diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/async.py b/gunicorn/workers/async.py
index 09341e00..2e9e2890 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/async.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/async.py
@@ -28,22 +28,19 @@ class AsyncWorker(base.Worker):
     def handle(self, client, addr):
         try:
             parser = http.RequestParser(client)
-            
             try:
-                if self.cfg.keepalive > 0:
-                    while True:
-                        req = None
-                        with self.timeout_ctx():
-                            req = parser.next()
-                        if not req:
-                            break
-                        self.handle_request(req, client, addr)
-                else:
-                    req = parser.next()
+                while True:
+                    req = None
+                    with self.timeout_ctx():
+                        req = parser.next()
+
+                    if not req:
+                        break
                     self.handle_request(req, client, addr)
+                
             except StopIteration:
                 pass
-        except socket.error, e:
+        except socket.error, e: 
             if e[0] not in (errno.EPIPE, errno.ECONNRESET):
                 self.log.exception("Socket error processing request.")
             else:
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
index 9eeea6ce..b4b67cc6 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import sys
 import gevent
 from gevent import monkey
 monkey.noisy = False
+from gevent import core
 from gevent import greenlet
 from gevent.pool import Pool
 from gevent import pywsgi, wsgi
@@ -35,7 +36,16 @@ BASE_WSGI_ENV = {
 
 class GeventWorker(AsyncWorker):
 
-        
+    min_delay = 0.01
+    max_delay = 1
+    
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(GeventWorker, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.pool = None
+        self._accept_event = None
+        self._acceptor_timer = None
+        self.delay = self.min_delay
+
     @classmethod  
     def setup(cls):
         from gevent import monkey
@@ -44,61 +54,91 @@ class GeventWorker(AsyncWorker):
     def timeout_ctx(self):
         return gevent.Timeout(self.cfg.keepalive, False)
         
+    def acceptor(self):
+        if self._accept_event is None:
+            self._accept_event = core.read_event(self.socket.fileno(), self._do_accept, persist=True)
+        
+
     def _acceptor(self, event):
-        if self.alive:
+        if self._accept_event is None:
+            if not self.alive:
+                return
+            
+            # create a read event
+            self._accept_event = core.read_event(self.socket.fileno(), self._do_accept, persist=True)
+        
+    def _do_accept(self, event, _evtype):
+        try:
+            try:
+                conn, addr = self.socket.accept()
+            except socket.error, e:
+                if err[0] == errno.EAGAIN:
+                    sys.exc_clear()
+                    return
+                raise
+            
+            self.delay = self.min_delay
+            self.pool.spawn(self.handle, conn, addr)
+        except socket.error, e:
+            if e[0] not in (errno.EBADF, errno.EINVAL, errno.ENOTSOCK):
+                self.alive = False
+                return
+        except:
+            self.log.exception("Unexpected error in acceptor. Sepuku.")
+            self.stop()
             return
 
-    def acceptor(self, pool):
-        while self.alive:
-            try:
-                try:
-                    conn, addr = self.socket.accept()
-                except socket.error, e:
-                    if err[0] == errno.EAGAIN:
-                        sys.exc_clear()
-                        return
-                    raise
+        if self.delay >= 0:
+            self.stop_acceptor()
+            self._start_accepting_timer = core.timer(self.delay,
+                    self.acceptor)
+            self.delay = min(self.max_delay, self.delay*2)
 
-                pool.spawn(self.handle, conn, addr)
-            except:
-                raise
-                self.log.exception("Unexpected error in acceptor. Sepuku.")
-                self.alive = False
+    def stop_acceptor(self):
+        if self._accept_event is not None:
+            self._accept_event.cancel()
+            self._accept_event = None
 
+        if self._acceptor_timer is not None:
+            self._acceptor_timer.cancel()
+            self.acceptor_timer = None
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.stop_acceptor()
+        self.pool.join(timeout=self.timeout)
+        self.pool.kill(block=True, timeout=1)
+        self.alive = False
 
     def run(self):
         self.socket.setblocking(1)
-        pool = Pool(self.worker_connections)
-        pool._semaphore.rawlink(self._acceptor)
-        acceptor = gevent.spawn(self.acceptor, pool)
-        
+
+        # start to accept
+        self.acceptor()
+       
+        # enter in the main loop
         try:
             while self.alive:
-                self.notify()
-            
+                gevent.spawn(self.notify)
                 if self.ppid != os.getppid():
                     self.log.info("Parent changed, shutting down: %s" % self)
                     break
-                gevent.sleep(0.1)
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                gevent.sleep(self.timeout)
+        except:
             pass
-
-
-        # end
-        gevent.kill(acceptor)
-        pool.join(timeout=self.timeout)
-        pool.kill(block=True, timeout=1)
+        self.stop()
 
     def init_process(self):
         #gevent doesn't reinitialize dns for us after forking
         #here's the workaround
         gevent.core.dns_shutdown(fail_requests=1)
         gevent.core.dns_init()
-        
+
+        # init the pool 
+        self.pool = Pool(self.worker_connections)
+        self.pool._semaphore.rawlink(self._acceptor)
+
         super(GeventWorker, self).init_process()
 
-
-
 class GeventBaseWorker(Worker):
     """\
     This base class is used for the two variants of workers that use