diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index 59cfa136a3b7da..95c1cf6bc7c92f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Server Objects
       will return.
 
 
-   .. method:: serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
+   .. method:: serve_forever(poll_interval=30)
 
       Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request.  Poll for
       shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds.
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ Server Objects
       .. versionchanged:: 3.3
          Added ``service_actions`` call to the ``serve_forever`` method.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.14
+         Default of *poll_interval* is now ``30`` instead of ``0.5``.
+
 
    .. method:: service_actions()
 
@@ -252,12 +255,16 @@ Server Objects
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
-   .. method:: shutdown()
+   .. method:: shutdown(write_to_self=True)
 
       Tell the :meth:`serve_forever` loop to stop and wait until it does.
+      If *write_to_self* is True, :meth:`write_to_self` called
+      and the loop will wake up immediately if server is not closed.
       :meth:`shutdown` must be called while :meth:`serve_forever` is running in a
       different thread otherwise it will deadlock.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.14
+         Added ``write_to_self`` parameter.
 
    .. method:: server_close()
 
@@ -399,6 +406,14 @@ Server Objects
       default implementation always returns :const:`True`.
 
 
+   .. method:: write_to_self()
+
+      Connect to the server's socket and send null byte.
+      May be overriden.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 3.14
+
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       Support for the :term:`context manager` protocol was added.  Exiting the
       context manager is equivalent to calling :meth:`server_close`.
diff --git a/Lib/socketserver.py b/Lib/socketserver.py
index 35b2723de3babe..9584f44af4b15d 100644
--- a/Lib/socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/socketserver.py
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
         self.RequestHandlerClass = RequestHandlerClass
         self.__is_shut_down = threading.Event()
         self.__shutdown_request = False
+        self.__not_shutting_down = threading.Event()
+        self.__not_shutting_down.set()
 
     def server_activate(self):
         """Called by constructor to activate the server.
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ def server_activate(self):
         """
         pass
 
-    def serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5):
+    def serve_forever(self, poll_interval=30):
         """Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
         Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
@@ -224,10 +226,6 @@ def serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5):
         """
         self.__is_shut_down.clear()
         try:
-            # XXX: Consider using another file descriptor or connecting to the
-            # socket to wake this up instead of polling. Polling reduces our
-            # responsiveness to a shutdown request and wastes cpu at all other
-            # times.
             with _ServerSelector() as selector:
                 selector.register(self, selectors.EVENT_READ)
 
@@ -242,18 +240,57 @@ def serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5):
                     self.service_actions()
         finally:
             self.__shutdown_request = False
+            self.__not_shutting_down.wait()
             self.__is_shut_down.set()
 
-    def shutdown(self):
+    def shutdown(self, write_to_self=True):
         """Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
+        If write_to_self is True, write_to_self() will be called
+        and the loop will wake up immediately if server is not closed.
+
         Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
         serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
         deadlock.
         """
         self.__shutdown_request = True
+
+        if write_to_self:
+            # On Windows connecting to a closed server takes a long time.
+            # So, assuming that server_close() is called right after
+            # serve_forever() returns, we will make loop wait
+            # for write_to_self() to complete.
+            self.__not_shutting_down.clear()
+            try:
+                if self.__is_shut_down.is_set():
+                    return
+                self.write_to_self()
+            finally:
+                self.__not_shutting_down.set()
+
         self.__is_shut_down.wait()
 
+    def write_to_self(self):
+        """Connect to the server's socket and send null byte.
+
+        May be overriden.
+        """
+        try:
+            addr = self.socket.getsockname()
+        except OSError:
+            return  # Socket is closed
+
+        try:
+            with socket.socket(self.socket.family, self.socket.type) as sock:
+                sock.connect(addr)
+                sock.setblocking(False)
+                try:
+                    sock.send(b'\0')
+                except BlockingIOError:
+                    return
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            pass  # Server closed before we connected
+
     def service_actions(self):
         """Called by the serve_forever() loop.
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
index 0f62f9eb200e42..19ac69f5a4ee62 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import threading
 import unittest
 import socketserver
+import time
 
 import test.support
 from test.support import reap_children, verbose
@@ -118,13 +119,12 @@ def run_server(self, svrcls, hdlrbase, testfunc):
             print("ADDR =", addr)
             print("CLASS =", svrcls)
 
+        # Short poll interval, if shutdown won't wake loop.
+        poll_interval = 1
         t = threading.Thread(
             name='%s serving' % svrcls,
             target=server.serve_forever,
-            # Short poll interval to make the test finish quickly.
-            # Time between requests is short enough that we won't wake
-            # up spuriously too many times.
-            kwargs={'poll_interval':0.01})
+            kwargs={'poll_interval': poll_interval})
         t.daemon = True  # In case this function raises.
         t.start()
         if verbose: print("server running")
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ def run_server(self, svrcls, hdlrbase, testfunc):
             if verbose: print("test client", i)
             testfunc(svrcls.address_family, addr)
         if verbose: print("waiting for server")
+        start_time = time.perf_counter()
         server.shutdown()
+        time_taken = time.perf_counter() - start_time
         t.join()
+        self.assertLess(time_taken, poll_interval / 2)
         server.server_close()
         self.assertEqual(-1, server.socket.fileno())
         if HAVE_FORKING and isinstance(server, socketserver.ForkingMixIn):
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@ class MyHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
             t = threading.Thread(
                 name='MyServer serving',
                 target=s.serve_forever,
-                kwargs={'poll_interval':0.01})
+                kwargs={'poll_interval': 1})
             t.daemon = True  # In case this function raises.
             threads.append((t, s))
         for t, s in threads:
@@ -262,6 +265,35 @@ class MyHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
             t.join()
             s.server_close()
 
+    @threading_helper.reap_threads
+    def test_write_to_self_on_closed_server(self):
+        poll_interval = 0.1
+
+        class MyServer(socketserver.TCPServer):
+            def serve_forever(self, poll_interval=poll_interval) -> None:
+                try:
+                    super().serve_forever(poll_interval)
+                except (ValueError, OSError):
+                    # In case server was closed before select() was called
+                    return
+
+        class MyHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
+            pass
+
+        s = MyServer((HOST, 0), MyHandler)
+        t = threading.Thread(
+            name='MyServer serving',
+            target=s.serve_forever)
+        t.daemon = True  # In case this function raises.
+        t.start()
+        s.server_close()
+        start_time = time.perf_counter()
+        s.write_to_self()  # Should return without trying to connect
+        time_taken = time.perf_counter() - start_time
+        self.assertLess(time_taken, poll_interval / 10)
+        s.shutdown()
+        t.join()
+
     def test_close_immediately(self):
         class MyServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, socketserver.TCPServer):
             pass
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-28-10-56-25.gh-issue-88932.QVit76.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-28-10-56-25.gh-issue-88932.QVit76.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..73493a41219f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-28-10-56-25.gh-issue-88932.QVit76.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add socketserver.BaseServer.write_to_self method, and call it from BaseServer.shutdown().
+Now serve_forever() loop wakes up immediately after shutdown() is called.