diff -up nmap-6.01/ncat/ncat_main.c.noepoll nmap-6.01/ncat/ncat_main.c
--- nmap-6.01/ncat/ncat_main.c.noepoll	2013-01-04 12:50:18.670295473 +0100
+++ nmap-6.01/ncat/ncat_main.c	2013-01-04 12:50:18.692295660 +0100
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef WIN32
     windows_init();
 #endif
+    
+    nsock_set_default_engine("select");
 
     while (1) {
         /* handle command line arguments */