diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f63a6c1..2451e36 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ class Socket extends EventEmitter {
 		this.wrap.pause (this.recvPaused, this.sendPaused);
 		return this;
 	}
+
+	pause (recv, send) {
+		this.recvPaused = recv;
+		this.sendPaused = send;
+		this.wrap.pause (this.recvPaused, this.sendPaused);
+		return this;
+	}
 	
 	send (buffer, offset, length, address,
 			beforeCallback, afterCallback) {
diff --git a/src/raw.cc b/src/raw.cc
index 909c290..8230e92 100644
--- a/src/raw.cc
+++ b/src/raw.cc
@@ -657,9 +657,10 @@ NAN_METHOD(SocketWrap::Pause) {
 			| (pause_send ? 0 : UV_WRITABLE);
 
 	if (! socket->deconstructing_ && socket->poll_initialised_) {
-		uv_poll_stop (socket->poll_watcher_);
 		if (events)
 			uv_poll_start (socket->poll_watcher_, events, IoEvent);
+		else 
+			uv_poll_stop (socket->poll_watcher_);
 	}
 	
 	info.GetReturnValue().Set(info.This());