diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0fcb659d0f..bf447a224e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -642,9 +642,11 @@
 
             <ignore>java.util.zip.Deflater</ignore>
 
-            <!-- Used for NIO UDP multicast -->
+            <!-- Used for NIO -->
             <ignore>java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel</ignore>
             <ignore>java.nio.channels.MembershipKey</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.SocketChannel</ignore>
             <ignore>java.net.StandardProtocolFamily</ignore>
             <ignore>java.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider</ignore>
 
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
index ef1a29ed5d..73678a5b9e 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
@@ -189,14 +189,22 @@ public final class NioDatagramChannel
 
     @Override
     protected void doBind(SocketAddress localAddress) throws Exception {
-        javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress);
+        doBind0(localAddress);
+    }
+
+    private void doBind0(SocketAddress localAddress) throws Exception {
+        if (PlatformDependent.javaVersion() >= 7) {
+            javaChannel().bind(localAddress);
+        } else {
+            javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     protected boolean doConnect(SocketAddress remoteAddress,
             SocketAddress localAddress) throws Exception {
         if (localAddress != null) {
-            javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress);
+            doBind0(localAddress);
         }
 
         boolean success = false;
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java
index ae2d76f94b..5c9ab98c65 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannel.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundBuffer;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioMessageChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.DefaultServerSocketChannelConfig;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannelConfig;
+import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
 import io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLogger;
 import io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
@@ -122,7 +123,11 @@ public class NioServerSocketChannel extends AbstractNioMessageChannel
 
     @Override
     protected void doBind(SocketAddress localAddress) throws Exception {
-        javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress, config.getBacklog());
+        if (PlatformDependent.javaVersion() >= 7) {
+            javaChannel().bind(localAddress, config.getBacklog());
+        } else {
+            javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress, config.getBacklog());
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
index 1aeb805487..fb0892ab84 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioSocketChannel.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.socket.DefaultSocketChannelConfig;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannelConfig;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.GlobalEventExecutor;
+import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -175,13 +176,38 @@ public class NioSocketChannel extends AbstractNioByteChannel implements io.netty
 
     private void shutdownOutput0(final ChannelPromise promise) {
         try {
-            javaChannel().socket().shutdownOutput();
+            shutdownOutput0();
             promise.setSuccess();
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             promise.setFailure(t);
         }
     }
 
+    private void shutdownOutput0() throws Exception {
+        if (PlatformDependent.javaVersion() >= 7) {
+            javaChannel().shutdownOutput();
+        } else {
+            javaChannel().socket().shutdownOutput();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void shutdownInput0(final ChannelPromise promise) {
+        try {
+            shutdownInput0();
+            promise.setSuccess();
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            promise.setFailure(t);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void shutdownInput0() throws Exception {
+        if (PlatformDependent.javaVersion() >= 7) {
+            javaChannel().shutdownInput();
+        } else {
+            javaChannel().socket().shutdownInput();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected SocketAddress localAddress0() {
         return javaChannel().socket().getLocalSocketAddress();
@@ -194,13 +220,21 @@ public class NioSocketChannel extends AbstractNioByteChannel implements io.netty
 
     @Override
     protected void doBind(SocketAddress localAddress) throws Exception {
-        javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress);
+        doBind0(localAddress);
+    }
+
+    private void doBind0(SocketAddress localAddress) throws Exception {
+        if (PlatformDependent.javaVersion() >= 7) {
+            javaChannel().bind(localAddress);
+        } else {
+            javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     protected boolean doConnect(SocketAddress remoteAddress, SocketAddress localAddress) throws Exception {
         if (localAddress != null) {
-            javaChannel().socket().bind(localAddress);
+            doBind0(localAddress);
         }
 
         boolean success = false;