diff --git a/long_polling b/long_polling
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/openerp/cli/server.py b/openerp/cli/server.py
index 2ee9e53b3ca..3d269a3c458 100644
--- a/openerp/cli/server.py
+++ b/openerp/cli/server.py
@@ -257,9 +257,13 @@ def main(args):
         setup_pid_file()
         # Some module register themselves when they are loaded so we need the
         # services to be running before loading any registry.
-        if config['workers']:
-            openerp.service.start_services_workers()
+        if not openerp.evented:
+            if config['workers']:
+                openerp.service.start_services_workers()
+            else:
+                openerp.service.start_services()
         else:
+            config['xmlrpc_port'] = config['longpolling_port']
             openerp.service.start_services()
 
     rc = 0
diff --git a/openerp/service/workers.py b/openerp/service/workers.py
index 9a6485b8fd3..34c4a4c15c3 100644
--- a/openerp/service/workers.py
+++ b/openerp/service/workers.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import signal
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
+import subprocess
+import os.path
 
 import werkzeug.serving
 try:
@@ -35,7 +37,6 @@ class Multicorn(object):
     def __init__(self, app):
         # config
         self.address = (config['xmlrpc_interface'] or '0.0.0.0', config['xmlrpc_port'])
-        self.long_polling_address = (config['xmlrpc_interface'] or '0.0.0.0', config['longpolling_port'])
         self.population = config['workers']
         self.timeout = config['limit_time_real']
         self.limit_request = config['limit_request']
@@ -46,10 +47,10 @@ class Multicorn(object):
         self.socket = None
         self.workers_http = {}
         self.workers_cron = {}
-        self.workers_longpolling = {}
         self.workers = {}
         self.generation = 0
         self.queue = []
+        self.long_polling_pid = None
 
     def pipe_new(self):
         pipe = os.pipe()
@@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ class Multicorn(object):
             worker.run()
             sys.exit(0)
 
+    def long_polling_spawn(self):
+        nargs = [] + sys.argv
+        cmd = nargs[0]
+        cmd = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(cmd), "long_polling")
+        nargs[0] = cmd
+        popen = subprocess.Popen(nargs)
+        self.long_polling_pid = popen.pid
+
     def worker_pop(self, pid):
         if pid in self.workers:
             _logger.debug("Worker (%s) unregistered",pid)
@@ -143,8 +152,8 @@ class Multicorn(object):
             self.worker_spawn(WorkerHTTP, self.workers_http)
         while len(self.workers_cron) < config['max_cron_threads']:
             self.worker_spawn(WorkerCron, self.workers_cron)
-        while len(self.workers_longpolling) < 1:
-            self.worker_spawn(WorkerLongPolling, self.workers_longpolling)
+        if not self.long_polling_pid:
+            self.long_polling_spawn()
 
     def sleep(self):
         try:
@@ -183,14 +192,11 @@ class Multicorn(object):
         self.socket.setblocking(0)
         self.socket.bind(self.address)
         self.socket.listen(8*self.population)
-        # long polling socket
-        self.long_polling_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        self.long_polling_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-        self.long_polling_socket.setblocking(0)
-        self.long_polling_socket.bind(self.long_polling_address)
-        self.long_polling_socket.listen(8)
 
     def stop(self, graceful=True):
+        if self.long_polling_pid is not None:
+            self.worker_kill(self.long_polling_pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+            self.long_polling_pid = None
         if graceful:
             _logger.info("Stopping gracefully")
             limit = time.time() + self.timeout
@@ -353,49 +359,8 @@ class WorkerHTTP(Worker):
 
     def start(self):
         Worker.start(self)
-        self.multi.long_polling_socket.close()
         self.server = WorkerBaseWSGIServer(self.multi.app)
 
-class WorkerLongPolling(Worker):
-    """ Long polling workers """
-    def __init__(self, multi):
-        super(WorkerLongPolling, self).__init__(multi)
-        # Disable the watchdog feature for this kind of worker.
-        self.watchdog_timeout = None
-
-    def watch_parent(self):
-        import gevent
-        while True:
-            if self.ppid != os.getppid():
-                _logger.info("WorkerLongPolling (%s) Parent changed", self.pid)
-                os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGTERM)
-                return
-            gevent.sleep(self.multi.beat)
-
-    def start(self):
-        openerp.evented = True
-        _logger.info('Using gevent mode')
-        import gevent.monkey
-        gevent.monkey.patch_all()
-        import gevent_psycopg2
-        gevent_psycopg2.monkey_patch()
-        from openerp.modules.registry import RegistryManager
-        from gevent.coros import RLock
-        RegistryManager.registries_lock = RLock()
-
-        Worker.start(self)
-        self.multi.socket.close()
-
-        import gevent
-        watcher = gevent.spawn(self.watch_parent)
-
-        log = _logger.getChild(self.__class__.__name__)
-        log.write = lambda msg: log.info(msg.strip())
-
-        from gevent.wsgi import WSGIServer
-        self.server = WSGIServer(self.multi.long_polling_socket, self.multi.app, log=log)
-        self.server.serve_forever()
-
 class WorkerBaseWSGIServer(werkzeug.serving.BaseWSGIServer):
     """ werkzeug WSGI Server patched to allow using an external listen socket
     """
@@ -469,7 +434,6 @@ class WorkerCron(Worker):
     def start(self):
         Worker.start(self)
         self.multi.socket.close()
-        self.multi.long_polling_socket.close()
         openerp.service.start_internal()
 
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