diff --git a/libavformat/network.h b/libavformat/network.h
index 5ca906491a..d89a62daa3 100644
--- a/libavformat/network.h
+++ b/libavformat/network.h
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ 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 a4406d1e40..35b9ad15ab 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 {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static int sctp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         }
         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 e457fba94f..3c3f4f53ab 100644
--- a/libavformat/tcp.c
+++ b/libavformat/tcp.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int tcp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         if (ret)
             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 0e61318fbd..397706528a 100644
--- a/libavformat/unix.c
+++ b/libavformat/unix.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ 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;
 }