diff --git a/fluent/sender.py b/fluent/sender.py
index 424e641..4b901a3 100644
--- a/fluent/sender.py
+++ b/fluent/sender.py
@@ -166,17 +166,34 @@ def _send_internal(self, bytes_):
 
             return False
 
+    def _check_recv_side(self):
+        try:
+            self.socket.settimeout(0.0)
+            try:
+                recvd = self.socket.recv(4096, socket.MSG_DONTWAIT)
+            except socket.error as recv_e:
+                if recv_e.errno != errno.EWOULDBLOCK:
+                    raise
+                return
+
+            if recvd == b'':
+                raise socket.error(errno.EPIPE, "Broken pipe")
+        finally:
+            self.socket.settimeout(self.timeout)
+
     def _send_data(self, bytes_):
         # reconnect if possible
         self._reconnect()
         # send message
         bytes_to_send = len(bytes_)
         bytes_sent = 0
+        self._check_recv_side()
         while bytes_sent < bytes_to_send:
             sent = self.socket.send(bytes_[bytes_sent:])
             if sent == 0:
                 raise socket.error(errno.EPIPE, "Broken pipe")
             bytes_sent += sent
+        self._check_recv_side()
 
     def _reconnect(self):
         if not self.socket:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a8f52fb..d00b340 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 setup(
   name='fluent-logger',
-  version='0.9.0',
+  version='0.9.9',
   description=desc,
   long_description=open(README).read(),
   package_dir={'fluent': 'fluent'},
diff --git a/tests/test_asynchandler.py b/tests/test_asynchandler.py
index 3994e7b..8c4024d 100644
--- a/tests/test_asynchandler.py
+++ b/tests/test_asynchandler.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import logging
 import sys
-import time
 import unittest
 
 import fluent.asynchandler
diff --git a/tests/test_sender.py b/tests/test_sender.py
index 2af3907..f1f3f98 100644
--- a/tests/test_sender.py
+++ b/tests/test_sender.py
@@ -218,8 +218,29 @@ def test_broken_conn(self):
             self.assertTrue(sender.socket)
 
             class FakeSocket:
+                def __init__(self):
+                    self.to = 123
+                    self.send_side_effects = [3, 0, 9]
+                    self.send_idx = 0
+                    self.recv_side_effects = [socket.error(errno.EWOULDBLOCK, "Blah"),
+                                              b"this data is going to be ignored",
+                                              b"",
+                                              socket.error(errno.EWOULDBLOCK, "Blah"),
+                                              socket.error(errno.EWOULDBLOCK, "Blah"),
+                                              socket.error(errno.EACCES, "This error will never happen"),
+                                              ]
+                    self.recv_idx = 0
+
                 def send(self, bytes_):
-                    return 0
+                    try:
+                        v = self.send_side_effects[self.send_idx]
+                        if isinstance(v, Exception):
+                            raise v
+                        if isinstance(v, type) and issubclass(v, Exception):
+                            raise v()
+                        return v
+                    finally:
+                        self.send_idx += 1
 
                 def shutdown(self, mode):
                     pass
@@ -227,11 +248,46 @@ def shutdown(self, mode):
                 def close(self):
                     pass
 
+                def settimeout(self, to):
+                    self.to = to
+
+                def gettimeout(self):
+                    return self.to
+
+                def recv(self, bufsize, flags):
+                    try:
+                        v = self.recv_side_effects[self.recv_idx]
+                        if isinstance(v, Exception):
+                            raise v
+                        if isinstance(v, type) and issubclass(v, Exception):
+                            raise v()
+                        return v
+                    finally:
+                        self.recv_idx += 1
+
             old_sock = self._sender.socket
-            self._sender.socket = FakeSocket()
+            sock = FakeSocket()
+
             try:
+                self._sender.socket = sock
+                sender.last_error = None
+                self.assertTrue(sender._send_internal(b"456"))
+                self.assertFalse(sender.last_error)
+
+                self._sender.socket = sock
+                sender.last_error = None
+                self.assertFalse(sender._send_internal(b"456"))
+                self.assertEqual(sender.last_error.errno, errno.EPIPE)
+
+                self._sender.socket = sock
+                sender.last_error = None
+                self.assertFalse(sender._send_internal(b"456"))
+                self.assertEqual(sender.last_error.errno, errno.EPIPE)
+
+                self._sender.socket = sock
+                sender.last_error = None
                 self.assertFalse(sender._send_internal(b"456"))
-                self.assertTrue(sender.last_error.errno, errno.EPIPE)
+                self.assertEqual(sender.last_error.errno, errno.EACCES)
             finally:
                 self._sender.socket = old_sock