diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fcd158121..8fde90b9e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # explicitly specified :
 #   USE_EPOLL            : enable epoll() on Linux 2.6. Automatic.
 #   USE_KQUEUE           : enable kqueue() on BSD. Automatic.
+#   USE_EVPORTS          : enable event ports on SunOS systems. Automatic.
 #   USE_MY_EPOLL         : redefine epoll_* syscalls. Automatic.
 #   USE_MY_SPLICE        : redefine the splice syscall if build fails without.
 #   USE_NETFILTER        : enable netfilter on Linux. Automatic.
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ use_opts = USE_EPOLL USE_KQUEUE USE_MY_EPOLL USE_MY_SPLICE USE_NETFILTER      \
            USE_GETADDRINFO USE_OPENSSL USE_LUA USE_FUTEX USE_ACCEPT4          \
            USE_MY_ACCEPT4 USE_ZLIB USE_SLZ USE_CPU_AFFINITY USE_TFO USE_NS    \
            USE_DL USE_RT USE_DEVICEATLAS USE_51DEGREES USE_WURFL USE_SYSTEMD  \
-           USE_OBSOLETE_LINKER USE_PRCTL USE_THREAD_DUMP
+           USE_OBSOLETE_LINKER USE_PRCTL USE_THREAD_DUMP USE_EVPORTS
 
 #### Target system options
 # Depending on the target platform, some options are set, as well as some
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET),solaris)
   # We also enable getaddrinfo() which works since solaris 8.
   set_target_defaults = $(call default_opts, \
     USE_POLL USE_TPROXY USE_LIBCRYPT USE_CRYPT_H USE_GETADDRINFO USE_THREAD \
-    USE_OBSOLETE_LINKER)
+    USE_OBSOLETE_LINKER USE_EVPORTS)
   TARGET_CFLAGS  = -DFD_SETSIZE=65536 -D_REENTRANT -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D__EXTENSIONS__
   TARGET_LDFLAGS = -lnsl -lsocket
 endif
@@ -515,6 +516,11 @@ OPTIONS_CFLAGS += -DENABLE_KQUEUE
 OPTIONS_OBJS   += src/ev_kqueue.o
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(USE_EVPORTS),)
+OPTIONS_CFLAGS += -DENABLE_EVPORTS
+OPTIONS_OBJS   += src/ev_evports.o
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(USE_VSYSCALL),)
 OPTIONS_OBJS   += src/i386-linux-vsys.o
 OPTIONS_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_HAP_LINUX_VSYSCALL
diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 7543cc3fb..cc3e31ffb 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ The following keywords are supported in the "global" section :
    - maxzlibmem
    - noepoll
    - nokqueue
+   - noevports
    - nopoll
    - nosplice
    - nogetaddrinfo
@@ -1460,11 +1461,18 @@ nokqueue
   equivalent to the command-line argument "-dk". The next polling system
   used will generally be "poll". See also "nopoll".
 
+noevports
+  Disables the use of the event ports event polling system on SunOS systems
+  derived from Solaris 10 and later. It is equivalent to the command-line
+  argument "-dv". The next polling system used will generally be "poll". See
+  also "nopoll".
+
 nopoll
   Disables the use of the "poll" event polling system. It is equivalent to the
   command-line argument "-dp". The next polling system used will be "select".
   It should never be needed to disable "poll" since it's available on all
-  platforms supported by HAProxy. See also "nokqueue" and "noepoll".
+  platforms supported by HAProxy. See also "nokqueue", "noepoll" and
+  "noevports".
 
 nosplice
   Disables the use of kernel tcp splicing between sockets on Linux. It is
diff --git a/doc/haproxy.1 b/doc/haproxy.1
index 91f58a3b8..86d17cfac 100644
--- a/doc/haproxy.1
+++ b/doc/haproxy.1
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ in daemon mode.
 \fB\-dk\fP
 Disable use of \fBkqueue\fP(2). \fBkqueue\fP(2) is available only on BSD systems.
 
+.TP
+\fB\-dv\fP
+Disable use of event ports. Event ports are available only on SunOS systems
+derived from Solaris 10 and later (including illumos systems).
+
 .TP
 \fB\-ds\fP
 Disable use of speculative \fBepoll\fP(7). \fBepoll\fP(7) is available only on
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index a52b258b0..62652f5ac 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 #define GTUNE_LISTENER_MQ        (1<<12)
 #define GTUNE_SET_DUMPABLE       (1<<13)
 
+#define GTUNE_USE_EVPORTS        (1<<14)
+
 /* Access level for a stats socket */
 #define ACCESS_LVL_NONE     0
 #define ACCESS_LVL_USER     1
diff --git a/src/cfgparse-global.c b/src/cfgparse-global.c
index f4037c2e7..8355a8f1b 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-global.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-global.c
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ int cfg_parse_global(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 			goto out;
 		global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_KQUEUE;
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "noevports")) {
+		if (alertif_too_many_args(0, file, linenum, args, &err_code))
+			goto out;
+		global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_EVPORTS;
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "nopoll")) {
 		if (alertif_too_many_args(0, file, linenum, args, &err_code))
 			goto out;
diff --git a/src/ev_evports.c b/src/ev_evports.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbad7b790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ev_evports.c
@@ -0,0 +1,418 @@
+/*
+ * FD polling functions for SunOS event ports.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Joyent, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <port.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+#include <common/compat.h>
+#include <common/config.h>
+#include <common/hathreads.h>
+#include <common/ticks.h>
+#include <common/time.h>
+#include <common/tools.h>
+
+#include <types/global.h>
+
+#include <proto/activity.h>
+#include <proto/fd.h>
+#include <proto/log.h>
+#include <proto/signal.h>
+
+/*
+ * Private data:
+ */
+static int evports_fd[MAX_THREADS]; // per-thread evports_fd
+static THREAD_LOCAL port_event_t *evports_evlist = NULL;
+static THREAD_LOCAL int evports_evlist_max = 0;
+
+/*
+ * Convert the "state" member of "fdtab" into an event ports event mask.
+ */
+static inline int evports_state_to_events(int state)
+{
+	int events = 0;
+
+	if (state & FD_EV_POLLED_W)
+		events |= POLLOUT;
+	if (state & FD_EV_POLLED_R)
+		events |= POLLIN;
+
+	return (events);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Associate or dissociate this file descriptor with the event port, using the
+ * specified event mask.
+ */
+static inline void evports_resync_fd(int fd, int events)
+{
+	if (events == 0)
+		port_dissociate(evports_fd[tid], PORT_SOURCE_FD, fd);
+	else
+		port_associate(evports_fd[tid], PORT_SOURCE_FD, fd, events, NULL);
+}
+
+static void _update_fd(int fd)
+{
+	int en;
+	int events;
+
+	en = fdtab[fd].state;
+
+	if (!(fdtab[fd].thread_mask & tid_bit) || !(en & FD_EV_POLLED_RW)) {
+		if (!(polled_mask[fd] & tid_bit)) {
+			/* fd was not watched, it's still not */
+			return;
+		}
+		/* fd totally removed from poll list */
+		events = 0;
+		_HA_ATOMIC_AND(&polled_mask[fd], ~tid_bit);
+	}
+	else {
+		/* OK fd has to be monitored, it was either added or changed */
+		events = evports_state_to_events(en);
+		_HA_ATOMIC_OR(&polled_mask[fd], tid_bit);
+	}
+	evports_resync_fd(fd, events);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Event Ports poller.  This routine interacts with the file descriptor
+ * management data structures and routines; see the large block comment in
+ * "src/fd.c" for more information.
+ */
+
+REGPRM2 static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp)
+{
+	int i;
+	int wait_time;
+	struct timespec timeout_ts;
+	unsigned int nevlist;
+	int fd, old_fd;
+	int status;
+
+	/*
+	 * Scan the list of file descriptors with an updated status:
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < fd_nbupdt; i++) {
+		fd = fd_updt[i];
+
+		_HA_ATOMIC_AND(&fdtab[fd].update_mask, ~tid_bit);
+		if (fdtab[fd].owner == NULL) {
+			activity[tid].poll_drop++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		_update_fd(fd);
+	}
+	fd_nbupdt = 0;
+	/* Scan the global update list */
+	for (old_fd = fd = update_list.first; fd != -1; fd = fdtab[fd].update.next) {
+		if (fd == -2) {
+			fd = old_fd;
+			continue;
+		}
+		else if (fd <= -3)
+			fd = -fd -4;
+		if (fd == -1)
+			break;
+		if (fdtab[fd].update_mask & tid_bit)
+			done_update_polling(fd);
+		else
+			continue;
+		if (!fdtab[fd].owner)
+			continue;
+		_update_fd(fd);
+	}
+
+	thread_harmless_now();
+
+	/*
+	 * Determine how long to wait for events to materialise on the port.
+	 */
+	wait_time = compute_poll_timeout(exp);
+	tv_entering_poll();
+	activity_count_runtime();
+
+	do {
+		int timeout = (global.tune.options & GTUNE_BUSY_POLLING) ? 0 : wait_time;
+		int interrupted = 0;
+		nevlist = 1; /* desired number of events to be retrieved */
+		timeout_ts.tv_sec  = (timeout / 1000);
+		timeout_ts.tv_nsec = (timeout % 1000) * 1000000;
+
+		status = port_getn(evports_fd[tid],
+				   evports_evlist,
+				   evports_evlist_max,
+				   &nevlist, /* updated to the number of events retrieved */
+				   &timeout_ts);
+		if (status != 0) {
+			int e = errno;
+			switch (e) {
+			case ETIME:
+				/*
+				 * Though the manual page has not historically made it
+				 * clear, port_getn() can return -1 with an errno of
+				 * ETIME and still have returned some number of events.
+				 */
+				/* nevlist >= 0 */
+				break;
+			default:
+				nevlist = 0;
+				interrupted = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		tv_update_date(timeout, nevlist);
+
+		if (nevlist || interrupted)
+			break;
+		if (timeout || !wait_time)
+			break;
+		if (signal_queue_len)
+			break;
+		if (tick_isset(exp) && tick_is_expired(exp, now_ms))
+			break;
+	} while(1);
+
+	tv_leaving_poll(wait_time, nevlist);
+
+	thread_harmless_end();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nevlist; i++) {
+		unsigned int n = 0;
+		int events, rebind_events;
+		fd = evports_evlist[i].portev_object;
+		events = evports_evlist[i].portev_events;
+
+		if (fdtab[fd].owner == NULL) {
+			activity[tid].poll_dead++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!(fdtab[fd].thread_mask & tid_bit)) {
+			activity[tid].poll_skip++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * By virtue of receiving an event for this file descriptor, it
+		 * is no longer associated with the port in question.  Store
+		 * the previous event mask so that we may reassociate after
+		 * processing is complete.
+		 */
+		rebind_events = evports_state_to_events(fdtab[fd].state);
+		/* rebind_events != 0 */
+
+		/*
+		 * Set bits based on the events we received from the port:
+		 */
+		if (events & POLLIN)
+			n |= FD_POLL_IN;
+		if (events & POLLOUT)
+			n |= FD_POLL_OUT;
+		if (events & POLLERR)
+			n |= FD_POLL_ERR;
+		if (events & POLLHUP)
+			n |= FD_POLL_HUP;
+
+		/*
+		 * Call connection processing callbacks.  Note that it's
+		 * possible for this processing to alter the required event
+		 * port assocation; i.e., the "state" member of the "fdtab"
+		 * entry.  If it changes, the fd will be placed on the updated
+		 * list for processing the next time we are called.
+		 */
+		fd_update_events(fd, n);
+
+		/*
+		 * This file descriptor was closed during the processing of
+		 * polled events.  No need to reassociate.
+		 */
+		if (fdtab[fd].owner == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * Reassociate with the port, using the same event mask as
+		 * before.  This call will not result in a dissociation as we
+		 * asserted that _some_ events needed to be rebound above.
+		 *
+		 * Reassociating with the same mask allows us to mimic the
+		 * level-triggered behaviour of poll(2).  In the event that we
+		 * are interested in the same events on the next turn of the
+		 * loop, this represents no extra work.
+		 *
+		 * If this additional port_associate(3C) call becomes a
+		 * performance problem, we would need to verify that we can
+		 * correctly interact with the file descriptor cache and update
+		 * list (see "src/fd.c") to avoid reassociating here, or to use
+		 * a different events mask.
+		 */
+		evports_resync_fd(fd, rebind_events);
+	}
+}
+
+static int init_evports_per_thread()
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	evports_evlist_max = global.tune.maxpollevents;
+	evports_evlist = calloc(evports_evlist_max, sizeof (port_event_t));
+	if (evports_evlist == NULL) {
+		goto fail_alloc;
+	}
+
+	if (MAX_THREADS > 1 && tid) {
+		if ((evports_fd[tid] = port_create()) == -1) {
+			goto fail_fd;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* we may have to unregister some events initially registered on the
+	 * original fd when it was alone, and/or to register events on the new
+	 * fd for this thread. Let's just mark them as updated, the poller will
+	 * do the rest.
+	 */
+	for (fd = 0; fd < global.maxsock; fd++)
+		updt_fd_polling(fd);
+
+	return 1;
+
+ fail_fd:
+	free(evports_evlist);
+	evports_evlist = NULL;
+	evports_evlist_max = 0;
+ fail_alloc:
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void deinit_evports_per_thread()
+{
+	if (MAX_THREADS > 1 && tid)
+		close(evports_fd[tid]);
+
+	free(evports_evlist);
+	evports_evlist = NULL;
+	evports_evlist_max = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialisation of the event ports poller.
+ * Returns 0 in case of failure, non-zero in case of success.
+ */
+REGPRM1 static int _do_init(struct poller *p)
+{
+	p->private = NULL;
+
+	if ((evports_fd[tid] = port_create()) == -1) {
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	hap_register_per_thread_init(init_evports_per_thread);
+	hap_register_per_thread_deinit(deinit_evports_per_thread);
+
+	return 1;
+
+fail:
+	p->pref = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Termination of the event ports poller.
+ * All resources are released and the poller is marked as inoperative.
+ */
+REGPRM1 static void _do_term(struct poller *p)
+{
+	if (evports_fd[tid] != -1) {
+		close(evports_fd[tid]);
+		evports_fd[tid] = -1;
+	}
+
+	p->private = NULL;
+	p->pref = 0;
+
+	free(evports_evlist);
+	evports_evlist = NULL;
+	evports_evlist_max = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Run-time check to make sure we can allocate the resources needed for
+ * the poller to function correctly.
+ * Returns 1 on success, otherwise 0.
+ */
+REGPRM1 static int _do_test(struct poller *p)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	if ((fd = port_create()) == -1) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	close(fd);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Close and recreate the event port after fork().  Returns 1 on success,
+ * otherwise 0.  If this function fails, "_do_term()" must be called to
+ * clean up the poller.
+ */
+REGPRM1 static int _do_fork(struct poller *p)
+{
+	if (evports_fd[tid] != -1) {
+		close(evports_fd[tid]);
+	}
+
+	if ((evports_fd[tid] = port_create()) == -1) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This constructor must be called before main() to register the event ports
+ * poller.
+ */
+__attribute__((constructor))
+static void _do_register(void)
+{
+	struct poller *p;
+	int i;
+
+	if (nbpollers >= MAX_POLLERS)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_THREADS; i++)
+		evports_fd[i] = -1;
+
+	p = &pollers[nbpollers++];
+
+	p->name = "evports";
+	p->pref = 300;
+	p->flags = 0;
+	p->private = NULL;
+
+	p->clo  = NULL;
+	p->test = _do_test;
+	p->init = _do_init;
+	p->term = _do_term;
+	p->poll = _do_poll;
+	p->fork = _do_fork;
+}
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 76d2aa0bf..f85f15fb4 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ static void usage(char *name)
 #if defined(ENABLE_KQUEUE)
 		"        -dk disables kqueue() usage even when available\n"
 #endif
+#if defined(ENABLE_EVPORTS)
+		"        -dv disables event ports usage even when available\n"
+#endif
 #if defined(ENABLE_POLL)
 		"        -dp disables poll() usage even when available\n"
 #endif
@@ -1352,6 +1355,9 @@ static void init(int argc, char **argv)
 #if defined(ENABLE_KQUEUE)
 	global.tune.options |= GTUNE_USE_KQUEUE;
 #endif
+#if defined(ENABLE_EVPORTS)
+	global.tune.options |= GTUNE_USE_EVPORTS;
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_SPLICE)
 	global.tune.options |= GTUNE_USE_SPLICE;
 #endif
@@ -1396,6 +1402,10 @@ static void init(int argc, char **argv)
 			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'k')
 				global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_KQUEUE;
 #endif
+#if defined(ENABLE_EVPORTS)
+			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'v')
+				global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_EVPORTS;
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_SPLICE)
 			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'S')
 				global.tune.options &= ~GTUNE_USE_SPLICE;
@@ -2025,6 +2035,9 @@ static void init(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (!(global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_KQUEUE))
 		disable_poller("kqueue");
 
+	if (!(global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_EVPORTS))
+		disable_poller("evports");
+
 	if (!(global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_EPOLL))
 		disable_poller("epoll");