--- libev/ev_kqueue.c	2011/02/16 08:02:50	1.48
+++ libev/ev_kqueue.c	2011/06/02 23:34:05	1.49
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 
   fcntl (backend_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC); /* not sure if necessary, hopefully doesn't hurt */
 
-  backend_fudge  = 0.;
+  backend_fudge  = 1e-9; /* apparently, they did the right thing in freebsd */
   backend_modify = kqueue_modify;
   backend_poll   = kqueue_poll;