diff --git a/iscsi-scst/usr/iscsi_scstd.c b/iscsi-scst/usr/iscsi_scstd.c
index ba2505fa9..d696cc362 100644
--- a/iscsi-scst/usr/iscsi_scstd.c
+++ b/iscsi-scst/usr/iscsi_scstd.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -581,6 +582,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
+	/* 
+	 * Otherwise we could die in some later write() during the event_loop()
+	 * instead of getting EPIPE!
+	 */
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+
 	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:fd:s:u:g:a:p:vh", long_options, &longindex)) >= 0) {
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'c':