diff -r f48f302f54aa Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
--- a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py	Sun Dec 01 11:04:17 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py	Sun Dec 01 13:06:55 2013 +0100
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 
         try:
             signal.signal(sig, self._handle_signal)
+            # Set SA_RESTART to limit EINTR occurrences.
+            signal.siginterrupt(sig, False)
         except OSError as exc:
             del self._signal_handlers[sig]
             if not self._signal_handlers: