diff --git a/examples/tls/http.rs b/examples/tls/http.rs
index 0688f37..82c6e52 100644
--- a/examples/tls/http.rs
+++ b/examples/tls/http.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
-use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-pub(super) fn handler(mut stream: TcpStream) -> i32 {
+pub(super) fn handler(mut stream: UnixStream) -> i32 {
     println!("entered http handler");
 
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
diff --git a/examples/tls/main.rs b/examples/tls/main.rs
index dda71b4..94b75f0 100644
--- a/examples/tls/main.rs
+++ b/examples/tls/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod tls;
 
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
 
 fn main() {
     match std::env::args().next() {
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ fn tls_handler_entrypoint() {
     ));
 }
 
-fn http_handler(trigger_socket: &File, stream: TcpStream) {
+fn http_handler(trigger_socket: &File, stream: UnixStream) {
     // imports
     use nix::sys::socket::{sendmsg, ControlMessage, MsgFlags};
     use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ fn http_handler_entrypoint() {
         .expect("request stream required")
         .parse()
         .expect("request stream should be a file descriptor");
-    let stream = unsafe { TcpStream::from_raw_fd(stream) };
+    let stream = unsafe { UnixStream::from_raw_fd(stream) };
 
     std::process::exit(http::handler(stream));
 }
diff --git a/examples/tls/tls.rs b/examples/tls/tls.rs
index 74bf5aa..62dfd2c 100644
--- a/examples/tls/tls.rs
+++ b/examples/tls/tls.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,91 @@
 use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{self, ErrorKind, Read, Write};
 use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
+
+use nix::poll::{poll, PollFd, PollFlags};
+
+const BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 4096;
 
 pub(crate) fn handler(
     http_trigger_socket: File,
     _cert: File,
     _key: File,
-    stream: TcpStream,
+    mut stream: TcpStream,
 ) -> i32 {
-    super::http_handler(&http_trigger_socket, stream);
+    let (mut socket, far_socket) = UnixStream::pair().unwrap();
+
+    super::http_handler(&http_trigger_socket, far_socket);
+
+    stream.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
+    socket.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
+
+    let mut to_poll = [
+        PollFd::new(stream.as_raw_fd(), PollFlags::POLLIN),
+        PollFd::new(socket.as_raw_fd(), PollFlags::POLLIN),
+    ];
+
+    loop {
+        println!("starting polling");
+        poll(&mut to_poll, -1).unwrap();
+
+        if let Some(events) = to_poll[0].revents() {
+            if events.contains(PollFlags::POLLIN) {
+                handle_encrypted_data(&mut stream, &mut socket).unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(events) = to_poll[1].revents() {
+            if events.contains(PollFlags::POLLIN) {
+                handle_new_data(&mut socket, &mut stream).unwrap();
+            }
+
+            if events.contains(PollFlags::POLLHUP) {
+                println!("response writer hung up, exiting");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     exitcode::OK
 }
+
+fn handle_encrypted_data(stream: &mut impl Read, socket: &mut impl Write) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let mut buf = [0_u8; BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+    loop {
+        let read = non_blocking_read(stream, &mut buf)?;
+        if read == 0 {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        socket.write_all(&buf[0..read]).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_new_data(socket: &mut impl Read, stream: &mut impl Write) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let mut buf = [0_u8; BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+    loop {
+        let read = non_blocking_read(socket, &mut buf)?;
+        if read == 0 {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        stream.write_all(&buf[0..read]).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+fn non_blocking_read(reader: &mut impl io::Read, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+    match reader.read(buf) {
+        Err(e) => {
+            if e.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock {
+                Ok(0)
+            } else {
+                Err(e)
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(n) => Ok(n),
+    }
+}