diff --git a/Sources/yudpsocket.c b/Sources/yudpsocket.c
index f7700de..e59a725 100644
--- a/Sources/yudpsocket.c
+++ b/Sources/yudpsocket.c
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ int yudpsocket_client() {
     int socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
     int reuseon = 1;
     setsockopt(socketfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &reuseon, sizeof(reuseon));
+
+    //disable SIGPIPE as we'll handle send errors ourselves
+    int noSigPipe = 1;
+    setsockopt(socketfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NOSIGPIPE, &noSigPipe, sizeof(noSigPipe));
   
     return socketfd;
 }