diff --git a/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp b/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp
index 0426543e9b..a5c4490bfc 100644
--- a/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp
+++ b/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp
@@ -627,7 +627,12 @@ void Downloader::groupBatchDownload(const DownloadUnits &units)
             FD_ZERO(&fdread);
             FD_ZERO(&fdwrite);
             FD_ZERO(&fdexcep);
+#if (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_LINUX)
+            curl_multi_fdset(multi_handle, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &maxfd);
+            rc = select(maxfd + 1, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &select_tv);
+#else          
             rc = curl_multi_wait(multi_handle,nullptr, 0, MAX_WAIT_MSECS, &maxfd);
+#endif            
             
             switch(rc)
             {