diff --git a/overlay.c b/overlay.c
index 6bdfb589..119c3ea2 100644
--- a/overlay.c
+++ b/overlay.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ int overlayServerMode()
     fdcount=1;
     rhizome_server_get_fds(fds,&fdcount,128);
     rhizome_fetching_get_fds(fds,&fdcount,128);
+    overlay_mdp_get_fds(fds,&fdcount,128);
 
     for(i=0;i<overlay_interface_count;i++)
       {
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ int overlayServerMode()
       if (rhizome_datastore_path) {
 	rhizome_server_poll();
 	rhizome_fetch_poll();
+	overlay_mdp_poll();
       }
     } else {
       /* No data before tick occurred, so do nothing.
diff --git a/overlay_mdp.c b/overlay_mdp.c
index bafff671..42f8223b 100644
--- a/overlay_mdp.c
+++ b/overlay_mdp.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 #include "serval.h"
 
+
 int mdp_abstract_socket=-1;
 int mdp_named_socket=-1;
 int overlay_mdp_setup_sockets()
@@ -27,51 +28,54 @@ int overlay_mdp_setup_sockets()
   
   name.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
   
-  /* Abstract name space unix sockets is a special Linux thing, which is
-     convenient for us because Android is Linux, but does not have a shared
-     writable path that is on a UFS partition, so we cannot use traditional
-     named unix domain sockets. So the abstract name space gives us a solution. */
-  name.sun_path[0]=0;
-  /* XXX The 100 should be replaced with the actual maximum allowed.
-     Apparently POSIX requires it to be at least 100, but I would still feel
-     more comfortable with using the appropriate constant. */
-  snprintf(&name.sun_path[1],100,"org.servalproject.mesh.overlay.mdp");
-  len = 1+strlen(&name.sun_path[1]) + sizeof(name.sun_family);
-
 #ifndef HAVE_LINUX_IF_H
   /* Abstrack name space (i.e., non-file represented) unix domain sockets are a
      linux-only thing. */
   mdp_abstract_socket = -1;
 #else
-  mdp_abstract_socket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-  if (mdp_abstract_socket>-1) {
-    int dud=0;
-    int r=bind(mdp_abstract_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&name, len);
-    if (r) { dud=1; r=0; WHY("bind() of abstract name space socket failed (not an error on non-linux systems"); }
-    r=listen(mdp_abstract_socket,100); // allow a lot of queued up MDP frames 
-    if (r) { dud++; WHY("listen() failed"); }
-    if (dud) {
-      close(mdp_abstract_socket);
-      mdp_abstract_socket=-1;
-      WHY("Could not open abstract name-space socket (only a problem on Linux).");
+  if (mdp_abstract_socket==-1) {
+    /* Abstract name space unix sockets is a special Linux thing, which is
+       convenient for us because Android is Linux, but does not have a shared
+       writable path that is on a UFS partition, so we cannot use traditional
+       named unix domain sockets. So the abstract name space gives us a solution. */
+    name.sun_path[0]=0;
+    /* XXX The 100 should be replaced with the actual maximum allowed.
+       Apparently POSIX requires it to be at least 100, but I would still feel
+       more comfortable with using the appropriate constant. */
+    snprintf(&name.sun_path[1],100,"org.servalproject.mesh.overlay.mdp");
+    len = 1+strlen(&name.sun_path[1]) + sizeof(name.sun_family);
+    
+    mdp_abstract_socket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (mdp_abstract_socket>-1) {
+      int dud=0;
+      int r=bind(mdp_abstract_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&name, len);
+      if (r) { dud=1; r=0; WHY("bind() of abstract name space socket failed (not an error on non-linux systems"); }
+      r=listen(mdp_abstract_socket,100); // allow a lot of queued up MDP frames 
+      if (r) { dud++; WHY("listen() failed"); }
+      if (dud) {
+	close(mdp_abstract_socket);
+	mdp_abstract_socket=-1;
+	WHY("Could not open abstract name-space socket (only a problem on Linux).");
+      }
     }
   }
 #endif
-  char *instancepath=serval_instancepath();
-
-  snprintf(&name.sun_path[0],100,"%s/mdp.socket",instancepath);
-  len = 0+strlen(&name.sun_path[0]) + sizeof(name.sun_family);
-  mdp_named_socket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-  if (mdp_named_socket>-1) {
-    int dud=0;
-    int r=bind(mdp_named_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&name, len);
-    if (r) { dud=1; r=0; WHY("bind() of named unix domain socket failed"); }
-    r=listen(mdp_named_socket,100); // allow a lot of queued up MDP frames 
-    if (r) { dud++; WHY("listen() failed"); }
-    if (dud) {
-      close(mdp_named_socket);
-      mdp_named_socket=-1;
-      WHY("Could not open named unix domain socket.");
+  if (mdp_named_socket==-1) {
+    char *instancepath=serval_instancepath();
+    snprintf(&name.sun_path[0],100,"%s/mdp.socket",instancepath);
+    len = 0+strlen(&name.sun_path[0]) + sizeof(name.sun_family);
+    mdp_named_socket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (mdp_named_socket>-1) {
+      int dud=0;
+      int r=bind(mdp_named_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&name, len);
+      if (r) { dud=1; r=0; WHY("bind() of named unix domain socket failed"); }
+      r=listen(mdp_named_socket,100); // allow a lot of queued up MDP frames 
+      if (r) { dud++; WHY("listen() failed"); }
+      if (dud) {
+	close(mdp_named_socket);
+	mdp_named_socket=-1;
+	WHY("Could not open named unix domain socket.");
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -79,7 +83,44 @@ int overlay_mdp_setup_sockets()
   
 }
 
+int overlay_mdp_get_fds(struct pollfd *fds,int *fdcount,int fdmax)
+{
+  /* Make sure sockets are open */
+  overlay_mdp_setup_sockets();
+
+  if ((*fdcount)>=fdmax) return -1;
+  if (mdp_abstract_socket>-1)
+    {
+      if (debug&DEBUG_IO) {
+	fprintf(stderr,"MDP abstract name space socket is poll() slot #%d (fd %d)\n",
+		*fdcount,mdp_abstract_socket);
+      }
+      fds[*fdcount].fd=mdp_abstract_socket;
+      fds[*fdcount].events=POLLIN;
+      (*fdcount)++;
+    }
+  if ((*fdcount)>=fdmax) return -1;
+  if (mdp_named_socket>-1)
+    {
+      if (debug&DEBUG_IO) {
+	fprintf(stderr,"MDP named unix domain socket is poll() slot #%d (fd %d)\n",
+		*fdcount,mdp_named_socket);
+      }
+      fds[*fdcount].fd=mdp_named_socket;
+      fds[*fdcount].events=POLLIN;
+      (*fdcount)++;
+    }
+
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 int overlay_saw_mdp_frame(int interface,overlay_frame *f,long long now)
 {
   return WHY("Not implemented");
 }
+
+int overlay_mdp_poll()
+{
+  return WHY("Not implemented");
+}
diff --git a/serval.h b/serval.h
index 14088f04..6d966f54 100644
--- a/serval.h
+++ b/serval.h
@@ -981,3 +981,6 @@ int _memabuseCheck(const char *func,const char *file,const int line);
 
 char *thisinstancepath;
 char *serval_instancepath();
+
+int overlay_mdp_get_fds(struct pollfd *fds,int *fdcount,int fdmax);
+int overlay_mdp_poll();