+
+void
+sk_ping(sock *s)
+{
+  s->loop->poll_changed = 1;
+  birdloop_ping(s->loop);
+}
 
 /*
 FIXME: this should be called from sock code
@@ -284,7 +313,10 @@ sockets_fire(struct birdloop *loop)
 
   /* Last fd is internal wakeup fd */
   if (pfd[poll_num].revents & POLLIN)
+  {
     wakeup_drain(loop);
+    loop->poll_changed = 1;
+  }
 
   int i;
   for (i = 0; i < poll_num; pfd++, psk++, i++)
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/io.c b/sysdep/unix/io.c
index b57e5894..fa836f28 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/io.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/io.c
@@ -802,8 +802,13 @@ sk_free(resource *r)
     sk_ssh_free(s);
 #endif
 
-  if ((s->fd < 0) || (s->flags & SKF_THREAD))
-    return;
+  if (s->cork)
+  {
+    LOCK_DOMAIN(cork, s->cork->lock);
+    if (enlisted(&s->cork_node))
+      rem_node(&s->cork_node);
+    UNLOCK_DOMAIN(cork, s->cork->lock);
+  }
 
   if (!s->loop)
     ;
@@ -820,7 +825,7 @@ sk_free(resource *r)
       rem_node(&s->n);
   }
 
-  if (s->type != SK_SSH && s->type != SK_SSH_ACTIVE)
+  if (s->type != SK_SSH && s->type != SK_SSH_ACTIVE && s->fd != -1)
     close(s->fd);
 
   s->fd = -1;
@@ -1710,6 +1715,7 @@ sk_maybe_write(sock *s)
 	  s->err_hook(s, (errno != EPIPE) ? errno : 0);
 	  return -1;
 	}
+	sk_ping(s);
 	return 0;
       }
       s->ttx += e;
@@ -1917,6 +1923,25 @@ sk_read(sock *s, int revents)
   case SK_TCP:
   case SK_UNIX:
     {
+      if (s->cork)
+      {
+	int cont = 0;
+	LOCK_DOMAIN(cork, s->cork->lock);
+	if (!enlisted(&s->cork_node))
+	  if (s->cork->count)
+	  {
+//	    log(L_TRACE "Socket %p corked", s);
+	    add_tail(&s->cork->sockets, &s->cork_node);
+	    sk_ping(s);
+	  }
+	  else
+	    cont = 1;
+	UNLOCK_DOMAIN(cork, s->cork->lock);
+
+	if (!cont)
+	  return 0;
+      }
+
       int c = read(s->fd, s->rpos, s->rbuf + s->rbsize - s->rpos);
 
       if (c < 0)