diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 4a5412434..c7f985d88 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport",
-			"Rev": "f2ab96a83e1b33b66478eedd314884755d771933"
+			"Rev": "1e1968c4744fef51234e83f015aa0187b4bd796b"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-sockaddr/net",
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/impl_unix.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/impl_unix.go
index bf94183e1..ed8415abd 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/impl_unix.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/impl_unix.go
@@ -106,18 +106,27 @@ func dial(dialer net.Dialer, netw, addr string) (c net.Conn, err error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if fd, err = socket(rfamily, socktype, rprotocol); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	// look at dialTCP in http://golang.org/src/net/tcpsock_posix.go  .... !
+	// here we just try again 3 times.
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		if fd, err = socket(rfamily, socktype, rprotocol); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 
-	if err = syscall.Bind(fd, localSockaddr); err != nil {
-		// fmt.Println("bind failed")
-		syscall.Close(fd)
-		return nil, err
+		if err = syscall.Bind(fd, localSockaddr); err != nil {
+			// fmt.Println("bind failed")
+			syscall.Close(fd)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if err = connect(fd, remoteSockaddr); err != nil {
+			syscall.Close(fd)
+			// fmt.Println("connect failed", localSockaddr, err)
+			continue // try again.
+		}
+
+		break
 	}
-	if err = connect(fd, remoteSockaddr); err != nil {
-		syscall.Close(fd)
-		// fmt.Println("connect failed", localSockaddr, err)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -314,6 +323,7 @@ func connect(fd int, ra syscall.Sockaddr) error {
 	}
 
 	var err error
+	start := time.Now()
 	for {
 		// if err := fd.pd.WaitWrite(); err != nil {
 		// 	return err
@@ -321,7 +331,8 @@ func connect(fd int, ra syscall.Sockaddr) error {
 		// i'd use the above fd.pd.WaitWrite to poll io correctly, just like net sockets...
 		// but of course, it uses fucking runtime_* functions that _cannot_ be used by
 		// non-go-stdlib source... seriously guys, what kind of bullshit is that!?
-		<-time.After(20 * time.Microsecond)
+		// we're relegated to using syscall.Select (what nightmare that is) or using
+		// a simple but totally bogus time-based wait. garbage.
 		var nerr int
 		nerr, err = syscall.GetsockoptInt(fd, syscall.SOL_SOCKET, syscall.SO_ERROR)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -329,6 +340,10 @@ func connect(fd int, ra syscall.Sockaddr) error {
 		}
 		switch err = syscall.Errno(nerr); err {
 		case syscall.EINPROGRESS, syscall.EALREADY, syscall.EINTR:
+			if time.Now().Sub(start) > time.Second {
+				return err
+			}
+			<-time.After(20 * time.Microsecond)
 		case syscall.Errno(0), syscall.EISCONN:
 			return nil
 		default:
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/interface.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/interface.go
index ae2cd0fc7..dae96c574 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/interface.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-reuseport/interface.go
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ type Dialer struct {
 // Returns a net.Conn created from a file discriptor for a socket
 // with SO_REUSEPORT and SO_REUSEADDR option set.
 func (d *Dialer) Dial(network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
-	// there's a rare case where dial returns successfully but for some reason the
-	// RemoteAddr is not yet set. We wait here a while until it is, and if too long
-	// passes, we fail.
 	c, err := dial(d.D, network, address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// there's a rare case where dial returns successfully but for some reason the
+	// RemoteAddr is not yet set. We wait here a while until it is, and if too long
+	// passes, we fail. This is horrendous.
 	for start := time.Now(); c.RemoteAddr() == nil; {
-		if time.Now().Sub(start) > time.Second {
+		if time.Now().Sub(start) > (time.Millisecond * 500) {
 			c.Close()
 			return nil, ErrReuseFailed
 		}