diff --git a/irc.py b/irc.py
index fabea4b..2a31ec4 100755
--- a/irc.py
+++ b/irc.py
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ class Bot(asynchat.async_chat):
             except:
                 sock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
                         cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL, ca_certs=self.ca_certs)
-        sock.setblocking(False)
+        # FIXME: this doesn't work with SSL enabled
+        #sock.setblocking(False)
         self.set_socket(sock)
 
     def handle_connect(self):