diff --git a/lib/WebSocketRequest.js b/lib/WebSocketRequest.js
index f4d96555..9a101115 100644
--- a/lib/WebSocketRequest.js
+++ b/lib/WebSocketRequest.js
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ WebSocketRequest.prototype.accept = function(acceptedProtocol, allowedOrigin, co
         cleanupFailedConnection(connection);
     }
     else {
+        // Avoid EPIPE error to break execution. Error is detected in callback
+        this.socket.on ('error', function (err) {});
         this.socket.write(response, 'ascii', function(error) {
             if (error) {
                 cleanupFailedConnection(connection);