diff --git a/src/child.c b/src/child.c
index 89a081c..a4a90f6 100644
--- a/src/child.c
+++ b/src/child.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void child_main_loop (void)
 
         /*
          * We have to wait for connections on multiple fds,
-         * so use select.
+         * so use select/poll/whatever.
          */
         while (!config->quit) {
 
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ void child_main_loop (void)
                         if (errno == EINTR) {
                                 continue;
                         }
-                        log_message (LOG_ERR, "error calling select: %s",
+                        log_message (LOG_ERR, "error calling " SELECT_OR_POLL ": %s",
                                      strerror(errno));
                         continue;
                 } else if (ret == 0) {
-                        log_message (LOG_WARNING, "Strange: select returned 0 "
+                        log_message (LOG_WARNING, "Strange: " SELECT_OR_POLL " returned 0 "
                                      "but we did not specify a timeout...");
                         continue;
                 }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void child_main_loop (void)
 
                 if (listenfd == -1) {
                         log_message(LOG_WARNING, "Strange: None of our listen "
-                                    "fds was readable after select");
+                                    "fds was readable after " SELECT_OR_POLL);
                         continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/mypoll.h b/src/mypoll.h
index a336680..8736015 100644
--- a/src/mypoll.h
+++ b/src/mypoll.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_POLL_H
+#define SELECT_OR_POLL "poll"
 
 #include <poll.h>
 typedef struct pollfd pollfd_struct;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ typedef struct pollfd pollfd_struct;
 
 #else
 
+#define SELECT_OR_POLL "select"
 #include <sys/select.h>
 typedef struct mypollfd {
 	int   fd;
diff --git a/src/reqs.c b/src/reqs.c
index 49f77b6..f6a9233 100644
--- a/src/reqs.c
+++ b/src/reqs.c
@@ -1163,11 +1163,11 @@ static void relay_connection (struct conn_s *connptr)
 
                 if (ret == 0) {
                         log_message (LOG_INFO,
-                                     "Idle Timeout (after select)");
+                                     "Idle Timeout (after " SELECT_OR_POLL ")");
                                 return;
                 } else if (ret < 0) {
                         log_message (LOG_ERR,
-                                     "relay_connection: select() error \"%s\". "
+                                     "relay_connection: " SELECT_OR_POLL "() error \"%s\". "
                                      "Closing connection (client_fd:%d, server_fd:%d)",
                                      strerror (errno), connptr->client_fd,
                                      connptr->server_fd);
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ get_request_entity(struct conn_s *connptr)
 
         if (ret == -1) {
                 log_message (LOG_ERR,
-                             "Error calling select on client fd %d: %s",
+                             "Error calling " SELECT_OR_POLL " on client fd %d: %s",
                              connptr->client_fd, strerror(errno));
         } else if (ret == 0) {
                log_message (LOG_INFO, "no entity");
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ get_request_entity(struct conn_s *connptr)
                         ret = 0;
                 }
         } else {
-                log_message (LOG_ERR, "strange situation after select: "
+                log_message (LOG_ERR, "strange situation after " SELECT_OR_POLL ": "
                              "ret = %d, but client_fd (%d) is not readable...",
                              ret, connptr->client_fd);
                 ret = -1;