diff -r 1883072efc5f Modules/selectmodule.c
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c	Wed Dec 07 16:20:10 2016 -0800
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c	Fri Dec 09 09:24:42 2016 +0900
@@ -1303,10 +1303,13 @@
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative sizehint");
         return NULL;
     }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_EPOLL_CREATE1
     if (flags && flags != EPOLL_CLOEXEC) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "invalid flags");
         return NULL;
     }
+#endif
 
     return newPyEpoll_Object(type, sizehint, -1);
 }