diff --git a/cups-busy-loop.patch b/cups-busy-loop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c95546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cups-busy-loop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff -up cups-2.0.2/scheduler/client.c.busy-loop cups-2.0.2/scheduler/client.c
+--- cups-2.0.2/scheduler/client.c.busy-loop	2014-08-28 16:37:22.000000000 +0100
++++ cups-2.0.2/scheduler/client.c	2015-03-16 17:24:32.506232983 +0000
+@@ -585,6 +585,17 @@ cupsdReadClient(cupsd_client_t *con)	/*
+     * connection and we need to shut it down...
+     */
+ 
++    if (!httpGetReady(con->http) && recv(httpGetFd(con->http), buf, 1, MSG_PEEK) < 1)
++    {
++     /*
++      * Connection closed...
++      */
++
++      cupsdLogClient(con, CUPSD_LOG_DEBUG, "Closing on EOF.");
++      cupsdCloseClient(con);
++      return;
++    }
++
+     cupsdLogClient(con, CUPSD_LOG_DEBUG, "Closing on unexpected HTTP read state %s.",
+ 		   httpStateString(httpGetState(con->http)));
+     cupsdCloseClient(con);
+@@ -1979,12 +1990,6 @@ cupsdReadClient(cupsd_client_t *con)	/*
+ 
+ 	if (httpGetState(con->http) == HTTP_STATE_POST_SEND)
+ 	{
+-	 /*
+-	  * Don't listen for activity until we decide to do something with this...
+-	  */
+-
+-          cupsdAddSelect(httpGetFd(con->http), NULL, NULL, con);
+-
+ 	  if (con->file >= 0)
+ 	  {
+ 	    fstat(con->file, &filestats);
diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index 5a59c31..e6bd208 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Summary: CUPS printing system
 Name: cups
 Epoch: 1
 Version: 2.0.2
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Url: http://www.cups.org/
 Source0: http://www.cups.org/software/%{version}/cups-%{version}-source.tar.bz2
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Source8: macros.cups
 Patch1: cups-no-gzip-man.patch
 Patch2: cups-system-auth.patch
 Patch3: cups-multilib.patch
+Patch4: cups-busy-loop.patch
 Patch5: cups-banners.patch
 Patch6: cups-serverbin-compat.patch
 Patch7: cups-no-export-ssllibs.patch
@@ -189,6 +190,9 @@ Sends IPP requests to the specified URI and tests and/or displays the results.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .system-auth
 # Prevent multilib conflict in cups-config script.
 %patch3 -p1 -b .multilib
+# Avoid busy loop in cupsd when connection is closed after request
+# sent (bug #1179596).
+%patch4 -p1 -b .busy-loop
 # Ignore rpm save/new files in the banners directory.
 %patch5 -p1 -b .banners
 # Use compatibility fallback path for ServerBin.
@@ -296,9 +300,6 @@ export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fstack-protector-all -DLDAP_DEPRECATED=1"
 	--with-xinetd=no \
 	localedir=%{_datadir}/locale
 
-# Avoid epoll for the moment (bug #1179596).
-sed -i -e 's,\(define HAVE_EPOLL 1\),undef HAVE_EPOLL,' config.h
-
 # If we got this far, all prerequisite libraries must be here.
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -608,8 +609,9 @@ rm -f %{cups_serverbin}/backend/smb
 %{_mandir}/man5/ipptoolfile.5.gz
 
 %changelog
-* Sun Mar 15 2015 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1:2.0.2-4
-- Avoid epoll for the moment (bug #1179596).
+* Mon Mar 16 2015 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1:2.0.2-5
+- Avoid busy loop in cupsd when connection is closed after request
+  sent (bug #1179596).
 
 * Mon Feb 16 2015 Jiri Popelka <jpopelka@redhat.com> - 1:2.0.2-2
 - Fixed multilib.patch to check for gnutls instead of openssl.