--- ncurses/base/lib_getch.c
+++ ncurses/base/lib_getch.c	2010-05-07 19:02:11.222924328 +0200
@@ -264,7 +264,14 @@ fifo_push(SCREEN *sp EVENTLIST_2nd(_nc_e
 	ch = buf;
 #else
 	unsigned char c2 = 0;
+# ifdef USE_EINTR
+	if ((pthread_self) && (pthread_kill) && (pthread_equal))
+	    _nc_globals.read_thread = pthread_self();
+# endif
 	n = read(sp->_ifd, &c2, 1);
+#ifdef USE_EINTR
+	_nc_globals.read_thread = 0;
+#endif
 	ch = c2;
 #endif
     }
@@ -279,7 +286,11 @@ fifo_push(SCREEN *sp EVENTLIST_2nd(_nc_e
      * We don't want this difference to show.  This piece of code
      * tries to make it look like we always have restarting signals.
      */
-    if (n <= 0 && errno == EINTR)
+    if (n <= 0 && errno == EINTR
+# ifdef USE_EINTR
+ 	&& (_nc_globals.have_sigwinch == 0)
+# endif
+	)
 	goto again;
 #endif
 
--- ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c
+++ ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c	2010-05-07 19:01:35.658924370 +0200
@@ -838,6 +838,10 @@ _nc_mouse_inline(SCREEN *sp)
 	 * Wheel mice may return buttons 4 and 5 when the wheel is turned.
 	 * We encode those as button presses.
 	 */
+# ifdef USE_EINTR
+	if ((pthread_self) && (pthread_kill) && (pthread_equal))
+	    _nc_globals.read_thread = pthread_self();
+# endif
 	for (grabbed = 0; grabbed < 3; grabbed += (size_t) res) {
 
 	    /* For VIO mouse we add extra bit 64 to disambiguate button-up. */
@@ -849,6 +853,9 @@ _nc_mouse_inline(SCREEN *sp)
 	    if (res == -1)
 		break;
 	}
+#ifdef USE_EINTR
+	_nc_globals.read_thread = 0;
+#endif
 	kbuf[3] = '\0';
 
 	TR(TRACE_IEVENT,
--- ncurses/curses.priv.h
+++ ncurses/curses.priv.h	2010-05-07 18:51:15.686924218 +0200
@@ -448,8 +448,10 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int) _nc_mutex_unl
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_PTHREADS
+#  define USE_EINTR
 #  if USE_WEAK_SYMBOLS
 weak_symbol(pthread_sigmask);
+weak_symbol(pthread_kill);
 weak_symbol(pthread_self);
 weak_symbol(pthread_equal);
 weak_symbol(pthread_mutex_init);
@@ -471,6 +473,38 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int) _nc_sigprocma
 
 #else /* !USE_PTHREADS */
 
+#if defined(linux) && USE_SIGWINCH
+#  define USE_EINTR
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_EINTR
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#  if defined __USE_ISOC99
+#    define _cat_pragma(exp)	_Pragma(#exp)
+#    define _weak_pragma(exp)	_cat_pragma(weak name)
+#  else
+#    define _weak_pragma(exp)
+#  endif
+#  define _declare(name)	__extension__ extern __typeof__(name) name
+#  define weak_symbol(name)	_weak_pragma(name) _declare(name) __attribute__((weak))
+#endif
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+weak_symbol(pthread_sigmask);
+weak_symbol(pthread_kill);
+weak_symbol(pthread_self);
+weak_symbol(pthread_equal);
+static inline int _nc_sigprocmask(int how, const sigset_t *newmask, sigset_t *oldmask)
+{
+    if ((pthread_sigmask))
+	return pthread_sigmask(how, newmask, oldmask);
+    else
+	return sigprocmask(how, newmask, oldmask);
+}
+#    undef  sigprocmask
+#    define sigprocmask _nc_sigprocmask
+#endif /* USE_EINTR */
+
 #define _nc_init_pthreads()	/* nothing */
 #define _nc_mutex_init(obj)	/* nothing */
 
@@ -798,6 +832,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	int		use_pthreads;
 #define _nc_use_pthreads	_nc_globals.use_pthreads
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_EINTR
+	pthread_t	read_thread;		/* The reading thread */
+#endif
 } NCURSES_GLOBALS;
 
 extern NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(NCURSES_GLOBALS) _nc_globals;
--- ncurses/tinfo/lib_data.c
+++ ncurses/tinfo/lib_data.c	2010-05-07 18:46:59.706924518 +0200
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(NCURSES_GLOBALS) _nc_
     0,				/* nested_tracef */
     0,				/* use_pthreads */
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_EINTR
+    0,				/* read_thread */
+#endif
 };
 
 #define STACK_FRAME_0	{ { 0 }, 0 }
--- ncurses/tinfo/tinfo_driver.c	2009-10-31 21:32:01.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses/tinfo/tinfo_driver.c	2010-05-07 19:01:44.686924794 +0200
@@ -1248,7 +1248,14 @@ drv_read(TERMINAL_CONTROL_BLOCK * TCB, i
     assert(buf);
     SetSP();
 
+# ifdef USE_EINTR
+    if ((pthread_self) && (pthread_kill) && (pthread_equal))
+	_nc_globals.read_thread = pthread_self();
+# endif
     n = read(sp->_ifd, &c2, 1);
+#ifdef USE_EINTR
+    _nc_globals.read_thread = 0;
+#endif
     *buf = (int) c2;
     return n;
 }
--- ncurses/tty/lib_tstp.c
+++ ncurses/tty/lib_tstp.c	2010-05-07 18:55:04.326924859 +0200
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ static void
 sigwinch(int sig GCC_UNUSED)
 {
     _nc_globals.have_sigwinch = 1;
+# ifdef USE_EINTR
+    if (_nc_globals.read_thread) {
+ 	if (!pthread_equal(pthread_self(), _nc_globals.read_thread))
+	    pthread_kill(_nc_globals.read_thread, SIGWINCH);
+	_nc_globals.read_thread = 0;
+    }
+# endif
 }
 #endif /* USE_SIGWINCH */