diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_r2/ftmod_r2.c b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_r2/ftmod_r2.c
index 1549833571..10e0c4ac9f 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_r2/ftmod_r2.c
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_r2/ftmod_r2.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ static void *ftdm_r2_run(ftdm_thread_t *me, void *obj)
 
 		/* deliver the actual channel events to the user now without any channel locking */
 		ftdm_span_trigger_signals(span);
-#ifndef WIN32
+
 		 /* figure out what event to poll each channel for. POLLPRI when the channel is down,
 		  * POLLPRI|POLLIN|POLLOUT otherwise */
 		memset(poll_events, 0, sizeof(short)*span->chan_count);
@@ -1732,16 +1732,12 @@ static void *ftdm_r2_run(ftdm_thread_t *me, void *obj)
 		for (i = 0; citer; citer = ftdm_iterator_next(citer), i++) {
 			ftdmchan = ftdm_iterator_current(citer);
 			r2chan = R2CALL(ftdmchan)->r2chan;
-			poll_events[i] = POLLPRI;
+			poll_events[i] = FTDM_EVENTS;
 			if (openr2_chan_get_read_enabled(r2chan)) {
-				poll_events[i] |= POLLIN;
+				poll_events[i] |= FTDM_READ;
 			}
 		}
-
 		status = ftdm_span_poll_event(span, waitms, poll_events);
-#else
-		status = ftdm_span_poll_event(span, waitms, NULL);
-#endif
 
 		/* run any span timers */
 		ftdm_sched_run(r2data->sched);
diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c
index e1b6658945..627ef7bb67 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_wanpipe/ftmod_wanpipe.c
@@ -1051,16 +1051,34 @@ FIO_SPAN_POLL_EVENT_FUNCTION(wanpipe_poll_event)
 	
 	for(i = 1; i <= span->chan_count; i++) {
 		ftdm_channel_t *ftdmchan = span->channels[i];
+		uint32_t chan_events = 0;
+
+		/* if the user specify which events to poll the channel for, we translate them from ftdm_wait_flag_t
+		 * to events that either sangoma_waitfor_many() or poll() understands. if not, we poll for POLLPRI */
+		if (poll_events) {
+			if (poll_events[j] & FTDM_READ) {
+				chan_events = POLLIN;
+			}
+			if (poll_events[j] & FTDM_WRITE) {
+				chan_events |= POLLOUT;
+			}
+			if (poll_events[j] & FTDM_EVENTS) {
+				chan_events |= POLLPRI;
+			}
+		} else {
+			chan_events = POLLPRI;
+		}
+
 #ifdef LIBSANGOMA_VERSION
 		if (!ftdmchan->io_data) {
 			continue; /* should never happen but happens when shutting down */
 		}
 		pfds[j] = ftdmchan->io_data;
-		inflags[j] = poll_events ? poll_events[j] : POLLPRI;
+		inflags[j] = chan_events;
 #else
 		memset(&pfds[j], 0, sizeof(pfds[j]));
 		pfds[j].fd = span->channels[i]->sockfd;
-		pfds[j].events = poll_events ? poll_events[j] : POLLPRI;
+		pfds[j].events = chan_events;
 #endif
 
 		/* The driver probably should be able to do this wink/flash/ringing by itself this is sort of a hack to make it work! */