diff --git a/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py b/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py
index 82e95cc..580b85e 100644
--- a/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py
+++ b/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import select
 import selectors
 import warnings
 from collections import deque
 from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import chain
+from socket import socketpair
 from threading import Event
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -162,10 +164,11 @@ class Socket(zmq.Socket):
     _shadow_sock: zmq.Socket
     _poller_class = _AsyncPoller
     _fd = None
-    _selector = None
     _exit_stack = None
     _task_group = None
     _stop_event = None
+    _select_socket_r = None
+    _select_socket_w = None
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -191,8 +194,15 @@ def __init__(
         self._state = 0
         self._fd = self._shadow_sock.FD
         self._stop_event = Event()
+        self._select_socket_r, self._select_socket_w = socketpair()
+        self._select_socket_r.setblocking(False)
+        self._select_socket_w.setblocking(False)
 
     def close(self, linger: int | None = None) -> None:
+        assert self._stop_event is not None
+        assert self._select_socket_w is not None
+        self._stop_event.set()
+        self._select_socket_w.send(b"")
         if not self.closed and self._fd is not None:
             event_list: list[_FutureEvent] = list(
                 chain(self._recv_futures or [], self._send_futures or [])
@@ -206,14 +216,6 @@ def close(self, linger: int | None = None) -> None:
                         pass
             self._clear_io_state()
         super().close(linger=linger)
-        assert self._stop_event is not None
-        self._stop_event.set()
-        try:
-            assert self._selector is not None
-            self._selector.unregister(self._shadow_sock)
-            self._selector.close()
-        except BaseException:
-            pass
 
     close.__doc__ = zmq.Socket.close.__doc__
 
@@ -686,17 +688,15 @@ async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb):
         return await self._exit_stack.__aexit__(exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb)
 
     async def start(self):
-        if self._selector is not None:
-            raise RuntimeError("Socket already started")
-
-        self._selector = selectors.DefaultSelector()
-        self._selector.register(self._shadow_sock, selectors.EVENT_READ)
         await to_thread.run_sync(self._reader, abandon_on_cancel=True)
         #create_task(self._handle_events(task_group), task_group)
 
     def _reader(self):
         while True:
-            events = self._selector.select(0.1)
+            try:
+                rs, ws, xs = select.select([self._shadow_sock, self._select_socket_r.fileno()], [], [self._shadow_sock, self._select_socket_r.fileno()])
+            except OSError as e:
+                return
             if self._stop_event.is_set():
                 return
             self._read()