Index: Lib/asyncore.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/asyncore.py	(revision 70928)
+++ Lib/asyncore.py	(working copy)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 import os
 from errno import EALREADY, EINPROGRESS, EWOULDBLOCK, ECONNRESET, \
-     ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, EINTR, EISCONN, EBADF, ECONNABORTED, errorcode
+     ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, EINTR, EISCONN, EBADF, ECONNABORTED, EPIPE, errorcode
 
 try:
     socket_map
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@
         except socket.error, why:
             if why.args[0] == EWOULDBLOCK:
                 return 0
-            elif why.args[0] in (ECONNRESET, ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, ECONNABORTED):
+            elif why.args[0] in (ECONNRESET, ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, ECONNABORTED,\
+                                 EPIPE):
                 self.handle_close()
                 return 0
             else:
@@ -372,7 +373,8 @@
                 return data
         except socket.error, why:
             # winsock sometimes throws ENOTCONN
-            if why.args[0] in [ECONNRESET, ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, ECONNABORTED]:
+            if why.args[0] in (ECONNRESET, ENOTCONN, ESHUTDOWN, ECONNABORTED, \
+                               EPIPE):
                 self.handle_close()
                 return ''
             else: