diff --git a/src/posix/poll.rs b/src/posix/poll.rs
index f4c94c10..f8a59bac 100644
--- a/src/posix/poll.rs
+++ b/src/posix/poll.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ use std::os::unix::io::RawFd;
 use std::slice;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use nix::libc::c_int;
 use nix::poll::{PollFd, PollFlags};
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use nix::sys::signal::SigSet;
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-use nix::sys::time::{TimeSpec, TimeValLike};
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", test))]
+use nix::sys::time::TimeSpec;
 
 pub fn wait_read_fd(fd: RawFd, timeout: Duration) -> io::Result<()> {
     wait_fd(fd, PollFlags::POLLIN, timeout)
@@ -24,22 +25,12 @@ fn wait_fd(fd: RawFd, events: PollFlags, timeout: Duration) -> io::Result<()> {
 
     let mut fd = PollFd::new(fd, events);
 
-    let milliseconds = milliseconds_i64(timeout);
-    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-    let wait_res = {
-        let timespec = TimeSpec::milliseconds(milliseconds);
-        nix::poll::ppoll(
-            slice::from_mut(&mut fd),
-            Some(timespec),
-            Some(SigSet::empty()),
-        )
-    };
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
-    let wait_res = nix::poll::poll(slice::from_mut(&mut fd), milliseconds as nix::libc::c_int);
-
-    let wait = match wait_res {
+    let wait = match poll_clamped(&mut fd, timeout) {
         Ok(r) => r,
-        Err(e) => return Err(io::Error::from(crate::Error::from(e))),
+        Err(e) => {
+            dbg!(e);
+            return Err(io::Error::from(crate::Error::from(e)));
+        }
     };
     // All errors generated by poll or ppoll are already caught by the nix wrapper around libc, so
     // here we only need to check if there's at least 1 event
@@ -63,16 +54,55 @@ fn wait_fd(fd: RawFd, events: PollFlags, timeout: Duration) -> io::Result<()> {
     Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, EIO.desc()))
 }
 
-fn milliseconds_i64(duration: Duration) -> i64 {
-    duration.as_secs() as i64 * 1000 + i64::from(duration.subsec_nanos()) / 1_000_000
+/// Poll with a duration clamped to the maximum value representable by the `TimeSpec` used by
+/// `ppoll`.
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn poll_clamped(fd: &mut PollFd, timeout: Duration) -> nix::Result<c_int> {
+    let spec = clamped_time_spec(timeout);
+    nix::poll::ppoll(slice::from_mut(fd), Some(spec), Some(SigSet::empty()))
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", test))]
+fn clamped_time_spec(duration: Duration) -> TimeSpec {
+    use nix::libc::c_long;
+    use nix::sys::time::time_t;
+
+    // We need to clamp manually as TimeSpec::from_duration translates durations with more than
+    // i64::MAX seconds to negative timespans. This happens due to casting to i64 and is still the
+    // case as of nix 0.29.
+    let secs_limit = time_t::MAX as u64;
+    let secs = duration.as_secs();
+    if secs <= secs_limit {
+        TimeSpec::new(secs as time_t, duration.subsec_nanos() as c_long)
+    } else {
+        TimeSpec::new(time_t::MAX, 999_999_999)
+    }
+}
+
+// Poll with a duration clamped to the maximum millisecond value representable by the `c_int` used
+// by `poll`.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+fn poll_clamped(fd: &mut PollFd, timeout: Duration) -> nix::Result<c_int> {
+    let millis = clamped_millis_c_int(timeout);
+    nix::poll::poll(slice::from_mut(fd), millis)
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(not(target_os = "linux"), test))]
+fn clamped_millis_c_int(duration: Duration) -> c_int {
+    let secs_limit = (c_int::MAX as u64) / 1000;
+    let secs = duration.as_secs();
+
+    if secs <= secs_limit {
+        secs as c_int * 1000 + duration.subsec_millis() as c_int
+    } else {
+        c_int::MAX
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
 
-    use nix::libc::c_int;
-
     // TODO: Harmonize with corresponding tests for Windows.
     fn monotonicity_test_durations() -> Vec<Duration> {
         vec![
@@ -97,11 +127,11 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn milliseconds_i64_as_c_int_is_monotonic() {
-        let mut last = milliseconds_i64(Duration::ZERO) as c_int;
+    fn clamped_millis_c_int_is_monotonic() {
+        let mut last = clamped_millis_c_int(Duration::ZERO);
 
         for (i, d) in monotonicity_test_durations().iter().enumerate() {
-            let next = milliseconds_i64(*d) as c_int;
+            let next = clamped_millis_c_int(*d);
             dbg!((i, d));
             assert!(
                 next >= last,
@@ -112,16 +142,16 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn milliseconds_i64_as_c_int_zero_is_zero() {
-        assert_eq!(0, milliseconds_i64(Duration::ZERO) as c_int);
+    fn clamped_millis_c_int_zero_is_zero() {
+        assert_eq!(0, clamped_millis_c_int(Duration::ZERO));
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn milliseconds_i64_is_monotonic() {
-        let mut last = milliseconds_i64(Duration::ZERO);
+    fn clamped_time_spec_is_monotonic() {
+        let mut last = clamped_time_spec(Duration::ZERO);
 
         for (i, d) in monotonicity_test_durations().iter().enumerate() {
-            let next = milliseconds_i64(*d);
+            let next = clamped_time_spec(*d);
             dbg!((i, d));
             assert!(
                 next >= last,
@@ -132,7 +162,9 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn milliseconds_i64_zero_is_zero() {
-        assert_eq!(0, milliseconds_i64(Duration::ZERO));
+    fn clamped_time_spec_zero_is_zero() {
+        let spec = clamped_time_spec(Duration::ZERO);
+        assert_eq!(0, spec.tv_sec());
+        assert_eq!(0, spec.tv_nsec());
     }
 }