diff --git a/lib/libc/sys-minix/socket.c b/lib/libc/sys-minix/socket.c
index e4e29dc21..cc00596a0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys-minix/socket.c
+++ b/lib/libc/sys-minix/socket.c
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ __weak_alias(socket, _socket)
 
 #define DEBUG 0
 
-static int _tcp_socket(int protocol);
-static int _udp_socket(int protocol);
+static int _tcp_socket(int type, int protocol);
+static int _udp_socket(int type, int protocol);
 static int _uds_socket(int type, int protocol);
+static void _socket_flags(int type, int *result);
 
 int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol)
 {
+	int sock_type;
+
+	sock_type = type & ~SOCK_FLAGS_MASK;
+
 #if DEBUG
 	fprintf(stderr, "socket: domain %d, type %d, protocol %d\n",
 		domain, type, protocol);
@@ -37,15 +42,16 @@ int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (domain == AF_UNIX && (type == SOCK_STREAM ||
-				type == SOCK_DGRAM || type == SOCK_SEQPACKET))
+	if (domain == AF_UNIX && (sock_type == SOCK_STREAM ||
+				  sock_type == SOCK_DGRAM ||
+				  sock_type == SOCK_SEQPACKET))
 		return _uds_socket(type, protocol);
 
-	if (domain == AF_INET && type == SOCK_STREAM)
-		return _tcp_socket(protocol);
+	if (domain == AF_INET && sock_type == SOCK_STREAM)
+		return _tcp_socket(type, protocol);
 
-	if (domain == AF_INET && type == SOCK_DGRAM)
-		return _udp_socket(protocol);
+	if (domain == AF_INET && sock_type == SOCK_DGRAM)
+		return _udp_socket(type, protocol);
 
 #if DEBUG
 	fprintf(stderr, "socket: nothing for domain %d, type %d, protocol %d\n",
@@ -55,9 +61,25 @@ int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int _tcp_socket(int protocol)
+static void
+_socket_flags(int type, int *result)
 {
-	int fd;
+	/* Process socket flags */
+	if (type & SOCK_CLOEXEC) {
+		*result |= O_CLOEXEC;
+	}
+	if (type & SOCK_NONBLOCK) {
+		*result |= O_NONBLOCK;
+	}
+	if (type & SOCK_NOSIGPIPE) {
+		*result |= O_NOSIGPIPE;
+	}
+}
+
+static int _tcp_socket(int type, int protocol)
+{
+	int flags = O_RDWR;
+
 	if (protocol != 0 && protocol != IPPROTO_TCP)
 	{
 #if DEBUG
@@ -66,13 +88,15 @@ static int _tcp_socket(int protocol)
 		errno= EPROTONOSUPPORT;
 		return -1;
 	}
-	fd= open(TCP_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
-	return fd;
+
+	_socket_flags(type, &flags);
+
+	return open(TCP_DEVICE, flags);
 }
 
-static int _udp_socket(int protocol)
+static int _udp_socket(int type, int protocol)
 {
-	int r, fd, t_errno;
+	int r, fd, t_errno, flags = O_RDWR;
 	struct sockaddr_in sin;
 
 	if (protocol != 0 && protocol != IPPROTO_UDP)
@@ -83,7 +107,8 @@ static int _udp_socket(int protocol)
 		errno= EPROTONOSUPPORT;
 		return -1;
 	}
-	fd= open(UDP_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
+	_socket_flags(type, &flags);
+	fd= open(UDP_DEVICE, flags);
 	if (fd == -1)
 		return fd;
 
@@ -104,7 +129,7 @@ static int _udp_socket(int protocol)
 
 static int _uds_socket(int type, int protocol)
 {
-	int fd, r;
+	int fd, r, flags = O_RDWR, sock_type;
 	if (protocol != 0)
 	{
 #if DEBUG
@@ -114,7 +139,8 @@ static int _uds_socket(int type, int protocol)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	fd= open(UDS_DEVICE, O_RDWR);
+	_socket_flags(type, &flags);
+	fd= open(UDS_DEVICE, flags);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		return fd;
 	}
@@ -122,7 +148,8 @@ static int _uds_socket(int type, int protocol)
 	/* set the type for the socket via ioctl (SOCK_DGRAM, 
 	 * SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_SEQPACKET, etc)
 	 */
-	r= ioctl(fd, NWIOSUDSTYPE, &type);
+	sock_type = type & ~SOCK_FLAGS_MASK;
+	r= ioctl(fd, NWIOSUDSTYPE, &sock_type);
 	if (r == -1) {
 		int ioctl_errno;
 
diff --git a/servers/vfs/misc.c b/servers/vfs/misc.c
index 03de68ca4..705ba9509 100644
--- a/servers/vfs/misc.c
+++ b/servers/vfs/misc.c
@@ -286,7 +286,16 @@ int do_fcntl()
 
 	break;
      }
-
+    case F_GETNOSIGPIPE:
+	/* POSIX: return value other than -1 is flag is set, else -1 */
+	r = -1;
+	if (f->filp_flags & O_NOSIGPIPE)
+		r = 0;
+	break;
+    case F_SETNOSIGPIPE:
+	fl = (O_NOSIGPIPE);
+	f->filp_flags = (f->filp_flags & ~fl) | (fcntl_argx & fl);
+	break;
     default:
 	r = EINVAL;
   }
diff --git a/servers/vfs/pipe.c b/servers/vfs/pipe.c
index 4a61e7e75..9c7e230a5 100644
--- a/servers/vfs/pipe.c
+++ b/servers/vfs/pipe.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ endpoint_t map_to_fs_e;
  *				pipe_check				     *
  *===========================================================================*/
 int pipe_check(
-struct vnode *vp,	/* the inode of the pipe */
+struct filp *filp,	/* the filp of the pipe */
 int rw_flag,		/* READING or WRITING */
 int oflags,		/* flags set by open or fcntl */
 int bytes,		/* bytes to be read or written (all chunks) */
@@ -186,9 +186,12 @@ int notouch		/* check only */
  * and there is no writer, return 0 bytes.  If a process is writing to a
  * pipe and no one is reading from it, give a broken pipe error.
  */
+  struct vnode *vp;
   off_t pos;
   int r = OK;
 
+  vp = filp->filp_vno;
+
   /* Reads start at the beginning; writes append to pipes */
   if (notouch) /* In this case we don't actually care whether data transfer
 		* would succeed. See POSIX 1003.1-2008 */
@@ -221,10 +224,6 @@ int notouch		/* check only */
 
   /* Process is writing to a pipe. */
   if (find_filp(vp, R_BIT) == NULL) {
-	/* Process is writing, but there is no reader. Tell kernel to generate
-	 * a SIGPIPE signal. */
-	if (!notouch) sys_kill(fp->fp_endpoint, SIGPIPE);
-
 	return(EPIPE);
   }
 
diff --git a/servers/vfs/proto.h b/servers/vfs/proto.h
index b98d7420d..48865d6cb 100644
--- a/servers/vfs/proto.h
+++ b/servers/vfs/proto.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int do_check_perms(void);
 int do_pipe(void);
 int map_vnode(struct vnode *vp, endpoint_t fs_e);
 void unpause(endpoint_t proc_e);
-int pipe_check(struct vnode *vp, int rw_flag, int oflags, int bytes,
+int pipe_check(struct filp *filp, int rw_flag, int oflags, int bytes,
 	int notouch);
 void release(struct vnode *vp, int op, int count);
 void revive(endpoint_t proc_e, int returned);
diff --git a/servers/vfs/read.c b/servers/vfs/read.c
index 05f173aa2..90e8c4a72 100644
--- a/servers/vfs/read.c
+++ b/servers/vfs/read.c
@@ -124,27 +124,23 @@ int read_write(int rw_flag, struct filp *f, char *buf, size_t size,
   register struct vnode *vp;
   u64_t position, res_pos, new_pos;
   unsigned int cum_io, cum_io_incr, res_cum_io;
-  int op, oflags, r;
+  int op, r;
 
   position = f->filp_pos;
-  oflags = f->filp_flags;
   vp = f->filp_vno;
   r = OK;
   cum_io = 0;
 
   if (size > SSIZE_MAX) return(EINVAL);
 
-  if (S_ISFIFO(vp->v_mode)) {
+  op = (rw_flag == READING ? VFS_DEV_READ : VFS_DEV_WRITE);
+
+  if (S_ISFIFO(vp->v_mode)) {		/* Pipes */
 	if (fp->fp_cum_io_partial != 0) {
 		panic("VFS: read_write: fp_cum_io_partial not clear");
 	}
 	r = rw_pipe(rw_flag, for_e, f, buf, size);
-	return(r);
-  }
-
-  op = (rw_flag == READING ? VFS_DEV_READ : VFS_DEV_WRITE);
-
-  if (S_ISCHR(vp->v_mode)) {	/* Character special files. */
+  } else if (S_ISCHR(vp->v_mode)) {	/* Character special files. */
 	dev_t dev;
 	int suspend_reopen;
 
@@ -154,7 +150,7 @@ int read_write(int rw_flag, struct filp *f, char *buf, size_t size,
 	suspend_reopen = (f->filp_state & FS_NEEDS_REOPEN);
 	dev = (dev_t) vp->v_sdev;
 
-	r = dev_io(op, dev, for_e, buf, position, size, oflags,
+	r = dev_io(op, dev, for_e, buf, position, size, f->filp_flags,
 		   suspend_reopen);
 	if (r >= 0) {
 		cum_io = r;
@@ -178,7 +174,7 @@ int read_write(int rw_flag, struct filp *f, char *buf, size_t size,
   } else {				/* Regular files */
 	if (rw_flag == WRITING) {
 		/* Check for O_APPEND flag. */
-		if (oflags & O_APPEND) position = cvul64(vp->v_size);
+		if (f->filp_flags & O_APPEND) position = cvul64(vp->v_size);
 	}
 
 	/* Issue request */
@@ -208,7 +204,18 @@ int read_write(int rw_flag, struct filp *f, char *buf, size_t size,
 
   f->filp_pos = position;
 
-  if (r == OK) return(cum_io);
+  if (r == EPIPE && rw_flag == WRITING) {
+	/* Process is writing, but there is no reader. Tell the kernel to
+	 * generate s SIGPIPE signal.
+	 */
+	if (!(f->filp_flags & O_NOSIGPIPE)) {
+		sys_kill(fp->fp_endpoint, SIGPIPE);
+	}
+  }
+
+  if (r == OK) {
+	return(cum_io);
+  }
   return(r);
 }
 
@@ -277,7 +284,7 @@ size_t req_size;
   /* fp->fp_cum_io_partial is only nonzero when doing partial writes */
   cum_io = fp->fp_cum_io_partial;
 
-  r = pipe_check(vp, rw_flag, oflags, req_size, 0);
+  r = pipe_check(f, rw_flag, oflags, req_size, 0);
   if (r <= 0) {
 	if (r == SUSPEND) pipe_suspend(f, buf, req_size);
 	return(r);
diff --git a/servers/vfs/select.c b/servers/vfs/select.c
index d62f4aa10..bc46430b3 100644
--- a/servers/vfs/select.c
+++ b/servers/vfs/select.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int select_request_pipe(struct filp *f, int *ops, int block)
 
   if ((*ops & (SEL_RD|SEL_ERR))) {
 	/* Check if we can read 1 byte */
-	err = pipe_check(f->filp_vno, READING, f->filp_flags & ~O_NONBLOCK, 1,
+	err = pipe_check(f, READING, f->filp_flags & ~O_NONBLOCK, 1,
 			 1 /* Check only */);
 
 	if (err != SUSPEND)
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int select_request_pipe(struct filp *f, int *ops, int block)
 
   if ((*ops & (SEL_WR|SEL_ERR))) {
 	/* Check if we can write 1 byte */
-	err = pipe_check(f->filp_vno, WRITING, f->filp_flags & ~O_NONBLOCK, 1,
+	err = pipe_check(f, WRITING, f->filp_flags & ~O_NONBLOCK, 1,
 			 1 /* Check only */);
 
 	if (err != SUSPEND)
diff --git a/sys/sys/fcntl.h b/sys/sys/fcntl.h
index fcfaa9ad5..15b4a0c21 100644
--- a/sys/sys/fcntl.h
+++ b/sys/sys/fcntl.h
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@
 				 * restart
 				 */
 #define O_CLOEXEC     020000	/* close on exec */
-
+#if defined(_NETBSD_SOURCE)
+#define O_NOSIGPIPE   040000	/* don't deliver sigpipe */
+#endif
 
 #ifndef __minix  /* NOT SUPPORTED! */
 #if defined(_NETBSD_SOURCE)
@@ -126,6 +128,10 @@
 #define F_SETLK            6	/* set record locking information */
 #define F_SETLKW           7	/* set record locking info; wait if blocked */
 #define F_FREESP           8	/* free a section of a regular file */
+#if defined(_NETBSD_SOURCE)
+#define F_GETNOSIGPIPE     9
+#define F_SETNOSIGPIPE    10
+#endif
 
 /* File descriptor flags used for fcntl().  POSIX Table 6-2. */
 #define FD_CLOEXEC         1	/* close on exec flag for third arg of fcntl */