diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d484b2fa..6eb7d5b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/doronz88/pymobiledevice3/blob/master/CONTR
 
 Please see [misc](https://github.com/doronz88/pymobiledevice3/blob/master/misc)
 
+Library uses WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy for asyncio on Windows platform. Please see discussion [misc](https://github.com/doronz88/pymobiledevice3/issues/1217)
+
 ## Copyright notice
 
 This work is licensed under GPL 3.0, and as, credited to several major contributors:
diff --git a/pymobiledevice3/__main__.py b/pymobiledevice3/__main__.py
index c8fa63bc..4468f574 100644
--- a/pymobiledevice3/__main__.py
+++ b/pymobiledevice3/__main__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import difflib
 import logging
 import os
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# For issue https://github.com/doronz88/pymobiledevice3/issues/1217, details: https://bugs.python.org/issue37373
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())
+
 INVALID_SERVICE_MESSAGE = """Failed to start service. Possible reasons are:
 - If you were trying to access a developer service (developer subcommand):
     - If your device iOS version >= 15.0: