diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 420ae01..cecd07f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ mod reactor;
 mod resource;
 mod timeouts;
 
-pub use resource::{Io, Resource, ResourceId, WriteAtomic, WriteError};
+pub use resource::{Io, Resource, ResourceId, ResourceIdGenerator, WriteAtomic, WriteError};
 pub use timeouts::{Timer, Timestamp};
 
 pub use self::reactor::{Action, Controller, Error, Handler, Reactor, Runtime};
diff --git a/src/poller/mod.rs b/src/poller/mod.rs
index cd7b2e2..4dd3cbd 100644
--- a/src/poller/mod.rs
+++ b/src/poller/mod.rs
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ where
     /// Waker type used by the poll provider.
     type Waker: Waker;
 
+    /// Registers a waker object.
+    fn register_waker(&mut self, fd: &impl AsRawFd);
     /// Registers a file-descriptor based resource for a poll.
     fn register(&mut self, fd: &impl AsRawFd, interest: IoType) -> ResourceId;
     /// Unregisters a file-descriptor based resource from a poll.
diff --git a/src/poller/popol.rs b/src/poller/popol.rs
index a01224b..d791a06 100644
--- a/src/poller/popol.rs
+++ b/src/poller/popol.rs
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::poller::{IoFail, IoType, Poll, Waker, WakerRecv, WakerSend};
-use crate::ResourceId;
+use crate::{ResourceId, ResourceIdGenerator};
 
 /// Manager for a set of reactor which are polled for an event loop by the
 /// re-actor by using [`popol`] library.
 pub struct Poller {
     poll: popol::Sources<ResourceId>,
     events: VecDeque<popol::Event<ResourceId>>,
-    id_top: ResourceId,
+    id_gen: ResourceIdGenerator,
 }
 
 impl Default for Poller {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl Poller {
         Self {
             poll: popol::Sources::new(),
             events: empty!(),
-            id_top: ResourceId::ZERO,
+            id_gen: ResourceIdGenerator::default(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl Poller {
         Self {
             poll: popol::Sources::with_capacity(capacity),
             events: VecDeque::with_capacity(capacity),
-            id_top: ResourceId::ZERO,
+            id_gen: ResourceIdGenerator::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -68,9 +68,19 @@ impl Poller {
 impl Poll for Poller {
     type Waker = PopolWaker;
 
+    fn register_waker(&mut self, fd: &impl AsRawFd) {
+        let id = ResourceId::WAKER;
+        if self.poll.get(&id).is_some() {
+            #[cfg(feature = "log")]
+            log::error!(target: "popol", "Reactor waker is already registered, terminating");
+            panic!("Reactor waker is already registered");
+        }
+
+        self.poll.register(id, fd, popol::interest::READ);
+    }
+
     fn register(&mut self, fd: &impl AsRawFd, interest: IoType) -> ResourceId {
-        let id = self.id_top;
-        self.id_top.inc();
+        let id = self.id_gen.next();
 
         #[cfg(feature = "log")]
         log::trace!(target: "popol", "Registering file descriptor {} as resource with id {}", fd.as_raw_fd(), id);
diff --git a/src/reactor.rs b/src/reactor.rs
index 1457187..61df204 100644
--- a/src/reactor.rs
+++ b/src/reactor.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ impl<C, P: Poll> Reactor<C, P> {
         let thread = builder.spawn(move || {
             #[cfg(feature = "log")]
             log::debug!(target: "reactor", "Registering waker (fd {})", waker_reader.as_raw_fd());
-            let waker_id = poller.register(&waker_reader, IoType::read_only());
+            poller.register_waker(&waker_reader);
 
             let runtime = Runtime {
                 service,
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ impl<C, P: Poll> Reactor<C, P> {
                 listeners: empty!(),
                 transports: empty!(),
                 waker: waker_reader,
-                waker_id,
                 timeouts: Timer::new(),
             };
 
@@ -400,7 +399,6 @@ pub struct Runtime<H: Handler, P: Poll> {
     listeners: HashMap<ResourceId, H::Listener>,
     transports: HashMap<ResourceId, H::Transport>,
     waker: <P::Waker as Waker>::Recv,
-    waker_id: ResourceId,
     timeouts: Timer,
 }
 
@@ -414,7 +412,7 @@ impl<H: Handler, P: Poll> Runtime<H, P> {
 
         #[cfg(feature = "log")]
         log::debug!(target: "reactor", "Registering waker (fd {})", waker_reader.as_raw_fd());
-        let waker_id = poller.register(&waker_reader, IoType::read_only());
+        poller.register_waker(&waker_reader);
 
         let controller = Controller {
             ctl_send,
@@ -429,7 +427,6 @@ impl<H: Handler, P: Poll> Runtime<H, P> {
             listeners: empty!(),
             transports: empty!(),
             waker: waker_reader,
-            waker_id,
             timeouts: Timer::new(),
         })
     }
@@ -512,7 +509,7 @@ impl<H: Handler, P: Poll> Runtime<H, P> {
 
         let mut unregister_queue = vec![];
         while let Some((id, res)) = self.poller.next() {
-            if id == self.waker_id {
+            if id == ResourceId::WAKER {
                 if let Err(err) = res {
                     #[cfg(feature = "log")]
                     log::error!(target: "reactor", "Polling waker has failed: {err}");
diff --git a/src/resource.rs b/src/resource.rs
index 2977c63..d94d8a4 100644
--- a/src/resource.rs
+++ b/src/resource.rs
@@ -38,17 +38,31 @@ pub enum Io {
     Write,
 }
 
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Debug, Display)]
+#[display(inner)]
+pub struct ResourceIdGenerator(u64);
+
+impl Default for ResourceIdGenerator {
+    fn default() -> Self { ResourceIdGenerator(1) }
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)] // We need this before we've got non-popol implementations
+impl ResourceIdGenerator {
+    pub fn next(&mut self) -> ResourceId {
+        let id = self.0;
+        self.0 += 1;
+        ResourceId(id)
+    }
+}
+
 /// The resource identifier must be globally unique and non-reusable object. Because of this,
 /// things like [`RawFd`] and socket addresses can't operate like resource identifiers.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Debug, Display)]
 #[display(inner)]
 pub struct ResourceId(u64);
 
-#[allow(dead_code)] // We need this before we've got non-popol implementations
 impl ResourceId {
-    pub(crate) const ZERO: ResourceId = ResourceId(0);
-
-    pub(crate) fn inc(&mut self) { self.0 += 1 }
+    pub const WAKER: ResourceId = ResourceId(0);
 }
 
 /// A resource which can be managed by the reactor.