diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index b3ad629272dcad1365fce1e9f16421c526a79e10..5944095b35d9d9a47721c0531343d96e41d3cee4 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/error.c",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.c",
+        "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.c",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.c",
@@ -586,6 +587,8 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/error_internal.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.h",
+        "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h",
+        "src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_poll_posix.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h",
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e1513ee48f77d4e28f9301d2b7abc44e345aa95c..a3fd5b4851216be06b301de9e2b70eeb472a65f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ add_custom_target(plugins
 
 add_custom_target(tools_c
   DEPENDS
+  check_epollexclusive
   gen_hpack_tables
   gen_legal_metadata_characters
   gen_percent_encoding_tables
@@ -946,6 +947,7 @@ add_library(grpc
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -1272,6 +1274,7 @@ add_library(grpc_cronet
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -1583,6 +1586,7 @@ add_library(grpc_test_util
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -1840,6 +1844,7 @@ add_library(grpc_unsecure
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -2260,6 +2265,7 @@ add_library(grpc++
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -2586,6 +2592,7 @@ add_library(grpc++_cronet
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -3351,6 +3358,7 @@ add_library(grpc++_unsecure
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -5045,6 +5053,42 @@ target_link_libraries(channel_create_test
 )
 
 endif (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
+
+add_executable(check_epollexclusive
+  test/build/check_epollexclusive.c
+)
+
+
+target_include_directories(check_epollexclusive
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${PROTOBUF_ROOT_DIR}/src
+  PRIVATE ${BENCHMARK_ROOT_DIR}/include
+  PRIVATE ${ZLIB_ROOT_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/zlib
+  PRIVATE ${CARES_BUILD_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CARES_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CARES_PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/cares/cares
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/gflags/include
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(check_epollexclusive
+  ${_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES}
+  grpc
+  gpr
+)
+
+
+if (gRPC_INSTALL)
+  install(TARGETS check_epollexclusive EXPORT gRPCTargets
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  )
+endif()
+
 if (gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
 
 add_executable(chttp2_hpack_encoder_test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1f356ceef3b1b27e1faddc072fdff775d120fd9f..3540732df79545b11ca2467ea0c5977f18a55035 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ census_context_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_context_test
 census_resource_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_resource_test
 census_trace_context_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_trace_context_test
 channel_create_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/channel_create_test
+check_epollexclusive: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/check_epollexclusive
 chttp2_hpack_encoder_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/chttp2_hpack_encoder_test
 chttp2_stream_map_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/chttp2_stream_map_test
 chttp2_varint_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/chttp2_varint_test
@@ -2133,7 +2134,7 @@ test_python: static_c
 tools: tools_c tools_cxx
 
 
-tools_c: privatelibs_c $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_hpack_tables $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_legal_metadata_characters $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_percent_encoding_tables $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_create_jwt $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_print_google_default_creds_token $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_verify_jwt
+tools_c: privatelibs_c $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/check_epollexclusive $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_hpack_tables $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_legal_metadata_characters $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/gen_percent_encoding_tables $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_create_jwt $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_print_google_default_creds_token $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_verify_jwt
 
 tools_cxx: privatelibs_cxx
 
@@ -2920,6 +2921,7 @@ LIBGRPC_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
@@ -3244,6 +3246,7 @@ LIBGRPC_CRONET_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
@@ -3554,6 +3557,7 @@ LIBGRPC_TEST_UTIL_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
@@ -3783,6 +3787,7 @@ LIBGRPC_UNSECURE_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
@@ -4180,6 +4185,7 @@ LIBGRPC++_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
@@ -4514,6 +4520,7 @@ LIBGRPC++_CRONET_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
@@ -5276,6 +5283,7 @@ LIBGRPC++_UNSECURE_SRC = \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
@@ -8991,6 +8999,38 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
+CHECK_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_SRC = \
+    test/build/check_epollexclusive.c \
+
+CHECK_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(CHECK_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/check_epollexclusive: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/check_epollexclusive: $(CHECK_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(CHECK_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/check_epollexclusive
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/build/check_epollexclusive.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_check_epollexclusive: $(CHECK_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(CHECK_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+
+
 CHTTP2_HPACK_ENCODER_TEST_SRC = \
     test/core/transport/chttp2/hpack_encoder_test.c \
 
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 82242c057c1a278d406acf24c5c17a3d1e0d5cc4..d39665272cb03b919581b951a52c3bb497007f64 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@
         'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c',
         'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c',
         'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c',
+        'src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c',
         'src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c',
         'src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c',
         'src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c',
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 80ad5498f163bedad556869d615aae608d4f6017..856104dbe2fd634941ece6bdbbc49f5cd077943b 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ filegroups:
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h
+  - src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.h
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ filegroups:
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_posix.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h
+  - src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.h
@@ -312,6 +314,7 @@ filegroups:
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c
+  - src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c
   - src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c
@@ -1658,6 +1661,14 @@ targets:
   - grpc
   - gpr_test_util
   - gpr
+- name: check_epollexclusive
+  build: tool
+  language: c
+  src:
+  - test/build/check_epollexclusive.c
+  deps:
+  - grpc
+  - gpr
 - name: chttp2_hpack_encoder_test
   build: test
   language: c
diff --git a/config.m4 b/config.m4
index 73c0e01a38ff3692b808001010b0ad9c3583aa54..8d07fa931ee18cfd9c2fd856afc91c927f7a08f9 100644
--- a/config.m4
+++ b/config.m4
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ if test "$PHP_GRPC" != "no"; then
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+    src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
     src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c \
diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index c5ff33ef8704fed00b7f7c1e86ef08281f6c9faa..3a1741cc85180f0f602e32f7e89b36b71882e323 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h',
+                      'src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.h',
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_posix.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h',
+                      'src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.h',
@@ -492,6 +494,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c',
+                      'src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c',
                       'src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c',
@@ -742,6 +745,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h',
+                              'src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.h',
@@ -763,6 +767,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_posix.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h',
+                              'src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h',
                               'src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.h',
diff --git a/grpc.gemspec b/grpc.gemspec
index 33822cc649aa91e72b36ab1c01fed33cd261061b..b810d02d73d8c081a306351e850f8d1447a6c6cd 100755
--- a/grpc.gemspec
+++ b/grpc.gemspec
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.h )
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_posix.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.h )
@@ -408,6 +410,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c )
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 3f438a51cef35e8d193ab5dd6394a7035e50758b..9c52f5cbe8ef309f0edcc53de559f38303bcfbba 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.h" role="src" />
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_posix.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.h" role="src" />
@@ -417,6 +419,7 @@
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c" role="src" />
+    <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c" role="src" />
     <file baseinstalldir="/" name="src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c" role="src" />
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.c
index 64afc7b804bc32f0ee80896c645a78cc0cbd491a..b7c3e2e959f3e395dba1a6ad58f7ed542bac06ce 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epollex_linux.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2017, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -55,7 +54,9 @@
 
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/wakeup_fd_posix.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/workqueue.h"
@@ -63,10 +64,6 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/support/block_annotate.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/spinlock.h"
 
-#ifndef EPOLLEXCLUSIVE
-#define EPOLLEXCLUSIVE (1 << 28)
-#endif
-
 /* TODO: sreek: Right now, this wakes up all pollers. In future we should make
  * sure to wake up one polling thread (which can wake up other threads if
  * needed) */
@@ -1496,70 +1493,12 @@ static const grpc_event_engine_vtable vtable = {
     .shutdown_engine = shutdown_engine,
 };
 
-/* It is possible that GLIBC has epoll but the underlying kernel doesn't.
- * Create a dummy epoll_fd to make sure epoll support is available */
-static bool is_epollex_available(void) {
-  static bool logged_why_not = false;
-
-  int fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
-  if (fd < 0) {
-    if (!logged_why_not) {
-      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
-              "epoll_create1 failed with error: %d. Not using epollex polling "
-              "engine.",
-              fd);
-      logged_why_not = true;
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-  grpc_wakeup_fd wakeup;
-  if (!GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("check_wakeupfd_for_epollex",
-                         grpc_wakeup_fd_init(&wakeup))) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  struct epoll_event ev = {
-      /* choose events that should cause an error on
-         EPOLLEXCLUSIVE enabled kernels - specifically the combination of
-         EPOLLONESHOT and EPOLLEXCLUSIVE */
-      .events = (uint32_t)(EPOLLET | EPOLLIN | EPOLLEXCLUSIVE | EPOLLONESHOT),
-      .data.ptr = NULL};
-  if (epoll_ctl(fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, wakeup.read_fd, &ev) != 0) {
-    if (errno != EINVAL) {
-      if (!logged_why_not) {
-        gpr_log(
-            GPR_ERROR,
-            "epoll_ctl with EPOLLEXCLUSIVE | EPOLLONESHOT failed with error: "
-            "%d. Not using epollex polling engine.",
-            errno);
-        logged_why_not = true;
-      }
-      close(fd);
-      grpc_wakeup_fd_destroy(&wakeup);
-      return false;
-    }
-  } else {
-    if (!logged_why_not) {
-      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
-              "epoll_ctl with EPOLLEXCLUSIVE | EPOLLONESHOT succeeded. This is "
-              "evidence of no EPOLLEXCLUSIVE support. Not using "
-              "epollex polling engine.");
-      logged_why_not = true;
-    }
-    close(fd);
-    grpc_wakeup_fd_destroy(&wakeup);
-    return false;
-  }
-  grpc_wakeup_fd_destroy(&wakeup);
-  close(fd);
-  return true;
-}
-
 const grpc_event_engine_vtable *grpc_init_epollex_linux(void) {
   if (!grpc_has_wakeup_fd()) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  if (!is_epollex_available()) {
+  if (!grpc_is_epollexclusive_available()) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..34fcf313e5e8f69f985df77a6c47e86fe3f200f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h"
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h"
+
+#ifdef GRPC_LINUX_EPOLL
+
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/eventfd.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h"
+
+/* This polling engine is only relevant on linux kernels supporting epoll() */
+bool grpc_is_epollexclusive_available(void) {
+  static bool logged_why_not = false;
+
+  int fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    if (!logged_why_not) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
+              "epoll_create1 failed with error: %d. Not using epollex polling "
+              "engine.",
+              fd);
+      logged_why_not = true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+  int evfd = eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
+  if (evfd < 0) {
+    if (!logged_why_not) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
+              "eventfd failed with error: %d. Not using epollex polling "
+              "engine.",
+              fd);
+      logged_why_not = true;
+    }
+    close(fd);
+    return false;
+  }
+  struct epoll_event ev = {
+      /* choose events that should cause an error on
+         EPOLLEXCLUSIVE enabled kernels - specifically the combination of
+         EPOLLONESHOT and EPOLLEXCLUSIVE */
+      .events = (uint32_t)(EPOLLET | EPOLLIN | EPOLLEXCLUSIVE | EPOLLONESHOT),
+      .data.ptr = NULL};
+  if (epoll_ctl(fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, evfd, &ev) != 0) {
+    if (errno != EINVAL) {
+      if (!logged_why_not) {
+        gpr_log(
+            GPR_ERROR,
+            "epoll_ctl with EPOLLEXCLUSIVE | EPOLLONESHOT failed with error: "
+            "%d. Not using epollex polling engine.",
+            errno);
+        logged_why_not = true;
+      }
+      close(fd);
+      close(evfd);
+      return false;
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (!logged_why_not) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
+              "epoll_ctl with EPOLLEXCLUSIVE | EPOLLONESHOT succeeded. This is "
+              "evidence of no EPOLLEXCLUSIVE support. Not using "
+              "epollex polling engine.");
+      logged_why_not = true;
+    }
+    close(fd);
+    close(evfd);
+    return false;
+  }
+  close(evfd);
+  close(fd);
+  return true;
+}
+
+#else
+
+bool grpc_is_epollexclusive_available(void) { return false; }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b65b819e740286f1ee12c74d44c6d1a0f01889fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_IS_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_AVAILABLE_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_IS_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_AVAILABLE_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+bool grpc_is_epollexclusive_available(void);
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_IS_EPOLLEXCLUSIVE_AVAILABLE_H */
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f08423193d5814318ea9027aac755e3c436c573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_SYS_EPOLL_WRAPPER_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_SYS_EPOLL_WRAPPER_H
+
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+
+#ifndef EPOLLEXCLUSIVE
+#define EPOLLEXCLUSIVE (1 << 28)
+#endif
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_SYS_EPOLL_WRAPPER_H */
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
index d3af7cace3a891228de5ab0f3e1fb6311a7c69b6..ced072bf59bf676b397b4c610cc51794c9d41a1a 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ CORE_SOURCE_FILES = [
   'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c',
   'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c',
   'src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c',
+  'src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c',
   'src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c',
   'src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c',
   'src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.c',
diff --git a/test/build/check_epollexclusive.c b/test/build/check_epollexclusive.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb512c3ae1adebe9f624a3a655d9a667a741dbbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/build/check_epollexclusive.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  return grpc_is_epollexclusive_available() ? 0 : 1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
index f0768464d82357171a716ea6719249e503c4183e..4cf5bef7471424b36bfc03d20062394af84c23f3 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
@@ -960,6 +960,8 @@ src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
+src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
@@ -1002,6 +1004,7 @@ src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_uv.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_windows.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h \
+src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h \
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index 02af1d69cbca5428ba0e56aa484a243e47298667..d43e4bcbc51c3d66d9652613cb7d84d0b17a5ccb 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -1095,6 +1095,8 @@ src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c \
+src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c \
+src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c \
@@ -1137,6 +1139,7 @@ src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_uv.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_windows.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h \
+src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.c \
 src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h \
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
index 6ef1c13b102eedb4391fed26b8053375b2d434c7..36305a003aa346f7eb65626b5372a614ba95e675 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -232,6 +232,21 @@
     "third_party": false, 
     "type": "target"
   }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "gpr", 
+      "grpc"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "is_filegroup": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "check_epollexclusive", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/build/check_epollexclusive.c"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
   {
     "deps": [
       "gpr", 
@@ -7711,6 +7726,7 @@
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_internal.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h", 
+      "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/network_status_tracker.h", 
@@ -7732,6 +7748,7 @@
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_posix.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h", 
+      "src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.h", 
@@ -7864,6 +7881,8 @@
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_posix.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_uv.c", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_windows.c", 
+      "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.c", 
+      "src/core/lib/iomgr/is_epollexclusive_available.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.c", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/lockfree_event.c", 
@@ -7906,6 +7925,7 @@
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_windows.c", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.c", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_windows.h", 
+      "src/core/lib/iomgr/sys_epoll_wrapper.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client.h", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.c", 
       "src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_client_posix.h", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
index d2e3506fe5a829cbaf770477a81569dcf15280e7..3698d1b8618fcd28e368e05ceeecec393b4b4528 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
@@ -1432,6 +1432,14 @@ class BuildAndRunError(object):
   POST_TEST = object()
 
 
+def _has_epollexclusive():
+  try:
+    subprocess.check_call('bins/%s/check_epollexclusive' % args.config)
+    return True
+  except subprocess.CalledProcessError, e:
+    return False
+
+
 # returns a list of things that failed (or an empty list on success)
 def _build_and_run(
     check_cancelled, newline_on_success, xml_report=None, build_only=False):
@@ -1449,6 +1457,10 @@ def _build_and_run(
                                            suite_name=args.report_suite_name)
     return []
 
+  if not args.travis and not _has_epollexclusive() and 'epollex' in _POLLING_STRATEGIES[platform_string()]:
+    print('\n\nOmitting EPOLLEXCLUSIVE tests\n\n')
+    _POLLING_STRATEGIES[platform_string()].remove('epollex')
+
   # start antagonists
   antagonists = [subprocess.Popen(['tools/run_tests/python_utils/antagonist.py'])
                  for _ in range(0, args.antagonists)]
diff --git a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
index 539f474f9ec59a07ac358a2ef628f896b861d03a..2e8ccf812bd501469e756e5d958a40aaeb531440 100644
--- a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
+++ b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "channel_create_test", "vcxp
 		{B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792} = {B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "check_epollexclusive", "vcxproj\.\check_epollexclusive\check_epollexclusive.vcxproj", "{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}"
+	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
+        	lib = "False"
+	EndProjectSection
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{29D16885-7228-4C31-81ED-5F9187C7F2A9} = {29D16885-7228-4C31-81ED-5F9187C7F2A9}
+		{B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792} = {B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792}
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 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "chttp2_hpack_encoder_test", "vcxproj\test\chttp2_hpack_encoder_test\chttp2_hpack_encoder_test.vcxproj", "{19F92966-3B0E-4FF8-CD7C-435D353E079E}"
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+		{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
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index 97378e0a0f85984fc6f4a02fd91f4cbac3e5bc86..307ae4b59908e354d29491e08db34aafcb033f30 100644
--- a/vsprojects/grpc.sln
+++ b/vsprojects/grpc.sln
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 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
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+	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
+        	lib = "False"
+	EndProjectSection
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
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+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "gen_hpack_tables", "vcxproj\.\gen_hpack_tables\gen_hpack_tables.vcxproj", "{FCDEA4C7-7F26-05DB-D08F-A08F499026E6}"
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+		{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}.Release-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{03306445-5BA0-289C-02AB-513DE6C52124}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{FCDEA4C7-7F26-05DB-D08F-A08F499026E6}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/check_epollexclusive/check_epollexclusive.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/check_epollexclusive/check_epollexclusive.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..36e6fee0db84f2ef59a000a8d6dc1ae94ed8bfbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/check_epollexclusive/check_epollexclusive.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
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+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
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+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
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+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5572541d1da5501ae1ff4a0f2a3965b93d9c897e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/check_epollexclusive/check_epollexclusive.vcxproj.filters
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
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index fa4610974aea2ca6becaab3c1d934924dc86961b..3648bd67a240642cf5a10f8adacfa4964e5e0c77 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj
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index e94aee357e746c241a152a28a51f2efc04c80cac..2703372d1d8b887e9dcf79b641f368f6f9730b64 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc++/grpc++.vcxproj.filters
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@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@
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     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
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       <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
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     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\sys_epoll_wrapper.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
index d6881a98c0b085d5945e46de585fb91b2847617f..7e864c10b2bd4d83c48ac6ca2c554fdeeba4c7f9 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
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     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\socket_windows.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\sys_epoll_wrapper.h" />
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     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\iomgr_windows.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\load_file.c">
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
index 2a694cd4f3d759aca8ba413bb09672b5fd1a2425..ba17b67ed3af5c1b478360b6e5691e9771b0694f 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
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@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\iomgr_windows.c">
       <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\load_file.c">
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       <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
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+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
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+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\sys_epoll_wrapper.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\tcp_client.h">
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj
index 1a3120c79888599c1c2b29c503cb7234c94044c0..55d53eec476d07776f2008d780c3e8fc0421006c 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj
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+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\sys_epoll_wrapper.h" />
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@@ -406,6 +408,8 @@
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     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\iomgr_windows.c">
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+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\load_file.c">
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj.filters
index d750cf78d99dbe8eefff6f2888268a8df18ef004..0a12bc9ee125da7c9aadf9672436ba4588da0cd6 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_test_util/grpc_test_util.vcxproj.filters
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\iomgr_windows.c">
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+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\load_file.c">
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+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\lib\iomgr\is_epollexclusive_available.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
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+      <Filter>src\core\lib\iomgr</Filter>
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
index 0716de4a9c4e4c9a3332a398c0ecd0886177c184..bfa01f1a3c030db3d3b1cd2c7859ba8bf5015cf8 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
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diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters
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+    </ClCompile>
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