diff --git a/libavformat/network.h b/libavformat/network.h
index 9d8c92fb835a0781dc7309d5687459d2fd72842a..09cee58a5ca8fe76a1d456f7b671eb559d01b970 100644
--- a/libavformat/network.h
+++ b/libavformat/network.h
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ struct sockaddr_storage {
 };
 #endif /* !HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_STORAGE */
 
+#ifndef MSG_NOSIGNAL
+#define MSG_NOSIGNAL 0
+#endif
+
 #if !HAVE_STRUCT_ADDRINFO
 struct addrinfo {
     int ai_flags;
diff --git a/libavformat/sctp.c b/libavformat/sctp.c
index 66b31ccec691804f8e027aeb30551d8364e676fb..84a4ac19380df96f473b63a43968636cd24fd97c 100644
--- a/libavformat/sctp.c
+++ b/libavformat/sctp.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int ff_sctp_send(int s, const void *msg, size_t len,
         memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), sinfo, sizeof(struct sctp_sndrcvinfo));
     }
 
-    return sendmsg(s, &outmsg, flags);
+    return sendmsg(s, &outmsg, flags | MSG_NOSIGNAL);
 }
 
 typedef struct SCTPContext {
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int sctp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
             abort();
         ret = ff_sctp_send(s->fd, buf + 2, size - 2, &info, MSG_EOR);
     } else
-        ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
+        ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
 
     return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/tcp.c b/libavformat/tcp.c
index cbd51422a8c8616eea2fc4b7aa9892a721cf094e..27a01845c59aeda42a8dc76da9376ec147e63f11 100644
--- a/libavformat/tcp.c
+++ b/libavformat/tcp.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int tcp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         if (ret < 0)
             return ret;
     }
-    ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
+    ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
     return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/unix.c b/libavformat/unix.c
index ab57c681953c294c9480fa48bbbd72c7615f1956..5c6f576487bc0715913f4366a7c5934305dd4915 100644
--- a/libavformat/unix.c
+++ b/libavformat/unix.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int unix_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         if (ret < 0)
             return ret;
     }
-    ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
+    ret = send(s->fd, buf, size, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
     return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
 }