diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 82f9f2d9c2..ab7f884463 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
     <XunitPackageVersion>2.3.1</XunitPackageVersion>
     <XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>2.4.0</XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Package Versions: Pinned" />
   <Import Project="$(DotNetPackageVersionPropsPath)" Condition=" '$(DotNetPackageVersionPropsPath)' != '' " />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Package Versions: Pinned" />
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs
index ec9a96e2f7..4cba0b3611 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketConnection.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.Internal
     {
         private static readonly int MinAllocBufferSize = KestrelMemoryPool.MinimumSegmentSize / 2;
         private static readonly bool IsWindows = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows);
+        private static readonly bool IsMacOS = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX);
 
         private readonly Socket _socket;
         private readonly PipeScheduler _scheduler;
@@ -164,6 +165,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.Internal
         {
             while (true)
             {
+                // MacOS blocked on https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/31766
+                if (!IsMacOS)
+                {
+                    // Wait for data before allocating a buffer.
+                    await _receiver.WaitForDataAsync();
+                }
+
                 // Ensure we have some reasonable amount of buffer space
                 var buffer = Input.GetMemory(MinAllocBufferSize);
 
diff --git a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketReceiver.cs b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketReceiver.cs
index d84b1dfa9d..5d33f49829 100644
--- a/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketReceiver.cs
+++ b/src/Kestrel.Transport.Sockets/Internal/SocketReceiver.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.Internal
         {
         }
 
+        public SocketAwaitableEventArgs WaitForDataAsync()
+        {
+            _awaitableEventArgs.SetBuffer(Array.Empty<byte>(), 0, 0);
+
+            if (!_socket.ReceiveAsync(_awaitableEventArgs))
+            {
+                _awaitableEventArgs.Complete();
+            }
+
+            return _awaitableEventArgs;
+        }
+
         public SocketAwaitableEventArgs ReceiveAsync(Memory<byte> buffer)
         {
 #if NETCOREAPP2_1