--- a/qmeventd.c	
+++ a/qmeventd.c	
@@ -684,11 +684,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     vm_clients = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal, free, NULL);
 
     int nevents;
 
     for(;;) {
+	errno = 0;
 	nevents = epoll_wait(epoll_fd, events, 1, needs_cleanup ? 10*1000 : -1);
+	if (nevents < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+		continue;
 	bail_neg(nevents, "epoll_wait");
 
 	for (int n = 0; n < nevents; n++) {
 	    if (events[n].data.fd == sock) {