diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc
index 40293c5ee4..a384265179 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ LICENSE="GPLv2+"
 
 SECTION = "base"
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/acpid/acpid-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://init"
+           file://init \
+           file://set_socket_noblock.patch "
 
 inherit update-rc.d
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid/set_socket_noblock.patch b/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid/set_socket_noblock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54d64351d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid/set_socket_noblock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/acpid.c
++++ b/acpid.c
+@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 				non_root_clients++;
+ 			}
+ 			fcntl(cli_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
++			fcntl(cli_fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+ 			snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "%d[%d:%d]",
+ 				creds.pid, creds.uid, creds.gid);
+ 			acpid_add_client(cli_fd, buf);