diff --git a/overlay/tun_linux.go b/overlay/tun_linux.go
index d5c6c745..6d7d9fb8 100644
--- a/overlay/tun_linux.go
+++ b/overlay/tun_linux.go
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ import (
 // tunFile wraps a TUN file descriptor with poll-based reads. The FD provided will be changed to non-blocking.
 // A shared eventfd allows Close to wake all readers blocked in poll.
 type tunFile struct {
-	fd      int
-	lastOne bool
-	pollFds [2]unix.PollFd
-	closed  bool
+	fd         int
+	shutdownFd int
+	lastOne    bool
+	readPoll   [2]unix.PollFd
+	writePoll  [2]unix.PollFd
+	closed     bool
 }
 
 // newFriend makes a tunFile for a MultiQueueReader that copies the shutdown eventfd from the parent tun
@@ -40,10 +42,15 @@ func (r *tunFile) newFriend(fd int) (*tunFile, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set tun fd non-blocking: %w", err)
 	}
 	return &tunFile{
-		fd: fd,
-		pollFds: [2]unix.PollFd{
+		fd:         fd,
+		shutdownFd: r.shutdownFd,
+		readPoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
 			{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
-			{Fd: r.pollFds[1].Fd, Events: unix.POLLIN},
+			{Fd: int32(r.shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
+		},
+		writePoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
+			{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLOUT},
+			{Fd: int32(r.shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -59,31 +66,62 @@ func newTunFd(fd int) (*tunFile, error) {
 	}
 
 	out := &tunFile{
-		fd:      fd,
-		lastOne: true,
-		pollFds: [2]unix.PollFd{
+		fd:         fd,
+		shutdownFd: shutdownFd,
+		lastOne:    true,
+		readPoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
 			{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
 			{Fd: int32(shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
 		},
+		writePoll: [2]unix.PollFd{
+			{Fd: int32(fd), Events: unix.POLLOUT},
+			{Fd: int32(shutdownFd), Events: unix.POLLIN},
+		},
 	}
 
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (r *tunFile) block() error {
+func (r *tunFile) blockOnRead() error {
 	const problemFlags = unix.POLLHUP | unix.POLLNVAL | unix.POLLERR
 	var err error
 	for {
-		_, err = unix.Poll(r.pollFds[:], -1)
+		_, err = unix.Poll(r.readPoll[:], -1)
 		if err != unix.EINTR {
 			break
 		}
 	}
 	//always reset these!
-	tunEvents := r.pollFds[0].Revents
-	shutdownEvents := r.pollFds[1].Revents
-	r.pollFds[0].Revents = 0
-	r.pollFds[1].Revents = 0
+	tunEvents := r.readPoll[0].Revents
+	shutdownEvents := r.readPoll[1].Revents
+	r.readPoll[0].Revents = 0
+	r.readPoll[1].Revents = 0
+	//do the err check before trusting the potentially bogus bits we just got
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if shutdownEvents&(unix.POLLIN|problemFlags) != 0 {
+		return os.ErrClosed
+	} else if tunEvents&problemFlags != 0 {
+		return os.ErrClosed
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *tunFile) blockOnWrite() error {
+	const problemFlags = unix.POLLHUP | unix.POLLNVAL | unix.POLLERR
+	var err error
+	for {
+		_, err = unix.Poll(r.writePoll[:], -1)
+		if err != unix.EINTR {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	//always reset these!
+	tunEvents := r.writePoll[0].Revents
+	shutdownEvents := r.writePoll[1].Revents
+	r.writePoll[0].Revents = 0
+	r.writePoll[1].Revents = 0
 	//do the err check before trusting the potentially bogus bits we just got
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -101,7 +139,7 @@ func (r *tunFile) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 		if n, err := unix.Read(r.fd, buf); err == nil {
 			return n, nil
 		} else if err == unix.EAGAIN {
-			if err = r.block(); err != nil {
+			if err = r.blockOnRead(); err != nil {
 				return 0, err
 			}
 			continue
@@ -112,13 +150,26 @@ func (r *tunFile) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (r *tunFile) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
-	return unix.Write(r.fd, buf)
+	for {
+		if n, err := unix.Write(r.fd, buf); err == nil {
+			return n, nil
+		} else if err == unix.EAGAIN {
+			if err = r.blockOnWrite(); err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			continue
+		} else if err == unix.EINTR {
+			continue
+		} else {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func (r *tunFile) wakeForShutdown() error {
 	var buf [8]byte
 	binary.NativeEndian.PutUint64(buf[:], 1)
-	_, err := unix.Write(int(r.pollFds[1].Fd), buf[:])
+	_, err := unix.Write(int(r.readPoll[1].Fd), buf[:])
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -128,7 +179,7 @@ func (r *tunFile) Close() error {
 	}
 	r.closed = true
 	if r.lastOne {
-		_ = unix.Close(int(r.pollFds[1].Fd))
+		_ = unix.Close(r.shutdownFd)
 	}
 	return unix.Close(r.fd)
 }