diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/connection.py b/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
index 8bfbb51d..28afb099 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/connection.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import ansible.errors
 import ansible.plugins.connection
 import ansible.utils.shlex
 
+import mitogen.core
 import mitogen.fork
 import mitogen.unix
 import mitogen.utils
@@ -340,12 +341,21 @@ CONNECTION_METHOD = {
 }
 
 
+class Broker(mitogen.master.Broker):
+    """
+    WorkerProcess maintains at most 2 file descriptors, therefore does not need
+    the exuberant syscall expense of EpollPoller, so override it and restore
+    the poll() poller.
+    """
+    poller_class = mitogen.core.Poller
+
+
 class CallChain(mitogen.parent.CallChain):
     """
     Extend :class:`mitogen.parent.CallChain` to additionally cause the
     associated :class:`Connection` to be reset if a ChannelError occurs.
 
-    This only catches failures that occur while a call is pnding, it is a
+    This only catches failures that occur while a call is pending, it is a
     stop-gap until a more general method is available to notice connection in
     every situation.
     """
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e4458dc5..fa61ef0f 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Enhancements
   latency.
 
 * `#415 <https://github.com/dw/mitogen/issues/415>`_,
+  `#491 <https://github.com/dw/mitogen/issues/491>`_,
   `#493 <https://github.com/dw/mitogen/issues/493>`_: the interface employed
   for in-process queues changed from `kqueue
   <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2>`_ / `epoll