diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 79d166501..b30fbe009 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 31 May 2017: Wouter
 	- Fix #1273: cachedb.c doesn't compile with -Wextra.
+	- If MSG_FASTOPEN gives EPIPE fallthrough to try normal tcp write.
 
 30 May 2017: Ralph
 	- Fix #1269: inconsistent use of built-in local zones with views.
diff --git a/util/netevent.c b/util/netevent.c
index ef4f24aab..dcb9cb5ad 100644
--- a/util/netevent.c
+++ b/util/netevent.c
@@ -1407,12 +1407,15 @@ comm_point_tcp_handle_write(int fd, struct comm_point* c)
 			if(errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)
 				return 1;
 			/* Not handling EISCONN here as shouldn't ever hit that case.*/
-			if(errno != 0 && verbosity < 2)
+			if(errno != EPIPE && errno != 0 && verbosity < 2)
 				return 0; /* silence lots of chatter in the logs */
-			else if(errno != 0) 
+			if(errno != EPIPE && errno != 0) {
 				log_err_addr("tcp sendmsg", strerror(errno),
 					&c->repinfo.addr, c->repinfo.addrlen);
-			return 0;
+				return 0;
+			}
+			/* fallthrough to nonFASTOPEN
+			 * (MSG_FASTOPEN on Linux 3 produces EPIPE) */
 		} else {
 			c->tcp_byte_count += r;
 			if(c->tcp_byte_count < sizeof(uint16_t))