diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 63b47b8ca5..a7de7a59e5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+v6.7.0
+======
+
+- :issue:`91` via :pr:`176`: Server now processes sockets in a
+  non-blocking manner, improving support for keep-alive connections
+  on HTTP 1.1 especially when operating under load.
+
 v6.5.5
 ======
 
diff --git a/cheroot/errors.py b/cheroot/errors.py
index 809287319d..e0cc8c495b 100644
--- a/cheroot/errors.py
+++ b/cheroot/errors.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class FatalSSLAlert(Exception):
     """Exception raised when the SSL implementation signals a fatal alert."""
 
 
+class CloseConnection(Exception):
+    """Exception raised when client requested the connection to be closed."""
+
+
 def plat_specific_errors(*errnames):
     """Return error numbers for all errors in errnames on this platform.
 
diff --git a/cheroot/server.py b/cheroot/server.py
index 08590b109a..65e9365646 100644
--- a/cheroot/server.py
+++ b/cheroot/server.py
@@ -1264,15 +1264,13 @@ def communicate(self):
                 if self.server.stats['Enabled']:
                     self.requests_seen += 1
                 if not req.ready:
-                    # Something went wrong in the parsing (and the server has
-                    # probably already made a simple_response). Return and
-                    # let the conn close.
+                    # Allow conn to stay open to support non-blocking sockets
                     return
 
                 request_seen = True
                 req.respond()
                 if req.close_connection:
-                    return
+                    raise errors.CloseConnection()
         except socket.error as ex:
             errnum = ex.args[0]
             # sadly SSL sockets return a different (longer) time out string
@@ -1290,6 +1288,7 @@ def communicate(self):
                     level=logging.WARNING, traceback=True,
                 )
                 self._conditional_error(req, '500 Internal Server Error')
+            raise
         except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
             raise
         except errors.FatalSSLAlert:
@@ -1301,6 +1300,7 @@ def communicate(self):
                 repr(ex), level=logging.ERROR, traceback=True,
             )
             self._conditional_error(req, '500 Internal Server Error')
+            raise
 
     linger = False
 
diff --git a/cheroot/workers/threadpool.py b/cheroot/workers/threadpool.py
index 494f76f7ca..90ee498d3c 100644
--- a/cheroot/workers/threadpool.py
+++ b/cheroot/workers/threadpool.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import threading
 import time
 import socket
+import select
+import functools
 
 from six.moves import queue
 
@@ -94,6 +96,65 @@ def __init__(self, server):
         }
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
 
+    def if_stats(func):
+        """Decorate the function to only invoke if stats are enabled."""
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            return self.server.stats['Enabled'] and func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapper
+
+    @if_stats
+    def log_start_stats(self):
+        """Record the start time."""
+        self.start_time = time.time()
+
+    @if_stats
+    def log_close_stats(self):
+        """On close, record the stats."""
+        self.requests_seen += self.conn.requests_seen
+        self.bytes_read += self.conn.rfile.bytes_read
+        self.bytes_written += self.conn.wfile.bytes_written
+        self.work_time += time.time() - self.start_time
+        self.start_time = None
+
+    def conn_expired(self, last_active, cur_time):
+        """Return True if the connection has expired."""
+        srv_timeout = self.server.timeout
+        return cur_time - last_active > srv_timeout
+
+    def get_expired_conns(self, conn_socks, cur_time):
+        """Generate all expired connections."""
+        for conn, last_active in tuple(conn_socks.values()):
+            if self.conn_expired(last_active, cur_time):
+                yield conn
+
+    def close_conns(self, conn_list, conn_socks):
+        """Close all connections and associated sockets."""
+        for conn in conn_list:
+            conn.communicate()  # allow for 408 to be sent
+            conn.close()
+            conn_socks.pop(conn.socket)
+
+    def process_conns(self, conn_socks):
+        """Process connections."""
+        rlist = []
+        socks = [sck for sck in conn_socks.keys() if sck.fileno() > -1]
+        if socks:
+            rlist = select.select(socks, [], [], 0)[0]
+        for sock in rlist:
+            conn, conn_start_time = conn_socks[sock]
+            self.conn = conn
+            self.log_start_stats()
+            try:
+                conn.communicate()
+            except Exception:
+                conn.close()
+                conn_socks.pop(conn.socket)
+            else:
+                conn_socks[conn.socket] = (conn, time.time())
+            self.log_close_stats()
+            self.conn = None
+
     def run(self):
         """Process incoming HTTP connections.
 
@@ -102,25 +163,19 @@ def run(self):
         self.server.stats['Worker Threads'][self.getName()] = self.stats
         try:
             self.ready = True
+            conn_socks = {}
             while True:
-                conn = self.server.requests.get()
-                if conn is _SHUTDOWNREQUEST:
-                    return
-
-                self.conn = conn
-                if self.server.stats['Enabled']:
-                    self.start_time = time.time()
                 try:
-                    conn.communicate()
-                finally:
-                    conn.close()
-                    if self.server.stats['Enabled']:
-                        self.requests_seen += self.conn.requests_seen
-                        self.bytes_read += self.conn.rfile.bytes_read
-                        self.bytes_written += self.conn.wfile.bytes_written
-                        self.work_time += time.time() - self.start_time
-                        self.start_time = None
-                    self.conn = None
+                    conn = self.server.requests.get(block=True, timeout=0.01)
+                except queue.Empty:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    if conn is _SHUTDOWNREQUEST:
+                        return
+                    conn_socks[conn.socket] = (conn, time.time())
+                self.process_conns(conn_socks)
+                expired_conns = self.get_expired_conns(conn_socks, time.time())
+                self.close_conns(expired_conns, conn_socks)
         except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit) as ex:
             self.server.interrupt = ex