diff --git a/channel.go b/channel.go
index b4f89771a7..6b1d4ebfdd 100644
--- a/channel.go
+++ b/channel.go
@@ -144,8 +144,14 @@ func (c *serialChannel) wait() error {
 }
 
 func (c *serialChannel) listen() (net.Listener, error) {
+	config := yamux.DefaultConfig()
+	// yamux client runs in the proxy side, sometimes the client is handling other requests and it's not able
+	// to response to the ping sent by the server and the communication is closed. To avoid IO timeouts in
+	// the communication between agent and proxy, keep alive should be disabled.
+	config.EnableKeepAlive = false
+
 	// Initialize Yamux server.
-	session, err := yamux.Server(c.serialConn, nil)
+	session, err := yamux.Server(c.serialConn, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}