diff --git a/sdl.c b/sdl.c
index c2f432c9d1..6858fdbfdd 100644
--- a/sdl.c
+++ b/sdl.c
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ static const char *SdlOpen(uint32 x)
 	signal(SIGABRT, SdlAbort);
 	signal(SIGSEGV, SdlAbort);
 	signal(SIGFPE, SdlAbort);
-
-	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 #endif
 
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/unix.c b/unix.c
index d24255b8ba..0da9fa5da0 100644
--- a/unix.c
+++ b/unix.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
 #include <sys/statvfs.h>
@@ -464,6 +465,7 @@ int CDECL main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 	_random_seeds[0][1] = _random_seeds[0][0] = time(NULL);
 
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
 	return ttd_main(argc, argv);
 }