diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index cb49296f..8564723d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ set(machine_src mm_loop.c
                 mm_connect.c
                 mm_bind.c
                 mm_read.c
-                mm_write.c) # mm_accept.c mm_dns.c mm_tls_io.c)
+                mm_write.c
+                mm_accept.c) # mm_dns.c mm_tls_io.c)
 
 add_library(machine_library_shared SHARED ${machine_src})
 set_target_properties(machine_library_shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${machine_library})
diff --git a/src/mm_accept.c b/src/mm_accept.c
index 4a59e9a6..21143ca5 100644
--- a/src/mm_accept.c
+++ b/src/mm_accept.c
@@ -9,38 +9,37 @@
 #include <machinarium.h>
 
 static void
-mm_accept_cb(uv_stream_t *handle, int status)
+mm_accept_timer_cb(mm_timer_t *handle)
 {
-	mm_io_t *io = handle->data;
-	io->accept_status = status;
+	mm_io_t *io = handle->arg;
+	(void)io;
+	io->accept_status = ETIMEDOUT;
+	io->accept_timedout = 1;
 	mm_scheduler_wakeup(io->accept_fiber);
 }
 
-static inline machine_io_t
-mm_accept_client(mm_io_t *io)
+static void
+mm_accept_cancel_cb(void *obj, void *arg)
 {
-	mm_io_t *client = machine_create_io(io->machine);
-	if (client == NULL) {
-		io->accept_status = -ENOMEM;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	io->accept_status =
-		uv_accept((uv_stream_t*)&io->handle,
-		          (uv_stream_t*)&client->handle);
-	if (io->accept_status < 0) {
-		machine_close(client);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	client->accepted = 1;
-	client->connected = 1;
-	uv_fileno((uv_handle_t*)&client->handle,
-	           &client->fd);
-	return client;
+	mm_io_t *io = arg;
+	(void)obj;
+	io->accept_status = ECANCELED;
+	mm_scheduler_wakeup(io->accept_fiber);
+}
+
+static int
+mm_accept_on_read_cb(mm_fd_t *handle)
+{
+	mm_io_t *io = handle->on_read_arg;
+	io->connect_status = 0; 
+	mm_scheduler_wakeup(io->connect_fiber);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
 mm_accept(mm_io_t *io, int backlog, machine_io_t *client)
 {
+	mm_t *machine = machine = io->machine;
 	mm_fiber_t *current = mm_scheduler_current(&io->machine->scheduler);
 	mm_io_set_errno(io, 0);
 	if (mm_fiber_is_cancelled(current)) {
@@ -51,27 +50,74 @@ mm_accept(mm_io_t *io, int backlog, machine_io_t *client)
 		mm_io_set_errno(io, EINPROGRESS);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	io->accept_status = 0;
-	io->accept_fiber  = current;
+	if (io->connected) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, EINPROGRESS);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (io->fd == -1) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, EBADF);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	io->accept_status   = 0;
+	io->accept_fiber    = NULL;
+	io->accept_timedout = 0;
+
 	int rc;
-	rc = uv_listen((uv_stream_t*)&io->handle, backlog, mm_accept_cb);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		io->accept_fiber = NULL;
-		mm_io_set_errno_uv(io, rc);
+	if (! io->accept_listen) {
+		rc = mm_socket_listen(io->fd, backlog);
+		if (rc == -1) {
+			mm_io_set_errno(io, errno);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* subscribe for accept event */
+	rc = mm_loop_read(&machine->loop, &io->handle,
+	                  mm_accept_on_read_cb,
+	                  io, 1);
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, errno);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	mm_scheduler_yield(&io->machine->scheduler);
-	rc = io->accept_status;
+
+	/* wait for timedout, cancel or execution status */
+	mm_timer_start(&machine->loop.clock, &io->accept_timer,
+	               mm_accept_timer_cb, io, 0);
+	mm_call_begin(&current->call, mm_accept_cancel_cb, io);
+	io->accept_fiber = current;
+	mm_scheduler_yield(&machine->scheduler);
 	io->accept_fiber = NULL;
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		mm_io_set_errno_uv(io, rc);
+	mm_call_end(&current->call);
+	mm_timer_stop(&io->accept_timer);
+
+	rc = mm_loop_read(&machine->loop, &io->handle, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, errno);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	*client = mm_accept_client(io);
-	if (*client == NULL) {
-		mm_io_set_errno_uv(io, io->accept_status);
+
+	rc = io->accept_status;
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, rc);
 		return -1;
 	}
+
+	*client = machine_create_io(io->machine);
+	if (client == NULL) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, ENOMEM);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	rc = mm_socket_accept(io->fd, NULL, NULL);
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, errno);
+		machine_free_io(*client);
+		*client = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	mm_io_t *client_io = (mm_io_t*)*client;
+	client_io->fd = rc;
+	client_io->accepted = 1;
+	client_io->connected = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +129,7 @@ machine_accept(machine_io_t obj, int backlog, machine_io_t *client)
 	rc = mm_accept(io, backlog, client);
 	if (rc == -1)
 		return -1;
+#if 0
 	if (! io->tls_obj)
 		return 0;
 	mm_io_t *io_client = *client;
@@ -97,5 +144,6 @@ machine_accept(machine_io_t obj, int backlog, machine_io_t *client)
 		/* todo: close */
 		return -1;
 	}
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/mm_bind.c b/src/mm_bind.c
index 43baba27..188e86b5 100644
--- a/src/mm_bind.c
+++ b/src/mm_bind.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ MACHINE_API int
 machine_bind(machine_io_t obj, struct sockaddr *sa)
 {
 	mm_io_t *io = obj;
+	mm_t *machine = machine = io->machine;
 	mm_io_set_errno(io, 0);
 	if (io->connected) {
 		mm_io_set_errno(io, EINPROGRESS);
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ machine_bind(machine_io_t obj, struct sockaddr *sa)
 		mm_io_set_errno(io, errno);
 		goto error;
 	}
+	rc = mm_loop_add(&machine->loop, &io->handle, 0);
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		mm_io_set_errno(io, errno);
+		goto error;
+	}
 	return 0;
 error:
 	if (io->fd != -1) {
diff --git a/src/mm_io.h b/src/mm_io.h
index 6772aee5..815d1779 100644
--- a/src/mm_io.h
+++ b/src/mm_io.h
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ struct mm_io_t {
 #endif
 
 	/* accept */
-#if 0
+	mm_timer_t        accept_timer;
+	int               accept_timedout;
 	int               accept_status;
+	int               accept_listen;
 	mm_fiber_t       *accept_fiber;
 	int               accepted;
-#endif
 
 	/* read */
 	mm_timer_t        read_timer;
diff --git a/src/mm_socket.c b/src/mm_socket.c
index 42c28e6c..9a45935f 100644
--- a/src/mm_socket.c
+++ b/src/mm_socket.c
@@ -135,6 +135,24 @@ int mm_socket_bind(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int mm_socket_listen(int fd, int backlog)
+{
+	int rc;
+	rc = listen(fd, backlog);
+	if (rc == -1)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int mm_socket_accept(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *slen)
+{
+	int rc;
+	rc = accept(fd, sa, slen);
+	if (rc == -1)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int mm_socket_write(int fd, void *buf, int size)
 {
 	int rc;
diff --git a/src/mm_socket.h b/src/mm_socket.h
index 3e362e7b..4ffd2184 100644
--- a/src/mm_socket.h
+++ b/src/mm_socket.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ int mm_socket_set_reuseaddr(int, int);
 int mm_socket_error(int);
 int mm_socket_connect(int, struct sockaddr*);
 int mm_socket_bind(int, struct sockaddr*);
+int mm_socket_listen(int, int);
+int mm_socket_accept(int, struct sockaddr*, socklen_t*);
 int mm_socket_write(int, void*, int);
 int mm_socket_read(int, void*, int);