diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index acdb181..ccd1a9a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if (LINUX)
     find_package(Fontconfig)
     list(APPEND LIBS ${LINUX_GL_LIBS} -ldl)
     list(APPEND IMGUI_LIBS ${LINUX_GL_LIBS} -ldl)
+    list(APPEND FLAGS -DUSE_EPOLL)
     if (Fontconfig_FOUND)
         list(APPEND FLAGS -DUSE_FONTCONFIG)
         list(APPEND LIBS Fontconfig::Fontconfig)
diff --git a/logcat_thread.cpp b/logcat_thread.cpp
index d7a0812..ed6466b 100644
--- a/logcat_thread.cpp
+++ b/logcat_thread.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <system_error>
+#ifdef USE_EPOLL
+    #include <sys/epoll.h>
+#else
+    #include <poll.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "misc.h"
@@ -77,7 +81,6 @@ static inline void handle_fd(int fd, char* buf, size_t* used,
 
 LogcatThread::LogcatThread(const std::string* logcat_command) : _logcat_command(logcat_command) {
     int fds[2];
-    struct epoll_event event = {.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET};
 
     if (pipe(fds)) {
         int errsv = errno;
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ LogcatThread::LogcatThread(const std::string* logcat_command) : _logcat_command(
         throw;
     }
 
+#ifdef USE_EPOLL
+    struct epoll_event event = {.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET};
     this->_epoll_fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
     if (this->_epoll_fd == -1) {
         int errsv = errno;
@@ -125,14 +130,17 @@ LogcatThread::LogcatThread(const std::string* logcat_command) : _logcat_command(
         this->~LogcatThread();
         throw_system_error(errsv, "epoll_ctl() for stderr");
     }
+#endif
 
     this->_thread = std::thread(&LogcatThread::_run, this, this->_stop_source.get_token());
 }
 
 LogcatThread::~LogcatThread() {
+#ifdef USE_EPOLL
     if (this->_epoll_fd != -1 && close(this->_epoll_fd)) {
         log(std::string("Failed to close epoll file descriptor: close(): ") + strerror(errno));
     }
+#endif
     if (this->_stdout_read_fd != -1 && close(this->_stdout_read_fd)) {
         log(std::string("Failed to close stdout read pipe: close(): ") + strerror(errno));
     }
@@ -201,27 +209,68 @@ void LogcatThread::_handle_line(char* buf, size_t length, bool is_stdout) {
     this->_try_log(std::string("Cannot parse logcat stdout: ") + std::string(buf, length));
 }
 
-void LogcatThread::_run_epoll_round() {
-    struct epoll_event events[EPOLL_MAX_EVENTS];
-
-    int ready_fds = epoll_wait(this->_epoll_fd, events, EPOLL_MAX_EVENTS, 1000);
-    if (ready_fds == -1) {
-        int errsv = errno; // just in case if std::string overrides it
-        this->_try_log(std::string("epoll_wait(): ") + strerror(errsv));
-        return;
-    }
-
-    for (int i=0; i < ready_fds; i++) {
-        const bool is_stdout = events[i].data.fd == this->_stdout_read_fd;
+void LogcatThread::_run_read_round() {
+    auto handle_ready_fd = [&](int fd) {
+        const bool is_stdout = fd == this->_stdout_read_fd;
         char* buf = is_stdout ? this->_stdout_buf : this->_stderr_buf;
         size_t* used = is_stdout ? &this->_stdout_buf_used : &this->_stderr_buf_used;
 
         try {
-            handle_fd(events[i].data.fd, buf, used, &LogcatThread::_handle_line, this, is_stdout);
+            handle_fd(fd, buf, used, &LogcatThread::_handle_line, this, is_stdout);
         } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             this->_try_log(std::string("Failed to handle std") + (is_stdout ? "out: " : "err: ") + e.what());
         }
+    };
+
+#ifdef USE_EPOLL
+    struct epoll_event events[EPOLL_MAX_EVENTS];
+
+    int ready_fds = epoll_wait(this->_epoll_fd, events, EPOLL_MAX_EVENTS, 1000);
+    if (ready_fds == -1) {
+        try {
+            throw_system_error("epoll_wait()");
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            this->_try_log(e.what());
+        }
+        return;
     }
+
+    for (int i=0; i < ready_fds; i++) {
+        handle_ready_fd(events[i].data.fd);
+    }
+#else
+    struct pollfd fds[2] = {
+        {
+            .fd = this->_stdout_read_fd,
+            .events = POLLIN | POLLPRI,
+        },
+        {
+            .fd = this->_stderr_read_fd,
+            .events = POLLIN | POLLPRI,
+        },
+    };
+
+    int ready_fds = poll(fds, 2, 1000);
+    if (ready_fds < 0) {
+        try {
+            throw_system_error("poll()");
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            this->_try_log(e.what());
+        }
+        return;
+    } else if (ready_fds == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (fds[0].events & POLLIN || fds[0].events & POLLPRI) {
+        handle_ready_fd(fds[0].fd);
+    }
+    // ignore errors 'cause we'll keep the pipes open until thread termination
+    if (fds[1].events & POLLIN || fds[1].events & POLLPRI) {
+        handle_ready_fd(fds[1].fd);
+    }
+    // ignore errors 'cause we'll keep the pipes open until thread termination
+#endif
 }
 
 void LogcatThread::_try_reap(bool has_request) {
@@ -360,7 +409,7 @@ void LogcatThread::_run(std::stop_token stoken) {
         }
 #endif
 
-        this->_run_epoll_round();
+        this->_run_read_round();
 
         if (stoken.stop_requested() && this->_logcat_pid != -1) {
             this->_run_process_round(LogcatProcessRequest::Stop);
diff --git a/logcat_thread.h b/logcat_thread.h
index 0059f06..85ad304 100644
--- a/logcat_thread.h
+++ b/logcat_thread.h
@@ -38,14 +38,16 @@ private:
     void _try_log(std::string message);
     void _handle_line(char* buf, size_t length, bool is_stdout);
     void _run(std::stop_token stoken);
-    void _run_epoll_round();
+    void _run_read_round();
 
     void _try_reap(bool stop_requested);
     bool _handle_stop_request();
     bool _handle_start_request();
     bool _run_process_round(LogcatProcessRequest request);
 
+#ifdef USE_EPOLL
     int _epoll_fd = -1;
+#endif
     int _stdout_read_fd = -1;
     int _stdout_write_fd = -1;
     int _stderr_read_fd = -1;