diff --git a/io_wait.h b/io_wait.h
index 47255440998..37d56a9a83f 100644
--- a/io_wait.h
+++ b/io_wait.h
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ inline static int io_watch_add(	io_wait_h* h, // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto]
 								void* data,
 								int prio,
 								unsigned int timeout,
-								int flags)
+								int flags,
+								int exclusive)
 {
 
 	/* helper macros */
@@ -506,16 +507,9 @@ inline static int io_watch_add(	io_wait_h* h, // lgtm [cpp/use-of-goto]
 				ep_event.events|=EPOLLOUT;
 			if (!already) {
 again1:
-#if 0
-/* This is currently broken, because when using EPOLLEXCLUSIVE, the OS will
- * send sequential events to the same process - thus our pseudo-dispatcher
- * will no longer work, since events on a pipe will be queued by a single
- * process. - razvanc
- */
-#if (defined __OS_linux) && (__GLIBC__ >= 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 24)
-				if (e->flags & IO_WATCH_READ)
+#ifdef EPOLLEXCLUSIVE
+				if (e->flags & IO_WATCH_READ && exclusive == 1)
 					ep_event.events|=EPOLLEXCLUSIVE;
-#endif
 #endif
 				n=epoll_ctl(h->epfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ep_event);
 				if (n==-1){
diff --git a/io_wait_loop.h b/io_wait_loop.h
index d07a3be5163..cd6e296a438 100644
--- a/io_wait_loop.h
+++ b/io_wait_loop.h
@@ -175,7 +175,14 @@ inline static int io_wait_loop_epoll(io_wait_h* h, int t, int repeat)
 	unsigned int curr_time;
 
 again:
+#ifdef EPOLLEXCLUSIVE
+		/* When using EPOLLEXCLUSIVE we don't want a single wakeup to handle multiple fds at once
+		   as it could introduce latency in handling requests.
+		   Limit each wakeup to handling events from a single fd */
+		ret=n=epoll_wait(h->epfd, h->ep_array, 1, t*1000);
+#else
 		ret=n=epoll_wait(h->epfd, h->ep_array, h->fd_no, t*1000);
+#endif
 		if (n==-1){
 			if (errno == EINTR) {
 				goto again; /* signal, ignore it */
diff --git a/ipc.c b/ipc.c
index 05869da40ef..601b1225711 100644
--- a/ipc.c
+++ b/ipc.c
@@ -278,26 +278,29 @@ void ipc_handle_job(int fd)
 	ipc_job job;
 	int n;
 
-	/* read one IPC job from the pipe; even if the read is blocking,
-	 * we are here triggered from the reactor, on a READ event, so 
-	 * we shouldn;t ever block */
-	n = read(fd, &job, sizeof(job) );
-	if (n==-1) {
-		if (errno==EAGAIN || errno==EINTR || errno==EWOULDBLOCK )
+	//Process all jobs until handle is drained
+	while (1) {
+		/* read one IPC job from the pipe; even if the read is blocking,
+		 * we are here triggered from the reactor, on a READ event, so 
+		 * we shouldn;t ever block */
+		n = read(fd, &job, sizeof(job) );
+		if (n==-1) {
+			if (errno==EAGAIN || errno==EINTR || errno==EWOULDBLOCK )
+				return;
+			LM_ERR("read failed:[%d] %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
 			return;
-		LM_ERR("read failed:[%d] %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
-		return;
-	}
+		}
 
-	LM_DBG("received job type %d[%s] from process %d\n",
-		job.handler_type, ipc_handlers[job.handler_type].name, job.snd_proc);
+		LM_DBG("received job type %d[%s] from process %d\n",
+			job.handler_type, ipc_handlers[job.handler_type].name, job.snd_proc);
 
-	/* custom handling for RPC type */
-	if (job.handler_type==ipc_rpc_type) {
-		((ipc_rpc_f*)job.payload1)( job.snd_proc, job.payload2);
-	} else {
-		/* generic registered type */
-		ipc_handlers[job.handler_type].func( job.snd_proc, job.payload1);
+		/* custom handling for RPC type */
+		if (job.handler_type==ipc_rpc_type) {
+			((ipc_rpc_f*)job.payload1)( job.snd_proc, job.payload2);
+		} else {
+			/* generic registered type */
+			ipc_handlers[job.handler_type].func( job.snd_proc, job.payload1);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return;
diff --git a/net/net_udp.c b/net/net_udp.c
index b9194a6b79f..50b7eb17b05 100644
--- a/net/net_udp.c
+++ b/net/net_udp.c
@@ -292,8 +292,11 @@ inline static int handle_io(struct fd_map* fm, int idx,int event_type)
 
 	switch(fm->type){
 		case F_UDP_READ:
-			n = protos[((struct socket_info*)fm->data)->proto].net.
-				read( fm->data /*si*/, &read);
+			do {
+				n = protos[((struct socket_info*)fm->data)->proto].net.
+					read( fm->data /*si*/, &read);
+			//Continue reading packets until we get an error
+			} while (n == 0);
 			break;
 		case F_TIMER_JOB:
 			handle_timer_job();
@@ -327,11 +330,15 @@ inline static int handle_io(struct fd_map* fm, int idx,int event_type)
 	post_run_handle_script_reload();
 
 	pt_become_idle();
+
+	if (n == 1) {
+		n = 0;
+	}
 	return n;
 }
 
 
-int udp_proc_reactor_init( struct socket_info *si )
+int udp_proc_reactor_init( struct socket_info *si, int si_rank )
 {
 
 	/* create the reactor for UDP proc */
@@ -359,9 +366,18 @@ int udp_proc_reactor_init( struct socket_info *si )
 	}
 
 	/* init: start watching the SIP UDP fd */
-	if (reactor_add_reader( si->socket, F_UDP_READ, RCT_PRIO_NET, si)<0) {
-		LM_CRIT("failed to add UDP listen socket to reactor\n");
-		goto error;
+	//First child per socket becomes 'Master', will wake on every event
+	if (si_rank == 0) {
+		if (reactor_add_reader( si->socket, F_UDP_READ, RCT_PRIO_NET, si)<0) {
+			LM_CRIT("failed to add UDP listen socket to reactor\n");
+			goto error;
+		}
+	} else {
+		//Subsequent processes are helpers, only one should be woken to help at a time
+		if (reactor_add_reader_exclusive( si->socket, F_UDP_READ, RCT_PRIO_NET, si)<0) {
+			LM_CRIT("failed to add UDP listen socket to reactor\n");
+			goto error;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -389,7 +405,9 @@ static int fork_dynamic_udp_process(void *si_filter)
 		bind_address=si; /* shortcut */
 		/* we first need to init the reactor to be able to add fd
 		 * into it in child_init routines */
-		if (udp_proc_reactor_init(si) < 0 ||
+		/* Since this is in addition to the master process, si_rank should be > 0 to enable
+		 * exlusive polling with EPOLL */
+		if (udp_proc_reactor_init(si, 1) < 0 ||
 		init_child(10000/*FIXME*/) < 0) {
 			goto error;
 		}
@@ -486,7 +504,7 @@ int udp_start_processes(int *chd_rank, int *startup_done)
 					bind_address=si; /* shortcut */
 					/* we first need to init the reactor to be able to add fd
 					 * into it in child_init routines */
-					if (udp_proc_reactor_init(si) < 0 ||
+					if (udp_proc_reactor_init(si, i) < 0 ||
 							init_child(*chd_rank) < 0) {
 						report_failure_status();
 						if (*chd_rank == 1 && startup_done)
diff --git a/net/proto_udp/proto_udp.c b/net/proto_udp/proto_udp.c
index 8f2c4cabdd7..56ad3f3b62b 100644
--- a/net/proto_udp/proto_udp.c
+++ b/net/proto_udp/proto_udp.c
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ static int udp_read_req(struct socket_info *si, int* bytes_read)
 	/* coverity[overrun-buffer-arg: FALSE] - union has 28 bytes, CID #200029 */
 	len=recvfrom(bind_address->socket, buf, BUF_SIZE,0,&ri.src_su.s,&fromlen);
 	if (len==-1){
-		if (errno==EAGAIN)
-			return 0;
-		if ((errno==EINTR)||(errno==EWOULDBLOCK)|| (errno==ECONNREFUSED))
+		if (errno==EAGAIN || errno==EWOULDBLOCK || errno==EINTR)
+			return 1;
+		if (errno==ECONNREFUSED)
 			return -1;
 		LM_ERR("recvfrom:[%d] %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
 		return -2;
diff --git a/reactor_defs.h b/reactor_defs.h
index 6c167fa56fa..ef92fac8796 100644
--- a/reactor_defs.h
+++ b/reactor_defs.h
@@ -78,13 +78,16 @@ int init_reactor_size(void);
 	init_io_wait(&_worker_io, _name, reactor_size, io_poll_method, _prio_max)
 
 #define reactor_add_reader( _fd, _type, _prio, _data) \
-	io_watch_add(&_worker_io, _fd, _type, _data, _prio, 0, IO_WATCH_READ)
+	io_watch_add(&_worker_io, _fd, _type, _data, _prio, 0, IO_WATCH_READ, 0)
+
+#define reactor_add_reader_exclusive( _fd, _type, _prio, _data) \
+	io_watch_add(&_worker_io, _fd, _type, _data, _prio, 0, IO_WATCH_READ, 1)
 
 #define reactor_add_reader_with_timeout( _fd, _type, _prio, _t, _data) \
-	io_watch_add(&_worker_io, _fd, _type, _data, _prio, _t, IO_WATCH_READ)
+	io_watch_add(&_worker_io, _fd, _type, _data, _prio, _t, IO_WATCH_READ, 0)
 
 #define reactor_add_writer( _fd, _type, _prio, _data) \
-	io_watch_add(&_worker_io, _fd, _type, _data, _prio, 0, IO_WATCH_WRITE)
+	io_watch_add(&_worker_io, _fd, _type, _data, _prio, 0, IO_WATCH_WRITE, 0)
 
 #define reactor_del_reader( _fd, _idx, _io_flags) \
 	io_watch_del(&_worker_io, _fd, _idx, _io_flags, IO_WATCH_READ)
diff --git a/timer.c b/timer.c
index d3970ffd535..32c223421bd 100644
--- a/timer.c
+++ b/timer.c
@@ -840,32 +840,35 @@ void handle_timer_job(void)
 	struct os_timer *t;
 	ssize_t l;
 
-	/* read one "os_timer" pointer from the pipe (non-blocking) */
-	l = read( timer_fd_out, &t, sizeof(t) );
-	if (l==-1) {
-		if (errno==EAGAIN || errno==EINTR || errno==EWOULDBLOCK )
+	/* Read events until epipe is empty */
+	while(1) {
+		/* read one "os_timer" pointer from the pipe (non-blocking) */
+		l = read( timer_fd_out, &t, sizeof(t) );
+		if (l==-1) {
+			if (errno==EAGAIN || errno==EINTR || errno==EWOULDBLOCK )
+				return;
+			LM_ERR("read failed:[%d] %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
 			return;
-		LM_ERR("read failed:[%d] %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
-		return;
-	}
+		}
 
-	/* run the handler */
-	if (t->flags&TIMER_FLAG_IS_UTIMER) {
+		/* run the handler */
+		if (t->flags&TIMER_FLAG_IS_UTIMER) {
 
-		if (t->trigger_time<(*ijiffies-ITIMER_TICK) )
-			LM_WARN("utimer job <%s> has a %lld us delay in execution\n",
-				t->label, *ijiffies-t->trigger_time);
-		t->u.utimer_f( t->time , t->t_param);
-		t->trigger_time = 0;
+			if (t->trigger_time<(*ijiffies-ITIMER_TICK) )
+				LM_WARN("utimer job <%s> has a %lld us delay in execution\n",
+					t->label, *ijiffies-t->trigger_time);
+			t->u.utimer_f( t->time , t->t_param);
+			t->trigger_time = 0;
 
-	} else {
+		} else {
 
-		if (t->trigger_time<(*ijiffies-ITIMER_TICK) )
-			LM_WARN("timer job <%s> has a %lld us delay in execution\n",
-				t->label, *ijiffies-t->trigger_time);
-		t->u.timer_f( (unsigned int)t->time , t->t_param);
-		t->trigger_time = 0;
+			if (t->trigger_time<(*ijiffies-ITIMER_TICK) )
+				LM_WARN("timer job <%s> has a %lld us delay in execution\n",
+					t->label, *ijiffies-t->trigger_time);
+			t->u.timer_f( (unsigned int)t->time , t->t_param);
+			t->trigger_time = 0;
 
+		}
 	}
 
 	return;