diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index 121ce34955..1881dd03c1 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -3251,6 +3251,18 @@ class SSLSocketStream final : public Stream {
 };
 #endif
 
+bool keep_alive(const std::atomic<socket_t> &svr_sock, socket_t sock,
+                time_t keep_alive_timeout_sec) {
+  using namespace std::chrono;
+  const auto start = steady_clock::now();
+  while (svr_sock != INVALID_SOCKET &&
+         (steady_clock::now() - start) < seconds(keep_alive_timeout_sec)) {
+    if (select_read(sock, 0, 10000) > 0) { return true; }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 template <typename T>
 inline bool
 process_server_socket_core(const std::atomic<socket_t> &svr_sock, socket_t sock,
@@ -3259,8 +3271,7 @@ process_server_socket_core(const std::atomic<socket_t> &svr_sock, socket_t sock,
   assert(keep_alive_max_count > 0);
   auto ret = false;
   auto count = keep_alive_max_count;
-  while (svr_sock != INVALID_SOCKET && count > 0 &&
-         select_read(sock, keep_alive_timeout_sec, 0) > 0) {
+  while (keep_alive(svr_sock, sock, keep_alive_timeout_sec) && count > 0) {
     auto close_connection = count == 1;
     auto connection_closed = false;
     ret = callback(close_connection, connection_closed);
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index 76c6f60d42..6604975e81 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -5268,6 +5268,40 @@ TEST(KeepAliveTest, Issue1041) {
   EXPECT_EQ(StatusCode::OK_200, result->status);
 }
 
+TEST(KeepAliveTest, Issue1959) {
+  Server svr;
+  svr.set_keep_alive_timeout(5);
+
+  svr.Get("/a", [&](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res) {
+    res.set_content("a", "text/plain");
+  });
+
+  auto listen_thread = std::thread([&svr]() { svr.listen("localhost", PORT); });
+  auto se = detail::scope_exit([&] {
+    if (!svr.is_running()) return;
+    svr.stop();
+    listen_thread.join();
+    ASSERT_FALSE(svr.is_running());
+  });
+
+  svr.wait_until_ready();
+
+  Client cli("localhost", PORT);
+  cli.set_keep_alive(true);
+
+  using namespace std::chrono;
+  auto start = steady_clock::now();
+
+  cli.Get("/a");
+
+  svr.stop();
+  listen_thread.join();
+
+  auto end = steady_clock::now();
+
+  EXPECT_LT(duration_cast<milliseconds>(end - start).count(), 5000);
+}
+
 #ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
 TEST(KeepAliveTest, SSLClientReconnection) {
   SSLServer svr(SERVER_CERT_FILE, SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE);