diff --git a/dsc/src/util.rs b/dsc/src/util.rs
index f2504b8a0..cc2c4d064 100644
--- a/dsc/src/util.rs
+++ b/dsc/src/util.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use schemars::{Schema, schema_for};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
-use std::io::{IsTerminal, Read};
+use std::io::{IsTerminal, Read, stdout, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::exit;
 use syntect::{
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ pub fn write_object(json: &str, format: Option<&OutputFormat>, include_separator
         }
     }
     else {
-        println!("{output}");
+        let mut stdout_lock = stdout().lock();
+        if writeln!(stdout_lock, "{output}").is_err() {
+            // likely caused by a broken pipe (e.g. 'head' command closed early)
+            exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/dsc/tests/dsc.exit_code.tests.ps1 b/dsc/tests/dsc.exit_code.tests.ps1
index 16c27905b..10f5a676a 100644
--- a/dsc/tests/dsc.exit_code.tests.ps1
+++ b/dsc/tests/dsc.exit_code.tests.ps1
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ Describe 'exit code tests' {
         $result.actualState.exitCode | Should -Be 0
         $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Be 0
     }
+    It 'Exiting early due to broken pipe is a success' {
+        $out = dsc resource list | Select-Object -First 1 | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $out.Count | Should -Be 1
+        $LASTEXITCODE | Should -Be 0
+    }
 }