diff --git a/cheroot/makefile.py b/cheroot/makefile.py
index 1383c65898..e1a637f403 100644
--- a/cheroot/makefile.py
+++ b/cheroot/makefile.py
@@ -36,13 +36,19 @@ def write(self, b):
             self._flush_unlocked()
             return len(b)
 
+    def _safe_call(self, is_reader, call, *args, **kwargs):  # noqa: C901
+        """Method to be overridden in subclasses/mix-ins. Intended to call the
+        supplied callable with retries, as needed."""
+        return call(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def _flush_unlocked(self):
         self._checkClosed('flush of closed file')
         while self._write_buf:
             try:
                 # ssl sockets only except 'bytes', not bytearrays
                 # so perhaps we should conditionally wrap this for perf?
-                n = self.raw.write(bytes(self._write_buf))
+                n = self._safe_call(False, self.raw.write,
+                                    bytes(self._write_buf))
             except io.BlockingIOError as e:
                 n = e.characters_written
             del self._write_buf[:n]
diff --git a/cheroot/ssl/pyopenssl.py b/cheroot/ssl/pyopenssl.py
index adc9a1bacb..4e316e7c8d 100644
--- a/cheroot/ssl/pyopenssl.py
+++ b/cheroot/ssl/pyopenssl.py
@@ -150,14 +150,20 @@ def readline(self, size=-1):
             size,
         )
 
-    def sendall(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Send whole message to the socket."""
+    def read(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Read from the wrapped socket, with retry."""
         return self._safe_call(
-            False,
-            super(SSLFileobjectMixin, self).sendall,
+            True,
+            super(SSLFileobjectMixin, self).read,
             *args, **kwargs
         )
 
+    def sendall(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Send whole message to the socket - not supported due to
+        https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/issues/176."""
+        raise NotImplementedError("sendall() not supported on pyOpenSSL due "
+                                  "to issue #176")
+
     def send(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Send some part of message to the socket."""
         return self._safe_call(