diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 3b4cf85c75f..52a5d70e5e2 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ Lawrence Kesteloot
 Garvit Khatri
 Vivek Khera
 Dhiru Kholia
+Artem Khramov
 Akshit Khurana
 Sanyam Khurana
 Mads Kiilerich
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-14-21-41-07.bpo-37811.d1xYj7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-14-21-41-07.bpo-37811.d1xYj7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..662e7dc4100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-14-21-41-07.bpo-37811.d1xYj7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fix ``socket`` module's ``socket.connect(address)`` function being unable to
+establish connection in case of interrupted system call. The problem was
+observed on all OSes which ``poll(2)`` system call can take only
+non-negative integers and -1 as a timeout value.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index f220c263631..d4f2098e1e6 100755
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -789,6 +789,17 @@ internal_select(PySocketSockObject *s, int writing, _PyTime_t interval,
     ms = _PyTime_AsMilliseconds(interval, _PyTime_ROUND_CEILING);
     assert(ms <= INT_MAX);
 
+    /* On some OSes, typically BSD-based ones, the timeout parameter of the
+       poll() syscall, when negative, must be exactly INFTIM, where defined,
+       or -1. See issue 37811. */
+    if (ms < 0) {
+#ifdef INFTIM
+        ms = INFTIM;
+#else
+        ms = -1;
+#endif
+    }
+
     Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS;
     n = poll(&pollfd, 1, (int)ms);
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS;