diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 1e4b38a..d63b4b6 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ newPySSLSocket(SSL_CTX *ctx, PySocketSockObject *sock,
     PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
     self->ssl = SSL_new(ctx);
     PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-    SSL_set_fd(self->ssl, sock->sock_fd);
+    SSL_set_fd(self->ssl, SOCKET_T_AS_INT(sock->sock_fd));
 #ifdef SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY
     SSL_set_mode(self->ssl, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);
 #endif
@@ -1035,9 +1035,9 @@ check_socket_and_wait_for_timeout(PySocketSockObject *s, int writing)
     /* See if the socket is ready */
     PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
     if (writing)
-        rc = select(s->sock_fd+1, NULL, &fds, NULL, &tv);
+        rc = select(SOCKET_T_AS_INT(s->sock_fd)+1, NULL, &fds, NULL, &tv);
     else
-        rc = select(s->sock_fd+1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+        rc = select(SOCKET_T_AS_INT(s->sock_fd)+1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
     PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 
 #ifdef HAVE_POLL
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.h b/Modules/socketmodule.h
index f064795..f930541 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.h
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.h
@@ -88,9 +88,15 @@ typedef SOCKET SOCKET_T;
 #       else
 #               define SIZEOF_SOCKET_T 4
 #       endif
+        /* On Windows, SOCKET_T is an offset in per-process handle table.
+           The per-process limit on kernel handles is 2^24. Kernel Objects:
+           http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724485%28VS.85%29.aspx
+        */
+#       define SOCKET_T_AS_INT(fd) ((int)fd)
 #else
 typedef int SOCKET_T;
 #       define SIZEOF_SOCKET_T SIZEOF_INT
+#       define SOCKET_T_AS_INT(fd) (fd)
 #endif
 
 #if SIZEOF_SOCKET_T <= SIZEOF_LONG