diff --git a/libtorrent/src/net/socket_stream.h b/libtorrent/src/net/socket_stream.h
index 1d4f881e..9610468a 100644
--- a/libtorrent/src/net/socket_stream.h
+++ b/libtorrent/src/net/socket_stream.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ SocketStream::write_stream(const void* buf, uint32_t length) {
   if (length == 0)
     throw internal_error("Tried to write to buffer length 0.");
 
-  return ::send(m_fileDesc, buf, length, 0);
+  return ::send(m_fileDesc, buf, length, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
 }
 
 }