diff --git a/trytond/protocols/jsonrpc.py b/trytond/protocols/jsonrpc.py
index be2e29d88d..0f0b0f7ed7 100644
--- a/trytond/protocols/jsonrpc.py
+++ b/trytond/protocols/jsonrpc.py
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ class SimpleThreadedJSONRPCServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn,
     timeout = 1
 
     def server_bind(self):
+        # Python < 2.6 doesn't handle self.timeout
+        self.socket.settimeout(1)
         self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,
                 socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
         SimpleJSONRPCServer.server_bind(self)
diff --git a/trytond/protocols/webdav.py b/trytond/protocols/webdav.py
index 5e8813f82b..fcb71568ac 100644
--- a/trytond/protocols/webdav.py
+++ b/trytond/protocols/webdav.py
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ class BaseThreadedHTTPServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn,
     max_children = CONFIG['max_thread']
 
     def server_bind(self):
+        # Python < 2.6 doesn't handle self.timeout
+        self.socket.settimeout(1)
         self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,
                 socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
         BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer.server_bind(self)
diff --git a/trytond/protocols/xmlrpc.py b/trytond/protocols/xmlrpc.py
index deedcc690a..7b4ef6d613 100644
--- a/trytond/protocols/xmlrpc.py
+++ b/trytond/protocols/xmlrpc.py
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ class SimpleThreadedXMLRPCServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn,
     timeout = 1
 
     def server_bind(self):
+        # Python < 2.6 doesn't handle self.timeout
+        self.socket.settimeout(1)
         self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,
                 socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
         SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer.server_bind(self)