1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/java/com/tigervnc/network/SocketDescriptor.java b/java/com/tigervnc/network/SocketDescriptor.java
index cb478127..95ee84ae 100644
--- a/java/com/tigervnc/network/SocketDescriptor.java
+++ b/java/com/tigervnc/network/SocketDescriptor.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class SocketDescriptor extends SocketChannel
                               implements FileDescriptor {
 
   public SocketDescriptor() throws Exception {
-    super(SelectorProvider.provider());
+    super(DefaultSelectorProvider());
     try {
       channel = SocketChannel.open();
       channel.configureBlocking(false);
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ public class SocketDescriptor extends SocketChannel
     }
   }
 
+  private static SelectorProvider DefaultSelectorProvider() {
+    // kqueue() selector provider on OS X is not working, fall back to select() for now
+    String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
+    if (os.startsWith("Mac OS X"))
+      System.setProperty("java.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider","sun.nio.ch.PollSelectorProvider");
+    return SelectorProvider.provider();
+  }
+
   synchronized public int read(byte[] buf, int bufPtr, int length) throws Exception {
     int n;
     ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.allocate(length);