diff --git a/cmake/os.cmake b/cmake/os.cmake
index 0ed554b9b1de1c57d94e442e5471f2cedfdcd481..cf6eac10d18e8d06d2050988706ab045febaa74a 100644
--- a/cmake/os.cmake
+++ b/cmake/os.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
 # (see man page for feature_test_macros).
     add_definitions("-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64")
     find_package_message(PLATFORM "Building for Linux" "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+
+    # There are some subtle differences in Linux kernel calls
+    # implementation under WSL1 (which should go away with WSL2 kernel)
+    # so for a moment we introduce a way to distinguish Linux and
+    # Microsoft/WSL1
+    if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM} MATCHES "Linux-.*-Microsoft")
+        add_definitions("-DTARANTOOL_WSL1_WORKAROUND_ENABLED=1")
+    endif()
+
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "kFreeBSD")
     set(TARGET_OS_FREEBSD 1)
     set(TARGET_OS_DEBIAN_FREEBSD 1)
diff --git a/src/lib/core/evio.c b/src/lib/core/evio.c
index fc8f00e0ef5e69e208467e3b373dc637094687ff..5cd9bfed334c0aa74ccb3c20e6418d243d2c2556 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/evio.c
+++ b/src/lib/core/evio.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ evio_setsockopt_server(int fd, int family, int type)
 		       &on, sizeof(on)))
 		return -1;
 
+#ifndef TARANTOOL_WSL1_WORKAROUND_ENABLED
 	/* Send all buffered messages on socket before take
 	 * control out from close(2) or shutdown(2). */
 	struct linger linger = { 0, 0 };
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ evio_setsockopt_server(int fd, int family, int type)
 	if (sio_setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER,
 		       &linger, sizeof(linger)))
 		return -1;
+#endif
 	if (type == SOCK_STREAM && family != AF_UNIX &&
 	    evio_setsockopt_keepalive(fd) != 0)
 		return -1;