diff --git a/core/sendfile.c b/core/sendfile.c
index e81bc8ca..999e22a7 100644
--- a/core/sendfile.c
+++ b/core/sendfile.c
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ static void uwsgi_offload_close(struct uwsgi_offload_request *uor) {
 		next->prev = prev;
 	}
 
+	if (uor->buf) {
+		free(uor->buf);
+	}
+
 	free(uor);
 }
 
@@ -139,8 +143,40 @@ static void uwsgi_offload_loop(struct uwsgi_thread *ut) {
 				if (errno == EAGAIN) continue;
 				uwsgi_error("sendfile()");
 			}
-			uwsgi_offload_close(uor);
+#else
+			if (!uor->buf) {
+				uor->buf = uwsgi_malloc(32768);
+			}
+			if (uor->to_write == 0) {
+				ssize_t len = read(uor->fd, uor->buf, 32768);
+				if (len > 0) {
+					uor->to_write = len;
+					uor->buf_pos = 0;
+					continue;
+				}
+				else if (len < 0) {
+					uwsgi_error("read()");	
+				}
+				uwsgi_offload_close(uor);
+				continue;
+			}	
+			ssize_t len = write(uor->s, uor->buf + uor->buf_pos, uor->to_write - uor->buf_pos);
+			if (len > 0) {
+				uor->written += len;
+				uor->to_write -= len;
+				uor->buf_pos += len;
+				if (uor->written >= uor->len) {
+                                        uwsgi_offload_close(uor);
+                                }
+                                continue;
+			}
+			else if (len < 0) {
+                                if (errno == EAGAIN) continue;
+                                uwsgi_error("write()");
+                        }
+
 #endif
+			uwsgi_offload_close(uor);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/alarm_speech/alarm_speech.m b/plugins/alarm_speech/alarm_speech.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..934c5c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/alarm_speech/alarm_speech.m
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include "../../uwsgi.h"
+#import "Foundation/NSString.h"
+#import "AppKit/NSSpeechSynthesizer.h"
+
+@interface uWSGIAlarmSpeaker : NSObject {
+        NSSpeechSynthesizer *synth;
+}
+
+-(void)speak: (NSString *)phrase;
+
+@end
+
+
+@implementation uWSGIAlarmSpeaker
+
+- (uWSGIAlarmSpeaker *) init {
+        self = [super init];
+        synth = [[NSSpeechSynthesizer alloc] initWithVoice:nil];
+        return self;
+}
+
+- (void)speak:(NSString *)phrase {
+        [synth startSpeakingString:phrase];
+}
+
+@end
+
+// generate a uwsgi signal on alarm
+void uwsgi_alarm_speech_init(struct uwsgi_alarm_instance *uai) {
+        uai->data_ptr = [[uWSGIAlarmSpeaker alloc] init];
+}
+
+void uwsgi_alarm_speech_func(struct uwsgi_alarm_instance *uai, char *msg, size_t len) {
+	uWSGIAlarmSpeaker *say = (uWSGIAlarmSpeaker *) uai->data_ptr;
+	NSString *phrase = [[NSString alloc]  initWithBytes:msg
+                                                    length:len
+                                                  encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+
+	[say speak:phrase];
+	[phrase release];
+
+}
+
+static void uwsgi_alarm_speech_load(void) {
+        uwsgi_register_alarm("speech", uwsgi_alarm_speech_init, uwsgi_alarm_speech_func);
+}
+
+struct uwsgi_plugin alarm_speech_plugin = {
+        .name = "alarm_speech",
+        .on_load = uwsgi_alarm_speech_load,
+};
+
diff --git a/plugins/alarm_speech/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/alarm_speech/uwsgiplugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fef16eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/alarm_speech/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+NAME='alarm_speech'
+
+CFLAGS = []
+LDFLAGS = []
+LIBS = ['-framework appkit']
+GCC_LIST = ['alarm_speech.m']
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index b52e4653..9288db00 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -3333,6 +3333,9 @@ struct uwsgi_offload_request {
         int s;
         int fd;
         off_t pos;
+	char *buf;
+	off_t buf_pos;
+	size_t to_write;
         size_t len;
         size_t written;
 	struct uwsgi_offload_request *prev;