diff --git a/bindings/spt/net.c b/bindings/spt/net.c
index 707810fa..a993e7ab 100644
--- a/bindings/spt/net.c
+++ b/bindings/spt/net.c
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ void solo5_yield(solo5_time_t deadline, solo5_handle_set_t *ready_set)
             .tv_nsec = deadline % 1000000000ULL
         }
     };
+    /*
+     * Ensure that it.it_value is always non-zero, otherwise the following
+     * epoll_wait() will hang if there are no other descriptors in the waitset
+     * due to the timer never firing. See timefd_settime(2).
+     */
+    it.it_value.tv_nsec |= 1;
     /*
      * On spt, given that Solo5 monotonic time is identical to CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
      * we can just pass the deadline into the timerfd as an absolute timeout,