diff --git a/src/platform/linux/mod.rs b/src/platform/linux/mod.rs
index bfb9b8229e..d9c25b2443 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use core::{arch::asm, num::NonZeroU64, ptr};
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+use core::arch::asm;
 
 use super::{Pal, types::*};
 use crate::{
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ use crate::{
     ld_so::tcb::OsSpecific,
     out::Out,
 };
+use core::{num::NonZeroU64, ptr};
 // use header::sys_times::tms;
 use crate::{
     error::{Errno, Result},
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index a14f6bb286..40b90dca1f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ FAILING_TESTS=tls \
 	mkfifo \
 	sigchld \
 	stdlib/ptsname \
+	sys_epoll/epollet \
 	sys_mman/fmap \
 	signals/pthread_kill-child \
 	unistd/isatty \
diff --git a/tests/expected/bins_dynamic/sys_epoll/epollet.stdout b/tests/expected/bins_dynamic/sys_epoll/epollet.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc912d90cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expected/bins_dynamic/sys_epoll/epollet.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ctl ADD: 0
+wait for HUP, edge-triggered: 1
+wait for HUP again: 0
+ctl MOD: 0
+wait for HUP: 1
diff --git a/tests/expected/bins_static/sys_epoll/epollet.stdout b/tests/expected/bins_static/sys_epoll/epollet.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc912d90cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expected/bins_static/sys_epoll/epollet.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ctl ADD: 0
+wait for HUP, edge-triggered: 1
+wait for HUP again: 0
+ctl MOD: 0
+wait for HUP: 1
diff --git a/tests/sys_epoll/epollet.c b/tests/sys_epoll/epollet.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c0646730b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sys_epoll/epollet.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// test code found on dbus, currently hangs on redox
+
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define _DBUS_ZERO(object) (memset (&(object), '\0', sizeof ((object))))
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  struct epoll_event input;
+  struct epoll_event output;
+  int epfd = epoll_create1 (EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+  
+  int pipefds[2];
+  pipe(pipefds);
+  close(pipefds[1]); 
+  int fd = pipefds[0]; 
+  
+  int ret;
+
+  _DBUS_ZERO (input);
+
+  input.events = EPOLLHUP | EPOLLET;
+  ret = epoll_ctl (epfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &input);
+  printf ("ctl ADD: %d\n", ret);
+
+  ret = epoll_wait (epfd, &output, 1, -1);
+  printf ("wait for HUP, edge-triggered: %d\n", ret);
+
+  ret = epoll_wait (epfd, &output, 1, 100); 
+  printf ("wait for HUP again: %d\n", ret);
+
+  input.events = EPOLLHUP;
+  ret = epoll_ctl (epfd, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, fd, &input);
+  printf ("ctl MOD: %d\n", ret);
+
+  ret = epoll_wait (epfd, &output, 1, -1);
+  printf ("wait for HUP: %d\n", ret);
+
+  close(fd);
+  close(epfd);
+  return 0;
+}
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