diff --git a/lib/libusb/libusb10.c b/lib/libusb/libusb10.c
index ffe0cf3f366..ecfffde555a 100644
--- a/lib/libusb/libusb10.c
+++ b/lib/libusb/libusb10.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -226,6 +227,8 @@ libusb_init(libusb_context **context)
 
 	DPRINTF(ctx, LIBUSB_DEBUG_FUNCTION, "libusb_init complete");
 
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+
 	return (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/libusb/libusb_global_linux.h b/lib/libusb/libusb_global_linux.h
index 9886bd4486f..3e83bb2a6ea 100644
--- a/lib/libusb/libusb_global_linux.h
+++ b/lib/libusb/libusb_global_linux.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>