diff --git a/monitor-core/gmetad/gmetad.c b/monitor-core/gmetad/gmetad.c
index b74a17c72..7fd16d42a 100644
--- a/monitor-core/gmetad/gmetad.c
+++ b/monitor-core/gmetad/gmetad.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <cmdline.h>
 #include <ganglia/error.h>
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
 
    srand(52336789);
 
+   /* Ignore SIGPIPE */
+   signal( SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN );
+
    if (cmdline_parser (argc, argv, &args_info) != 0)
       err_quit("command-line parser error");
 
diff --git a/monitor-core/gmond/gmond.c b/monitor-core/gmond/gmond.c
index 54fb8851d..a264419cf 100644
--- a/monitor-core/gmond/gmond.c
+++ b/monitor-core/gmond/gmond.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <ganglia/barrier.h>
 #include <ganglia/become_a_nobody.h>
 #include <ganglia/net.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include "metric.h"
 #include <pwd.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
@@ -167,6 +168,9 @@ main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
 
    srand(1);
 
+   /* Ignore any SIGPIPE signals */
+   signal( SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN );    
+
    if(! gmond_config.mcast_if_given )
       {
          entry = get_first_multicast_interface();