diff --git a/libmaxsi/decl/errno_values.h b/libmaxsi/decl/errno_values.h
index 7c0cd67a..1c78d881 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/decl/errno_values.h
+++ b/libmaxsi/decl/errno_values.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define EILSEQ 40
 #define ELAKE 41
 #define EMFILE 42
+#define EAGAIN 43
 
 #define EOPNOTSUPP ENOTSUP
 
diff --git a/libmaxsi/error.cpp b/libmaxsi/error.cpp
index 8e1b8259..ac6d6798 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/error.cpp
+++ b/libmaxsi/error.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ namespace Maxsi
 				case EILSEQ: return (char*) "Illegal byte sequence";
 				case ELAKE: return (char*) "Sit by a lake";
 				case EMFILE: return (char*) "Too many open files";
+				case EAGAIN: return (char*) "Resource temporarily unavailable";
 				default: return (char*) "Unknown error condition";
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/libmaxsi/io.cpp b/libmaxsi/io.cpp
index c94ca1c7..9f42b8c5 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/io.cpp
+++ b/libmaxsi/io.cpp
@@ -214,12 +214,18 @@ namespace Maxsi
 
 	extern "C" ssize_t read(int fd, void* buf, size_t count)
 	{
-		return SysRead(fd, buf, count);
+retry:
+		ssize_t result = SysRead(fd, buf, count);
+		if ( result < 0 && errno == EAGAIN ) { goto retry; }
+		return result;
 	}
 
 	extern "C" ssize_t write(int fd, const void* buf, size_t count)
 	{
-		return SysWrite(fd, buf, count);
+retry:
+		ssize_t result = SysWrite(fd, buf, count);
+		if ( result < 0 && errno == EAGAIN ) { goto retry; }
+		return result;
 	}
 
 	extern "C" int writeall(int fd, const void* buffer, size_t len)