diff --git a/modules/printbackends/lpr/gtkprintbackendlpr.c b/modules/printbackends/lpr/gtkprintbackendlpr.c
index bc9c77fbed..eeaaa994ec 100644
--- a/modules/printbackends/lpr/gtkprintbackendlpr.c
+++ b/modules/printbackends/lpr/gtkprintbackendlpr.c
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ lpr_write (GIOChannel   *source,
     {
       gsize bytes_written;
 
-      g_io_channel_write_chars (ps->in, 
+      signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+
+      g_io_channel_write_chars (ps->in,
                                 buf, 
 				bytes_read, 
 				&bytes_written,