--- /dev/null
+From f68f2cf089cfd5ec45863baf59a91d5aeb0cf5c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
+Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 14:53:51 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] test_vterm: handle EINTR when reading from pipe
+
+Fixes: https://github.com/urwid/urwid/issues/230
+---
+ urwid/tests/test_vterm.py | 12 ++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/urwid/tests/test_vterm.py b/urwid/tests/test_vterm.py
+index 4dadfcc..075c653 100644
+--- a/urwid/tests/test_vterm.py
++++ b/urwid/tests/test_vterm.py
+@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
+ #
+ # Urwid web site: http://excess.org/urwid/
+
++import errno
+ import os
+ import sys
+ import unittest
+@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
+ from urwid import signals
+ from urwid.compat import B
+
+-
+ class DummyCommand(object):
+ QUITSTRING = B('|||quit|||')
+
+@@ -41,12 +41,20 @@ def __call__(self):
+ stdout.write(B('\x1bc'))
+
+ while True:
+- data = os.read(self.reader, 1024)
++ data = self.read(1024)
+ if self.QUITSTRING == data:
+ break
+ stdout.write(data)
+ stdout.flush()
+
++ def read(self, size):
++ while True:
++ try:
++ return os.read(self.reader, size)
++ except OSError as e:
++ if e.errno != errno.EINTR:
++ raise
++
+ def write(self, data):
+ os.write(self.writer, data)
+