diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9237921..1285c61 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 
+corrections:
+	user-late and group-late, when applied to a pty, affected the system
+	device /dev/ptmx instead of the pty (thanks to Matthew Cloke for
+	pointing me to this bug)
+
+	socats openssl addresses failed with "nonblocking operation did not
+	complete" when the peer performed a renegotiation. Thanks to Benjamin
+	Delpy for reporting this bug.
+
 porting:
 	building socat on systems that predefined the CFLAGS environment to
 	contain -Wall failed (esp.RedHat). Thanks to Paul Wouters for reporting
@@ -10,11 +19,6 @@ porting:
 	on some 64bit systems a compiler warning "cast from pointer to integer
 	of different size" was issued on some option definitions
 
-corrections:
-	user-late and group-late, when applied to a pty, affected the system
-	device /dev/ptmx instead of the pty (thanks to Matthew Cloke for
-	pointing me to this bug)
-
 ####################### V 1.7.1.1:
 
 corrections:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fafb001..f94138c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.7.1.1+64bit+userlate"
+"1.7.1.1+64bit+userlate+reneg"
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 072ad9a..eb10e7e 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -10067,6 +10067,89 @@ PORT=$((PORT+1))
 N=$((N+1))
 
 
+# socat up to 1.7.1.1 (and 2.0.0-b3) terminated with error when an openssl peer
+# performed a renegotiation. Test if this is fixed.
+NAME=OPENSSLRENEG1
+case "$TESTS" in
+*%functions%*|*%bugs%*|*%openssl%*|*%socket%*|*%$NAME%*)
+TEST="$NAME: OpenSSL connections survives renogotiation"
+# connect with s_client to socat ssl-l; force a renog, then transfer data. When
+# data is passed the test succeeded
+if ! eval $NUMCOND; then :; else
+tf="$td/test$N.stdout"
+te="$td/test$N.stderr"
+tdiff="$td/test$N.diff"
+da="test$N $(date) $RANDOM"
+CMD0="$SOCAT $opts OPENSSL-LISTEN:$PORT,reuseaddr,cert=testsrv.crt,key=testsrv.key,verify=0 PIPE"
+CMD1="openssl s_client -port $PORT -verify 0"
+printf "test $F_n $TEST... " $N
+$CMD0 >/dev/null 2>"${te}0" &
+pid0=$!
+waittcp4port $PORT 1
+(echo "R"; sleep 1; echo "$da"; sleep 1) |$CMD1 2>"${te}1" |fgrep "$da" >"${tf}1"
+rc1=$?
+kill $pid0 2>/dev/null; wait
+if echo "$da" |diff - ${tf}1 >"$tdiff"; then
+    $PRINTF "$OK\n"
+    numOK=$((numOK+1))
+else
+    $PRINTF "$FAILED\n"
+    echo "$CMD0 &"
+    echo "$CMD1"
+    cat "${te}0"
+#    cat "${te}1"
+    cat "$tdiff"
+    numFAIL=$((numFAIL+1))
+fi
+fi # NUMCOND
+ ;;
+esac
+N=$((N+1))
+
+
+# socat up to 1.7.1.1 (and 2.0.0-b3) terminated with error when an openssl peer
+# performed a renegotiation. The first temporary fix to this problem might
+# leave socat in a blocking ssl-read state. Test if this has been fixed.
+NAME=OPENSSLRENEG2
+case "$TESTS" in
+*%functions%*|*%bugs%*|*%openssl%*|*%socket%*|*%$NAME%*)
+TEST="$NAME: OpenSSL connections do not block after renogotiation"
+# connect with s_client to socat ssl-l; force a renog, then transfer data from
+# socat to the peer. When data is passed this means that the former ssl read no
+# longer blocks and the test succeeds
+if ! eval $NUMCOND; then :; else
+tf="$td/test$N.stdout"
+te="$td/test$N.stderr"
+tdiff="$td/test$N.diff"
+da="test$N $(date) $RANDOM"
+CMD0="$SOCAT $opts OPENSSL-LISTEN:$PORT,reuseaddr,cert=testsrv.crt,key=testsrv.key,verify=0 SYSTEM:\"sleep 1; echo \\\\\\\"\\\"$da\\\"\\\\\\\"; sleep 1\"!!STDIO"
+CMD1="openssl s_client -port $PORT -verify 0"
+printf "test $F_n $TEST... " $N
+eval "$CMD0 >/dev/null 2>\"${te}0\" &"
+pid0=$!
+waittcp4port $PORT 1
+(echo "R"; sleep 2) |$CMD1 2>"${te}1" |fgrep "$da" >"${tf}1"
+rc1=$?
+kill $pid0 2>/dev/null; wait
+if echo "$da" |diff - ${tf}1 >"$tdiff"; then
+    $PRINTF "$OK\n"
+    numOK=$((numOK+1))
+else
+    $PRINTF "$FAILED\n"
+    echo "$CMD0 &"
+    echo "$CMD1"
+    cat "${te}0"
+#    cat "${te}1"
+    cat "$tdiff"
+    numFAIL=$((numFAIL+1))
+fi
+fi # NUMCOND
+ ;;
+esac
+N=$((N+1))
+
+
+###############################################################################
 # here come tests that might affect your systems integrity. Put normal tests
 # before this paragraph.
 # tests must be explicitely selected by roottough or name (not number)
@@ -10131,6 +10214,7 @@ fi # NUMCOND
 esac
 N=$((N+1))
 
+
 echo "summary: $((N-1)) tests; $numOK ok, $numFAIL failed, $numCANT could not be performed"
 
 if [ "$numFAIL" -gt 0 ]; then
diff --git a/xio-openssl.c b/xio-openssl.c
index 3bd8178..e4d37b6 100644
--- a/xio-openssl.c
+++ b/xio-openssl.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-openssl.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2002-2008 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2002-2009 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the implementation of the openssl addresses */
@@ -1054,8 +1054,9 @@ ssize_t xioread_openssl(struct single *pipe, void *buff, size_t bufsiz) {
       case SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE:
       case SSL_ERROR_WANT_CONNECT:
       case SSL_ERROR_WANT_X509_LOOKUP:
-	 Error("nonblocking operation did not complete");
-	 break;	/*!*/
+	 Info("nonblocking operation did not complete");
+	 errno = EAGAIN;
+	 return -1;
       case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
 	 if (ERR_peek_error() == 0) {
 	    if (ret == 0) {