diff --git a/Lib/asyncore.py b/Lib/asyncore.py
index ba4a69895fe..04253dfa55f 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncore.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncore.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 import os
 from errno import EALREADY, EINPROGRESS, EWOULDBLOCK, ECONNRESET, \
-     ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, EINTR, EISCONN
+     ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, EINTR, EISCONN, errorcode
 
 try:
     socket_map
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def connect(self, address):
             self.connected = True
             self.handle_connect()
         else:
-            raise socket.error, err
+            raise socket.error, (err, errorcode[err])
 
     def accept(self):
         # XXX can return either an address pair or None
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def accept(self):
             if why[0] == EWOULDBLOCK:
                 pass
             else:
-                raise socket.error, why
+                raise 
 
     def send(self, data):
         try:
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def send(self, data):
             if why[0] == EWOULDBLOCK:
                 return 0
             else:
-                raise socket.error, why
+                raise 
             return 0
 
     def recv(self, buffer_size):
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def recv(self, buffer_size):
                 self.handle_close()
                 return ''
             else:
-                raise socket.error, why
+                raise 
 
     def close(self):
         self.del_channel()