2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/osdep/io.c b/osdep/io.c
index 807ec0a0d0..27235e092c 100644
--- a/osdep/io.c
+++ b/osdep/io.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "talloc.h"
 
@@ -41,6 +42,30 @@ bool mp_set_cloexec(int fd)
     return true;
 }
 
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+int mp_make_wakeup_pipe(int pipes[2])
+{
+    pipes[0] = pipes[1] = -1;
+    return -ENOSYS;
+}
+#else
+// create a pipe, and set it to non-blocking (and also set FD_CLOEXEC)
+int mp_make_wakeup_pipe(int pipes[2])
+{
+    if (pipe(pipes) != 0) {
+        pipes[0] = pipes[1] = -1;
+        return -errno;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        mp_set_cloexec(pipes[i]);
+        int val = fcntl(pipes[i], F_GETFL) | O_NONBLOCK;
+        fcntl(pipes[i], F_SETFL, val);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
 #include <windows.h>
diff --git a/osdep/io.h b/osdep/io.h
index 53097a1b78..306e2ac6ec 100644
--- a/osdep/io.h
+++ b/osdep/io.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #endif
 
 bool mp_set_cloexec(int fd);
+int mp_make_wakeup_pipe(int pipes[2]);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <wchar.h>