diff --git a/qse/include/qse/si/sck.h b/qse/include/qse/si/sck.h
index fadbb696..a8e2b339 100644
--- a/qse/include/qse/si/sck.h
+++ b/qse/include/qse/si/sck.h
@@ -64,12 +64,19 @@
 
 enum qse_shut_sck_how_t
 {
-	QSE_SHUTSCKHND_R  = 0,
-	QSE_SHUTSCKHND_W  = 1,
-	QSE_SHUTSCKHND_RW = 2
+	QSE_SHUT_SCK_R  = 0,
+	QSE_SHUT_SCK_W  = 1,
+	QSE_SHUT_SCK_RW = 2
 };
 typedef enum qse_shut_sck_how_t qse_shut_sck_how_t;
 
+enum qse_sck_trait_t
+{
+	QSE_SCK_TRAIT_NONBLOCK = (1 << 0),
+	QSE_SCK_TRAIT_CLOEXEC = (1 << 1)
+};
+typedef enum qse_sck_trait_t qse_sck_trait_t;
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -78,6 +85,13 @@ QSE_EXPORT int qse_is_sck_valid (
 	qse_sck_hnd_t handle
 );
 
+QSE_EXPORT qse_sck_hnd_t qse_open_sck (
+	int family,
+	int type,
+	int protocol,
+	int traits
+);
+
 QSE_EXPORT void qse_close_sck (
 	qse_sck_hnd_t handle
 );
diff --git a/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c b/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c
index 68338b76..8fdaf32d 100644
--- a/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c
+++ b/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c
@@ -1202,13 +1202,13 @@ oops:
 
 static void client_close (qse_httpd_t* httpd, qse_httpd_client_t* client)
 {
-	qse_shut_sck (client->handle, QSE_SHUTSCKHND_RW);
+	qse_shut_sck (client->handle, QSE_SHUT_SCK_RW);
 	qse_close_sck (client->handle);
 }
 
 static void client_shutdown (qse_httpd_t* httpd, qse_httpd_client_t* client)
 {
-	qse_shut_sck (client->handle, QSE_SHUTSCKHND_RW);
+	qse_shut_sck (client->handle, QSE_SHUT_SCK_RW);
 }
 
 static qse_ssize_t client_recv (
diff --git a/qse/lib/si/Socket.cpp b/qse/lib/si/Socket.cpp
index 519e5110..9179852e 100644
--- a/qse/lib/si/Socket.cpp
+++ b/qse/lib/si/Socket.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ int Socket::fdopen (int handle) QSE_CPP_NOEXCEPT
 int Socket::open (int domain, int type, int protocol, int traits) QSE_CPP_NOEXCEPT
 {
 	int x;
-	int fcntl_v = 0;
 
 #if defined(SOCK_NONBLOCK) && defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
 	if (traits & Socket::T_NONBLOCK) type |= SOCK_NONBLOCK;
@@ -106,24 +105,13 @@ open_socket:
 
 	if (traits)
 	{
-		fcntl_v = ::fcntl(x, F_GETFL, 0);
-		if (fcntl_v == -1)
+		if (((traits & Socket::T_CLOEXEC) && qse_set_sck_cloexec(x, 1) <= -1) ||
+		    ((traits & Socket::T_NONBLOCK) && qse_set_sck_nonblock(x, 1) <= -1)) 
 		{
-		fcntl_failure:
 			this->setErrorFmt (syserr_to_errnum(errno), QSE_T("%hs"), strerror(errno));
 			::close (x);
 			return -1;
 		}
-
-		if (traits & Socket::T_NONBLOCK) fcntl_v |= O_NONBLOCK;
-		else fcntl_v &= ~O_NONBLOCK;
-
-	#if defined(FD_CLOEXEC)
-		if (traits & Socket::T_CLOEXEC) fcntl_v |= FD_CLOEXEC;
-		else fcntl_v &= ~FD_CLOEXEC;
-	#endif
-
-		if (::fcntl(x, F_SETFL, fcntl_v) == -1) goto fcntl_failure;
 	}
 
 done:
diff --git a/qse/lib/si/sck.c b/qse/lib/si/sck.c
index 22a490c8..ce2fdf3b 100644
--- a/qse/lib/si/sck.c
+++ b/qse/lib/si/sck.c
@@ -95,6 +95,48 @@ QSE_INLINE int qse_is_sck_valid (qse_sck_hnd_t handle)
 #endif
 }
 
+qse_sck_hnd_t qse_open_sck (int family, int type, int protocol, int traits)
+{
+	int x;
+
+#if defined(SOCK_NONBLOCK) && defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+	if (traits & QSE_SCK_TRAIT_NONBLOCK) type |= SOCK_NONBLOCK;
+	if (traits & QSE_SCK_TRAIT_CLOEXEC) type |= SOCK_CLOEXEC;
+open_socket:
+#endif
+	x = socket(family, type, protocol);
+	if (x == -1)
+	{
+	#if defined(SOCK_NONBLOCK) && defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+		if (errno == EINVAL && (type & (SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC)))
+		{
+			type &= ~(SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC);
+			goto open_socket;
+		}
+	#endif
+		return -1;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	#if defined(SOCK_NONBLOCK) && defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+		if (type & (SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC)) goto done;
+	#endif
+	}
+
+	if (traits)
+	{
+		if (((traits & QSE_SCK_TRAIT_CLOEXEC) && qse_set_sck_cloexec(x, 1) <= -1) ||
+		    ((traits & QSE_SCK_TRAIT_NONBLOCK) && qse_set_sck_nonblock(x, 1) <= -1))
+		{
+			close (x);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+done:
+	return x;
+}
+
 QSE_INLINE void qse_close_sck (qse_sck_hnd_t handle)
 {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
@@ -110,7 +152,7 @@ QSE_INLINE void qse_close_sck (qse_sck_hnd_t handle)
 	t_close (handle);
 
 #else
-	QSE_CLOSE (handle);
+	close (handle);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -131,13 +173,13 @@ QSE_INLINE void qse_shut_sck (qse_sck_hnd_t handle, qse_shut_sck_how_t how)
 	/* Is this correct? */
 	switch (how)
 	{
-		case QSE_SHUTSCKHND_R:
+		case QSE_SHUT_SCK_R:
 			t_rcvrel (handle);
 			break;
-		case QSE_SHUTSCKHND_W:
+		case QSE_SHUT_SCK_W:
 			t_sndrel (handle);
 			break;
-		case QSE_SHUTSCKHND_RW:
+		case QSE_SHUT_SCK_RW:
 			t_rcvrel (handle);
 			t_sndrel (handle);
 			break;
@@ -188,8 +230,8 @@ int qse_set_sck_cloexec (qse_sck_hnd_t handle, int enabled)
 	return -1;
 
 #elif defined(FD_CLOEXEC)
-	int flag = fcntl(handle, F_GETFL);
-	if (flag >= 0) flag = fcntl(handle, F_SETFL, (enabled? (flag | FD_CLOEXEC): (flag & ~FD_CLOEXEC)));
+	int flag = fcntl(handle, F_GETFD);
+	if (flag >= 0) flag = fcntl(handle, F_SETFD, (enabled? (flag | FD_CLOEXEC): (flag & ~FD_CLOEXEC)));
 	if (flag <= -1) return -1;
 	return 0;
 #else
@@ -406,7 +448,7 @@ void qse_sck_fini (qse_sck_t* sck)
 #elif defined(__DOS__)
 	close_s (sck->handle)
 #else
-	QSE_CLOSE (sck->handle);
+	close (sck->handle);
 #endif
 }