diff --git a/src/unix/unix_netsocket.c b/src/unix/unix_netsocket.c
index d626d025b..850fa3c6c 100644
--- a/src/unix/unix_netsocket.c
+++ b/src/unix/unix_netsocket.c
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ plat_netsocket_accept(SOCKET socket)
     if (clientsocket == -1)
         return -1;
 
+    fcntl(clientsocket, F_SETFL, fcntl(clientsocket, F_GETFL, 0) | O_NONBLOCK);
+
     return clientsocket;
 }