diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
index 3dec84d174dd8..cb91ff6a43e9c 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
@@ -547,6 +547,18 @@ fn run_compiler_impl<'a>(args: &[String],
     (result, Some(sess))
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn set_sigpipe_handler() {
+    unsafe {
+        // Set the SIGPIPE signal handler, so that an EPIPE
+        // will cause rustc to terminate, as expected.
+        assert!(libc::signal(libc::SIGPIPE, libc::SIG_DFL) != libc::SIG_ERR);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn set_sigpipe_handler() {}
+
 // Extract output directory and file from matches.
 fn make_output(matches: &getopts::Matches) -> (Option<PathBuf>, Option<PathBuf>) {
     let odir = matches.opt_str("out-dir").map(|o| PathBuf::from(&o));
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index 1339a66f8b2e9..148a57c420f8d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct Output {
 
 pub fn main() {
     const STACK_SIZE: usize = 32_000_000; // 32MB
+    rustc_driver::set_sigpipe_handler();
     env_logger::init();
     let res = std::thread::Builder::new().stack_size(STACK_SIZE).spawn(move || {
         syntax::with_globals(move || {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/mod.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/mod.rs
index 9bdea945ea42e..c1298e5040dbe 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/mod.rs
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ pub fn init() {
         reset_sigpipe();
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_os="fuchsia")))]
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "fuchsia")))]
     unsafe fn reset_sigpipe() {
         assert!(signal(libc::SIGPIPE, libc::SIG_IGN) != libc::SIG_ERR);
     }
-    #[cfg(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_os="fuchsia"))]
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "fuchsia"))]
     unsafe fn reset_sigpipe() {}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rustc/rustc.rs b/src/rustc/rustc.rs
index a888838ce432c..ab5a7c3f747eb 100644
--- a/src/rustc/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/rustc.rs
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ extern {}
 
 extern crate rustc_driver;
 
-fn main() { rustc_driver::main() }
+fn main() {
+    rustc_driver::set_sigpipe_handler();
+    rustc_driver::main()
+}