diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
index 2938d704..3b617d46 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/ggevent.py
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ class GeventWorker(AsyncWorker):
         except:
             pass
 
+    def handle(self, listener, client, addr):
+        # Connected socket timeout defaults to socket.getdefaulttimeout().
+        # This forces to blocking mode.
+        client.setblocking(1)
+        super(GeventWorker, self).handle(listener, client, addr)
+
     def handle_request(self, listener_name, req, sock, addr):
         try:
             super(GeventWorker, self).handle_request(listener_name, req, sock,