diff --git a/lib/setup.h b/lib/setup.h
index ada3bfb88a42329cfbb8f89ad9d122e0367380ef..a2d0392685fed611692816971ab110fd61532c08 100644
--- a/lib/setup.h
+++ b/lib/setup.h
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ defined(HAVE_LIBSSL) && defined(HAVE_LIBCRYPTO)
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL
+/* If we have the MSG_NOSIGNAL define, we make sure to use that in the forth
+   argument to send() and recv() */
+#define SEND_4TH_ARG MSG_NOSIGNAL
+#else
+#define SEND_4TH_ARG 0
+#endif
+
+
 /* Below we define four functions. They should
    1. close a socket
    2. read from a socket
@@ -139,14 +148,14 @@ defined(HAVE_LIBSSL) && defined(HAVE_LIBCRYPTO)
 
 #if !defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 #define sclose(x) closesocket(x)
-#define sread(x,y,z) recv(x,y,z,0)
-#define swrite(x,y,z) (size_t)send(x,y,z,0)
+#define sread(x,y,z) recv(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
+#define swrite(x,y,z) (size_t)send(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
 #undef HAVE_ALARM
 #else
      /* gcc-for-win is still good :) */
 #define sclose(x) close(x)
-#define sread(x,y,z) recv(x,y,z,0)
-#define swrite(x,y,z) send(x,y,z,0)
+#define sread(x,y,z) recv(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
+#define swrite(x,y,z) send(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
 #define HAVE_ALARM
 #endif
 
@@ -171,12 +180,12 @@ defined(HAVE_LIBSSL) && defined(HAVE_LIBCRYPTO)
 
 #ifdef __BEOS__
 #define sclose(x) closesocket(x)
-#define sread(x,y,z) (ssize_t)recv(x,y,z,0)
-#define swrite(x,y,z) (ssize_t)send(x,y,z,0)
+#define sread(x,y,z) (ssize_t)recv(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
+#define swrite(x,y,z) (ssize_t)send(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
 #else
 #define sclose(x) close(x)
-#define sread(x,y,z) recv(x,y,z,0)
-#define swrite(x,y,z) send(x,y,z,0)
+#define sread(x,y,z) recv(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
+#define swrite(x,y,z) send(x,y,z, SEND_4TH_ARG)
 #endif
 
 #define HAVE_ALARM
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 81a52a590e010c279f99fcff22d2c10d5e0b1ec2..15c74c951eb1de109617a3f5a38006d73ce19dee 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_pretransfer(struct SessionHandle *data)
   * different ports! */
   data->state.allow_port = TRUE;
 
-#if defined(HAVE_SIGNAL) && defined(SIGPIPE)
+#if defined(HAVE_SIGNAL) && defined(SIGPIPE) && !defined(HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL)
   /*************************************************************
    * Tell signal handler to ignore SIGPIPE
    *************************************************************/
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_pretransfer(struct SessionHandle *data)
 
 CURLcode Curl_posttransfer(struct SessionHandle *data)
 {
-#if defined(HAVE_SIGNAL) && defined(SIGPIPE)
+#if defined(HAVE_SIGNAL) && defined(SIGPIPE) && !defined(HAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL)
   /* restore the signal handler for SIGPIPE before we get back */
   if(!data->set.no_signal)
     signal(SIGPIPE, data->state.prev_signal);