diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f86da44d0..85dc5c30d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ x11rb = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false }
 xkbcommon-dl = "0.4.2"
 
 # Orbital dependencies.
+libredox = "0.1.12"
 orbclient = { version = "0.3.47", default-features = false }
-redox_syscall = "0.5.7"
+redox_event = { package = "redox_event", version = "0.4.5" }
 
 # Web dependencies.
 atomic-waker = "1"
diff --git a/winit-orbital/Cargo.toml b/winit-orbital/Cargo.toml
index 1d1e20a85..f3178d87f 100644
--- a/winit-orbital/Cargo.toml
+++ b/winit-orbital/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ tracing.workspace = true
 winit-core.workspace = true
 
 # Platform-specific
+libredox.workspace = true
 orbclient.workspace = true
-redox_syscall.workspace = true
+redox_event.workspace = true
diff --git a/winit-orbital/src/event_loop.rs b/winit-orbital/src/event_loop.rs
index 2247e5ec3..0c4f962d5 100644
--- a/winit-orbital/src/event_loop.rs
+++ b/winit-orbital/src/event_loop.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use orbclient::{
     ButtonEvent, EventOption, FocusEvent, HoverEvent, KeyEvent, MouseEvent, MouseRelativeEvent,
     MoveEvent, QuitEvent, ResizeEvent, ScrollEvent, TextInputEvent,
 };
+use redox_event::{EventFlags, EventQueue};
 use smol_str::SmolStr;
 use winit_core::application::ApplicationHandler;
 use winit_core::cursor::{CustomCursor, CustomCursorSource};
@@ -288,16 +289,12 @@ impl EventLoop {
         let (user_events_sender, user_events_receiver) = mpsc::sync_channel(1);
 
         let event_socket =
-            Arc::new(RedoxSocket::event().map_err(|error| os_error!(format!("{error}")))?);
+            Arc::new(EventQueue::new().map_err(|error| os_error!(format!("{error}")))?);
 
         let wake_socket = TimeSocket::open().map_err(|error| os_error!(format!("{error}")))?;
 
         event_socket
-            .write(&syscall::Event {
-                id: wake_socket.0.fd,
-                flags: syscall::EventFlags::EVENT_READ,
-                data: wake_socket.0.fd,
-            })
+            .subscribe(wake_socket.0.fd(), EventSource::Time, EventFlags::READ)
             .map_err(|error| os_error!(format!("{error}")))?;
 
         Ok(Self {
@@ -498,7 +495,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
                 let mut creates = self.window_target.creates.lock().unwrap();
                 creates.pop_front()
             } {
-                let window_id = WindowId::from_raw(window.fd);
+                let window_id = WindowId::from_raw(window.fd());
 
                 let mut buf: [u8; 4096] = [0; 4096];
                 let path = window.fpath(&mut buf).expect("failed to read properties");
@@ -522,18 +519,18 @@ impl EventLoop {
             } {
                 app.window_event(&self.window_target, destroy_id, event::WindowEvent::Destroyed);
                 self.windows
-                    .retain(|(window, _event_state)| WindowId::from_raw(window.fd) != destroy_id);
+                    .retain(|(window, _event_state)| WindowId::from_raw(window.fd()) != destroy_id);
             }
 
             // Handle window events.
             let mut i = 0;
             // While loop is used here because the same window may be processed more than once.
             while let Some((window, event_state)) = self.windows.get_mut(i) {
-                let window_id = WindowId::from_raw(window.fd);
+                let window_id = WindowId::from_raw(window.fd());
 
                 let mut event_buf = [0u8; 16 * mem::size_of::<orbclient::Event>()];
-                let count =
-                    syscall::read(window.fd, &mut event_buf).expect("failed to read window events");
+                let count = libredox::call::read(window.fd(), &mut event_buf)
+                    .expect("failed to read window events");
                 // Safety: orbclient::Event is a packed struct designed to be transferred over a
                 // socket.
                 let events = unsafe {
@@ -613,11 +610,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
 
             self.window_target
                 .event_socket
-                .write(&syscall::Event {
-                    id: timeout_socket.0.fd,
-                    flags: syscall::EventFlags::EVENT_READ,
-                    data: 0,
-                })
+                .subscribe(timeout_socket.0.fd(), EventSource::Time, EventFlags::READ)
                 .unwrap();
 
             let start = Instant::now();
@@ -626,7 +619,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
 
                 if let Some(duration) = instant.checked_duration_since(start) {
                     time.tv_sec += duration.as_secs() as i64;
-                    time.tv_nsec += duration.subsec_nanos() as i32;
+                    time.tv_nsec += duration.subsec_nanos() as i64;
                     // Normalize timespec so tv_nsec is not greater than one second.
                     while time.tv_nsec >= 1_000_000_000 {
                         time.tv_sec += 1;
@@ -638,20 +631,22 @@ impl EventLoop {
             }
 
             // Wait for event if needed.
-            let mut event = syscall::Event::default();
-            loop {
-                match self.window_target.event_socket.read(&mut event) {
-                    Ok(_) => break,
-                    Err(syscall::Error { errno: syscall::EINTR }) => continue,
+            let event = loop {
+                match self.window_target.event_socket.next_event() {
+                    Ok(event) => break event,
+                    Err(err) if err.is_interrupt() => continue,
                     Err(err) => {
                         return Err(os_error!(format!("failed to read event: {err}")).into());
                     },
                 }
-            }
+            };
 
             // TODO: handle spurious wakeups (redraw caused wakeup but redraw already handled)
             match requested_resume {
-                Some(requested_resume) if event.id == timeout_socket.0.fd => {
+                Some(requested_resume)
+                    if event.fd == timeout_socket.0.fd()
+                        && matches!(event.user_data, EventSource::Time) =>
+                {
                     // If the event is from the special timeout socket, report that resume
                     // time was reached.
                     start_cause = StartCause::ResumeTimeReached { start, requested_resume };
@@ -689,6 +684,13 @@ impl EventLoopProxyProvider for EventLoopProxy {
 
 impl Unpin for EventLoopProxy {}
 
+redox_event::user_data! {
+    pub enum EventSource {
+        Orbital,
+        Time,
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ActiveEventLoop {
     control_flow: Cell<ControlFlow>,
@@ -696,7 +698,7 @@ pub struct ActiveEventLoop {
     pub(super) creates: Mutex<VecDeque<Arc<RedoxSocket>>>,
     pub(super) redraws: Arc<Mutex<VecDeque<WindowId>>>,
     pub(super) destroys: Arc<Mutex<VecDeque<WindowId>>>,
-    pub(super) event_socket: Arc<RedoxSocket>,
+    pub(super) event_socket: Arc<EventQueue<EventSource>>,
     pub(super) event_loop_proxy: Arc<EventLoopProxy>,
 }
 
diff --git a/winit-orbital/src/lib.rs b/winit-orbital/src/lib.rs
index 71efc8218..25ae16dba 100644
--- a/winit-orbital/src/lib.rs
+++ b/winit-orbital/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 //! Redox OS has some functionality not yet present that will be implemented
 //! when its orbital display server provides it.
 
-use std::{fmt, str};
+use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
+use std::io::{Read, Result, Write};
+use std::os::fd::AsRawFd;
+use std::{fmt, mem, slice, str};
+
+use libredox::data::TimeSpec;
 
 pub use self::event_loop::{EventLoop, PlatformSpecificEventLoopAttributes};
 
@@ -16,15 +21,11 @@ pub mod window;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct RedoxSocket {
-    fd: usize,
+    fd: File,
 }
 
 impl RedoxSocket {
-    fn event() -> syscall::Result<Self> {
-        Self::open_raw("/scheme/event")
-    }
-
-    fn orbital(properties: &WindowProperties<'_>) -> syscall::Result<Self> {
+    fn orbital(properties: &WindowProperties<'_>) -> Result<Self> {
         Self::open_raw(&format!("{properties}"))
     }
 
@@ -32,30 +33,27 @@ impl RedoxSocket {
     // non-socket path is used, it could cause read and write to not function as expected. For
     // example, the seek would change in a potentially unpredictable way if either read or write
     // were called at the same time by multiple threads.
-    fn open_raw(path: &str) -> syscall::Result<Self> {
-        let fd = syscall::open(path, syscall::O_RDWR | syscall::O_CLOEXEC)?;
+    fn open_raw(path: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        let fd = OpenOptions::new().read(true).write(true).open(path)?;
         Ok(Self { fd })
     }
 
-    fn read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> syscall::Result<()> {
-        let count = syscall::read(self.fd, buf)?;
-        if count == buf.len() { Ok(()) } else { Err(syscall::Error::new(syscall::EINVAL)) }
+    fn fd(&self) -> usize {
+        self.fd.as_raw_fd() as usize
     }
 
-    fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> syscall::Result<()> {
-        let count = syscall::write(self.fd, buf)?;
-        if count == buf.len() { Ok(()) } else { Err(syscall::Error::new(syscall::EINVAL)) }
+    fn read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<()> {
+        (&self.fd).read_exact(buf)
     }
 
-    fn fpath<'a>(&self, buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> syscall::Result<&'a str> {
-        let count = syscall::fpath(self.fd, buf)?;
-        str::from_utf8(&buf[..count]).map_err(|_err| syscall::Error::new(syscall::EINVAL))
+    fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
+        (&self.fd).write_all(buf)
     }
-}
 
-impl Drop for RedoxSocket {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        let _ = syscall::close(self.fd);
+    fn fpath<'a>(&self, buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> Result<&'a str> {
+        let count = libredox::call::fpath(self.fd(), buf)?;
+        str::from_utf8(&buf[..count])
+            .map_err(|_| std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData))
     }
 }
 
@@ -63,26 +61,36 @@ impl Drop for RedoxSocket {
 struct TimeSocket(RedoxSocket);
 
 impl TimeSocket {
-    fn open() -> syscall::Result<Self> {
+    fn open() -> Result<Self> {
         RedoxSocket::open_raw("/scheme/time/4").map(Self)
     }
 
     // Read current time.
-    fn current_time(&self) -> syscall::Result<syscall::TimeSpec> {
-        let mut timespec = syscall::TimeSpec::default();
-        self.0.read(&mut timespec)?;
+    fn current_time(&self) -> Result<TimeSpec> {
+        let mut timespec: libredox::data::TimeSpec = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
+        let timespec_bytes = unsafe {
+            slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
+                &mut timespec as *mut _ as *mut u8,
+                mem::size_of::<TimeSpec>(),
+            )
+        };
+        self.0.read(timespec_bytes)?;
         Ok(timespec)
     }
 
     // Write a timeout.
-    fn timeout(&self, timespec: &syscall::TimeSpec) -> syscall::Result<()> {
-        self.0.write(timespec)
+    fn timeout(&self, timespec: &TimeSpec) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec_bytes = unsafe {
+            slice::from_raw_parts(timespec as *const _ as *const u8, mem::size_of::<TimeSpec>())
+        };
+        self.0.write(timespec_bytes)
     }
 
     // Wake immediately.
-    fn wake(&self) -> syscall::Result<()> {
+    fn wake(&self) -> Result<()> {
         // Writing a default TimeSpec will always trigger a time event.
-        self.timeout(&syscall::TimeSpec::default())
+        let timespec: TimeSpec = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
+        self.timeout(&timespec)
     }
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ struct WindowProperties<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> WindowProperties<'a> {
     fn new(path: &'a str) -> Self {
-        // orbital:flags/x/y/w/h/t
+        // /scheme/orbital/flags/x/y/w/h/t
         let mut parts = path.splitn(6, '/');
         let flags = parts.next().unwrap_or("");
         let x = parts.next().map_or(0, |part| part.parse::<i32>().unwrap_or(0));
diff --git a/winit-orbital/src/window.rs b/winit-orbital/src/window.rs
index 4858b29b3..728c262a7 100644
--- a/winit-orbital/src/window.rs
+++ b/winit-orbital/src/window.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ use std::iter;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use dpi::{PhysicalInsets, PhysicalPosition, PhysicalSize, Position, Size};
+use redox_event::EventFlags;
 use winit_core::cursor::Cursor;
 use winit_core::error::{NotSupportedError, RequestError};
 use winit_core::monitor::{Fullscreen, MonitorHandle as CoreMonitorHandle};
 use winit_core::window::{self, Window as CoreWindow, WindowId};
 
-use crate::event_loop::{ActiveEventLoop, EventLoopProxy};
+use crate::event_loop::{ActiveEventLoop, EventLoopProxy, EventSource};
 use crate::{RedoxSocket, WindowProperties};
 
 // These values match the values uses in the `window_new` function in orbital:
@@ -103,13 +104,7 @@ impl Window {
         .expect("failed to open window");
 
         // Add to event socket.
-        el.event_socket
-            .write(&syscall::Event {
-                id: window.fd,
-                flags: syscall::EventFlags::EVENT_READ,
-                data: window.fd,
-            })
-            .unwrap();
+        el.event_socket.subscribe(window.fd(), EventSource::Orbital, EventFlags::READ).unwrap();
 
         let window_socket = Arc::new(window);
 
@@ -146,7 +141,7 @@ impl Window {
     #[inline]
     fn raw_window_handle_rwh_06(&self) -> Result<rwh_06::RawWindowHandle, rwh_06::HandleError> {
         let handle = rwh_06::OrbitalWindowHandle::new({
-            let window = self.window_socket.fd as *mut _;
+            let window = self.window_socket.fd() as *mut _;
             std::ptr::NonNull::new(window).expect("orbital fd should never be null")
         });
         Ok(rwh_06::RawWindowHandle::Orbital(handle))
@@ -160,7 +155,7 @@ impl Window {
 
 impl CoreWindow for Window {
     fn id(&self) -> WindowId {
-        WindowId::from_raw(self.window_socket.fd)
+        WindowId::from_raw(self.window_socket.fd())
     }
 
     fn ime_capabilities(&self) -> Option<window::ImeCapabilities> {