diff --git a/eventlet/green/select.py b/eventlet/green/select.py
index 60301d3..d1cba12 100644
--- a/eventlet/green/select.py
+++ b/eventlet/green/select.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ from eventlet.support import six
 
 
 __patched__ = ['select']
-__deleted__ = ['devpoll', 'poll', 'epoll', 'kqueue', 'kevent']
+# FIXME: must also delete `poll`, but it breaks subprocess `communicate()`
+# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/290
+__deleted__ = ['devpoll', 'epoll', 'kqueue', 'kevent']
 
 
 def get_fileno(obj):
diff --git a/tests/isolated/patcher_blocking_select_methods_are_deleted.py b/tests/isolated/patcher_blocking_select_methods_are_deleted.py
index 7a27980..d701e0e 100644
--- a/tests/isolated/patcher_blocking_select_methods_are_deleted.py
+++ b/tests/isolated/patcher_blocking_select_methods_are_deleted.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # * https://bitbucket.org/eventlet/eventlet/issues/167
     # * https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/169
     import select
-    for name in ['devpoll', 'poll', 'epoll', 'kqueue', 'kevent']:
+    # FIXME: must also delete `poll`, but it breaks subprocess `communicate()`
+    # https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/290
+    for name in ['devpoll', 'epoll', 'kqueue', 'kevent']:
         assert not hasattr(select, name), name
 
     import sys
diff --git a/tests/isolated/subprocess_patched_communicate.py b/tests/isolated/subprocess_patched_communicate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb8aab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/isolated/subprocess_patched_communicate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# no standard tests in this file, ignore
+__test__ = False
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    import eventlet
+    import subprocess
+    eventlet.monkey_patch(all=True)
+    p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    p.communicate()
+
+    print('pass')
diff --git a/tests/subprocess_test.py b/tests/subprocess_test.py
index 2220c87..1f07518 100644
--- a/tests/subprocess_test.py
+++ b/tests/subprocess_test.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import sys
+import time
+
 import eventlet
 from eventlet.green import subprocess
 import eventlet.patcher
-import sys
-import time
+import tests
 original_subprocess = eventlet.patcher.original('subprocess')
 
 
@@ -73,3 +75,11 @@ def test_universal_lines():
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         universal_newlines=True)
     p.communicate(None)
+
+
+def test_patched_communicate_290():
+    # https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/290
+    # Certain order of import and monkey_patch breaks subprocess communicate()
+    # with AttributeError module `select` has no `poll` on Linux
+    # unpatched methods are removed for safety reasons in commit f63165c0e3
+    tests.run_isolated('subprocess_patched_communicate.py')