diff --git a/slave.c b/slave.c
index b826411f..fa57b86e 100644
--- a/slave.c
+++ b/slave.c
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ slave_spawn(int ptmx, int argc, const char *cwd, char *const *argv,
         sigset_t mask;
         sigemptyset(&mask);
         if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, NULL) < 0 ||
-            sigaction(SIGHUP, &(struct sigaction){.sa_handler = SIG_DFL}, NULL) < 0)
+            sigaction(SIGHUP, &(struct sigaction){.sa_handler = SIG_DFL}, NULL) < 0 ||
+            sigaction(SIGPIPE, &(struct sigaction){.sa_handler = SIG_DFL}, NULL) < 0)
         {
             const int errno_copy = errno;
             LOG_ERRNO_P(errno, "failed to restore signals");