diff --git a/src/util/vircommand.c b/src/util/vircommand.c
index c41bd7f697..c7f1538608 100644
--- a/src/util/vircommand.c
+++ b/src/util/vircommand.c
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ virCommandProcessIO(virCommandPtr cmd)
                 }
             }
 
-            if (fds[i].revents & (POLLOUT | POLLERR) &&
+            if (fds[i].revents & (POLLOUT | POLLHUP | POLLERR) &&
                 fds[i].fd == cmd->inpipe) {
                 int done;