diff --git a/engine/client/sys_linux.c b/engine/client/sys_linux.c
index a87c880b8..d82df87fe 100644
--- a/engine/client/sys_linux.c
+++ b/engine/client/sys_linux.c
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ int main (int c, char **v)
 //	static char cwd[1024];
 
 	signal(SIGFPE, SIG_IGN);
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
 	memset(&parms, 0, sizeof(parms));
 
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c b/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
index 6b88c231b..ce2cfd5fe 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
 */
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include "qwsvdef.h"
 
+
 #undef malloc
 
 #ifdef NeXT
@@ -650,6 +652,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 //	extern	int		net_socket;
 	int j;
 
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 	tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &orig);
 	changes = orig;
 
@@ -660,6 +663,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	parms.argc = com_argc;
 	parms.argv = com_argv;
 
+
 	parms.memsize = 16*1024*1024;
 
 	j = COM_CheckParm("-mem");