diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6190d3f1..43c286f71 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ regex = "0.2"
 sha1 = "0.2"
 url = "1.5"
 libc = "0.2"
-socket2 = "0.2"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 flate2 = "0.2"
@@ -57,7 +56,9 @@ bitflags = "1.0"
 num_cpus = "1.0"
 cookie = { version="0.10", features=["percent-encode", "secure"] }
 
-# tokio
+# io
+mio = "0.6"
+net2 = "0.2"
 bytes = "0.4"
 futures = "0.1"
 tokio-io = "0.1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2689bc111..ec2dafa84 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ extern crate bitflags;
 extern crate futures;
 extern crate tokio_io;
 extern crate tokio_core;
+extern crate mio;
+extern crate net2;
 
 extern crate failure;
 #[macro_use] extern crate failure_derive;
@@ -69,7 +71,6 @@ extern crate brotli2;
 extern crate percent_encoding;
 extern crate smallvec;
 extern crate num_cpus;
-extern crate socket2;
 extern crate actix;
 extern crate h2 as http2;
 
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 399115076..082fb5dec 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ use actix::dev::*;
 use futures::Stream;
 use futures::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio_io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+use tokio_core::reactor::Handle;
 use tokio_core::net::TcpStream;
+use mio;
 use num_cpus;
-use socket2::{Socket, Domain, Type};
+use net2::{TcpBuilder, TcpStreamExt};
 
 #[cfg(feature="tls")]
 use futures::{future, Future};
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ pub struct HttpServer<T, A, H, U>
     keep_alive: Option<u64>,
     factory: Arc<Fn() -> U + Send + Sync>,
     workers: Vec<SyncAddress<Worker<H>>>,
-    sockets: HashMap<net::SocketAddr, Socket>,
+    sockets: HashMap<net::SocketAddr, net::TcpListener>,
 }
 
 impl<T: 'static, A: 'static, H, U: 'static> Actor for HttpServer<T, A, H, U> {
@@ -160,6 +162,8 @@ impl<T, A, H, U, V> HttpServer<T, A, H, U>
     /// attempting to connect. It should only affect servers under significant load.
     ///
     /// Generally set in the 64-2048 range. Default value is 2048.
+    ///
+    /// This method should be called before `bind()` method call.
     pub fn backlog(mut self, num: i32) -> Self {
         self.backlog = num;
         self
@@ -202,34 +206,22 @@ impl<T, A, H, U, V> HttpServer<T, A, H, U>
         let mut succ = false;
         if let Ok(iter) = addr.to_socket_addrs() {
             for addr in iter {
-                let socket = match addr {
-                    net::SocketAddr::V4(a) => {
-                        let socket = Socket::new(Domain::ipv4(), Type::stream(), None)?;
-                        match socket.bind(&a.into()) {
-                            Ok(_) => socket,
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                err = Some(e);
-                                continue;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    net::SocketAddr::V6(a) => {
-                        let socket = Socket::new(Domain::ipv6(), Type::stream(), None)?;
-                        match socket.bind(&a.into()) {
-                            Ok(_) => socket,
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                err = Some(e);
-                                continue
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
+                let builder = match addr {
+                    net::SocketAddr::V4(_) => TcpBuilder::new_v4()?,
+                    net::SocketAddr::V6(_) => TcpBuilder::new_v6()?,
                 };
-                succ = true;
-                socket.listen(self.backlog)
-                    .expect("failed to set socket backlog");
-                socket.set_reuse_address(true)
-                    .expect("failed to set socket reuse address");
-                self.sockets.insert(addr, socket);
+                match builder.bind(addr) {
+                    Ok(builder) => match builder.reuse_address(true) {
+                        Ok(builder) => {
+                            succ = true;
+                            let lst = builder.listen(self.backlog)
+                                .expect("failed to set socket backlog");
+                            self.sockets.insert(lst.local_addr().unwrap(), lst);
+                        },
+                        Err(e) => err = Some(e)
+                    },
+                    Err(e) => err = Some(e),
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -245,13 +237,13 @@ impl<T, A, H, U, V> HttpServer<T, A, H, U>
     }
 
     fn start_workers(&mut self, settings: &ServerSettings, handler: &StreamHandlerType)
-                     -> Vec<mpsc::UnboundedSender<IoStream<Socket>>>
+                     -> Vec<mpsc::UnboundedSender<IoStream<net::TcpStream>>>
     {
         // start workers
         let mut workers = Vec::new();
         for _ in 0..self.threads {
             let s = settings.clone();
-            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded::<IoStream<Socket>>();
+            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded::<IoStream<net::TcpStream>>();
 
             let h = handler.clone();
             let ka = self.keep_alive;
@@ -309,7 +301,8 @@ impl<H: HttpHandler, U, V> HttpServer<TcpStream, net::SocketAddr, H, U>
         if self.sockets.is_empty() {
             panic!("HttpServer::bind() has to be called befor start()");
         } else {
-            let addrs: Vec<(net::SocketAddr, Socket)> = self.sockets.drain().collect();
+            let addrs: Vec<(net::SocketAddr, net::TcpListener)> =
+                self.sockets.drain().collect();
             let settings = ServerSettings::new(Some(addrs[0].0), &self.host, false);
             let workers = self.start_workers(&settings, &StreamHandlerType::Normal);
 
@@ -413,7 +406,8 @@ impl<T, A, H, U, V> HttpServer<T, A, H, U>
         where S: Stream<Item=(T, A), Error=io::Error> + 'static
     {
         if !self.sockets.is_empty() {
-            let addrs: Vec<(net::SocketAddr, Socket)> = self.sockets.drain().collect();
+            let addrs: Vec<(net::SocketAddr, net::TcpListener)> =
+                self.sockets.drain().collect();
             let settings = ServerSettings::new(Some(addrs[0].0), &self.host, false);
             let workers = self.start_workers(&settings, &StreamHandlerType::Normal);
 
@@ -484,6 +478,7 @@ impl<T, A, H, U> Handler<IoStream<T>, io::Error> for HttpServer<T, A, H, U>
 /// Worker accepts Socket objects via unbounded channel and start requests processing.
 struct Worker<H> {
     h: Rc<WorkerSettings<H>>,
+    hnd: Handle,
     handler: StreamHandlerType,
 }
 
@@ -528,6 +523,7 @@ impl<H: 'static> Worker<H> {
     fn new(h: Vec<H>, handler: StreamHandlerType, keep_alive: Option<u64>) -> Worker<H> {
         Worker {
             h: Rc::new(WorkerSettings::new(h, keep_alive)),
+            hnd: Arbiter::handle().clone(),
             handler: handler,
         }
     }
@@ -546,21 +542,21 @@ impl<H: 'static> Actor for Worker<H> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<H> StreamHandler<IoStream<Socket>> for Worker<H>
+impl<H> StreamHandler<IoStream<net::TcpStream>> for Worker<H>
     where H: HttpHandler + 'static {}
 
-impl<H> Handler<IoStream<Socket>> for Worker<H>
+impl<H> Handler<IoStream<net::TcpStream>> for Worker<H>
     where H: HttpHandler + 'static,
 {
-    fn handle(&mut self, msg: IoStream<Socket>, _: &mut Context<Self>)
-              -> Response<Self, IoStream<Socket>>
+    fn handle(&mut self, msg: IoStream<net::TcpStream>, _: &mut Context<Self>)
+              -> Response<Self, IoStream<net::TcpStream>>
     {
         if !self.h.keep_alive_enabled() &&
             msg.io.set_keepalive(Some(Duration::new(75, 0))).is_err()
         {
             error!("Can not set socket keep-alive option");
         }
-        self.handler.handle(Rc::clone(&self.h), msg);
+        self.handler.handle(Rc::clone(&self.h), &self.hnd, msg);
         Self::empty()
     }
 }
@@ -576,25 +572,27 @@ enum StreamHandlerType {
 
 impl StreamHandlerType {
 
-    fn handle<H: HttpHandler>(&mut self, h: Rc<WorkerSettings<H>>, msg: IoStream<Socket>) {
+    fn handle<H: HttpHandler>(&mut self,
+                              h: Rc<WorkerSettings<H>>,
+                              hnd: &Handle,
+                              msg: IoStream<net::TcpStream>) {
         match *self {
             StreamHandlerType::Normal => {
-                let io = TcpStream::from_stream(msg.io.into_tcp_stream(), Arbiter::handle())
+                let io = TcpStream::from_stream(msg.io, hnd)
                     .expect("failed to associate TCP stream");
 
-                Arbiter::handle().spawn(HttpChannel::new(h, io, msg.peer, msg.http2));
+                hnd.spawn(HttpChannel::new(h, io, msg.peer, msg.http2));
             }
             #[cfg(feature="tls")]
             StreamHandlerType::Tls(ref acceptor) => {
                 let IoStream { io, peer, http2 } = msg;
-                let io = TcpStream::from_stream(io.into_tcp_stream(), Arbiter::handle())
+                let io = TcpStream::from_stream(io, hnd)
                     .expect("failed to associate TCP stream");
 
                 Arbiter::handle().spawn(
                     TlsAcceptorExt::accept_async(acceptor, io).then(move |res| {
                         match res {
-                            Ok(io) => Arbiter::handle().spawn(
-                                HttpChannel::new(h, io, peer, http2)),
+                            Ok(io) => hnd.spawn(HttpChannel::new(h, io, peer, http2)),
                             Err(err) =>
                                 trace!("Error during handling tls connection: {}", err),
                         };
@@ -605,10 +603,10 @@ impl StreamHandlerType {
             #[cfg(feature="alpn")]
             StreamHandlerType::Alpn(ref acceptor) => {
                 let IoStream { io, peer, .. } = msg;
-                let io = TcpStream::from_stream(io.into_tcp_stream(), Arbiter::handle())
+                let io = TcpStream::from_stream(io, hnd)
                     .expect("failed to associate TCP stream");
 
-                Arbiter::handle().spawn(
+                hnd.spawn(
                     SslAcceptorExt::accept_async(acceptor, io).then(move |res| {
                         match res {
                             Ok(io) => {
@@ -631,24 +629,57 @@ impl StreamHandlerType {
     }
 }
 
-fn start_accept_thread(sock: Socket, addr: net::SocketAddr,
-                       workers: Vec<mpsc::UnboundedSender<IoStream<Socket>>>) {
-    // start acceptors thread
+fn start_accept_thread(sock: net::TcpListener, addr: net::SocketAddr,
+                       workers: Vec<mpsc::UnboundedSender<IoStream<net::TcpStream>>>) {
+    // start accept thread
     let _ = thread::Builder::new().name(format!("Accept on {}", addr)).spawn(move || {
         let mut next = 0;
+        let server = mio::net::TcpListener::from_listener(sock, &addr)
+            .expect("Can not create mio::net::TcpListener");
+        const SERVER: mio::Token = mio::Token(0);
+
+        // Create a poll instance
+        let poll = match mio::Poll::new() {
+            Ok(poll) => poll,
+            Err(err) => panic!("Can not create mio::Poll: {}", err),
+        };
+
+        // Start listening for incoming connections
+        if let Err(err) = poll.register(&server, SERVER,
+                                        mio::Ready::readable(), mio::PollOpt::edge()) {
+            panic!("Can not register io: {}", err);
+        }
+
+        // Create storage for events
+        let mut events = mio::Events::with_capacity(128);
+
         loop {
-            match sock.accept() {
-                Ok((socket, addr)) => {
-                    let addr = if let Some(addr) = addr.as_inet() {
-                        net::SocketAddr::V4(addr)
-                    } else {
-                        net::SocketAddr::V6(addr.as_inet6().unwrap())
-                    };
-                    let msg = IoStream{io: socket, peer: Some(addr), http2: false};
-                    workers[next].unbounded_send(msg).expect("worker thread died");
-                    next = (next + 1) % workers.len();
+            if let Err(err) = poll.poll(&mut events, None) {
+                panic!("Poll error: {}", err);
+            }
+
+            for event in events.iter() {
+                match event.token() {
+                    SERVER => {
+                        loop {
+                            match server.accept_std() {
+                                Ok((sock, addr)) => {
+                                    let msg = IoStream{io: sock, peer: Some(addr), http2: false};
+                                    workers[next]
+                                        .unbounded_send(msg).expect("worker thread died");
+                                    next = (next + 1) % workers.len();
+                                },
+                                Err(err) => if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock {
+                                    break
+                                } else {
+                                    error!("Error accepting connection: {:?}", err);
+                                    return
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => unreachable!(),
                 }
-                Err(err) => error!("Error accepting connection: {:?}", err),
             }
         }
     });
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 333f216b9..1ff954e76 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ use cookie::Cookie;
 use http::{Uri, Method, Version, HeaderMap, HttpTryFrom};
 use http::header::{HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use futures::Future;
-use socket2::{Socket, Domain, Type};
 use tokio_core::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio_core::reactor::Core;
+use net2::TcpBuilder;
 
 use error::Error;
 use server::HttpServer;
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ impl TestServer {
     /// Get firat available unused address
     pub fn unused_addr() -> net::SocketAddr {
         let addr: net::SocketAddr = "127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap();
-        let socket = Socket::new(Domain::ipv4(), Type::stream(), None).unwrap();
-        socket.bind(&addr.into()).unwrap();
-        socket.set_reuse_address(true).unwrap();
-        let tcp = socket.into_tcp_listener();
+        let socket = TcpBuilder::new_v4().unwrap();
+        socket.bind(&addr).unwrap();
+        socket.reuse_address(true).unwrap();
+        let tcp = socket.to_tcp_listener().unwrap();
         tcp.local_addr().unwrap()
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 7605847ca..6884d30f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extern crate tokio_core;
 extern crate reqwest;
 
 use std::thread;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, mpsc};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
 use actix_web::*;
@@ -12,16 +12,20 @@ use actix::System;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_start() {
-    let addr = test::TestServer::unused_addr();
-    let srv_addr = addr.clone();
+    let _ = test::TestServer::unused_addr();
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+
     thread::spawn(move || {
         let sys = System::new("test");
         let srv = HttpServer::new(
             || vec![Application::new()
                     .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).h(httpcodes::HTTPOk))]);
-        srv.bind(srv_addr).unwrap().start();
+        let srv = srv.bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+        let _ = tx.send(srv.addrs()[0].clone());
+        srv.start();
         sys.run();
     });
+    let addr = rx.recv().unwrap();
     assert!(reqwest::get(&format!("http://{}/", addr)).unwrap().status().is_success());
 }