diff --git a/src/tgetpass.c b/src/tgetpass.c
index 55e45b468..48e8f0f23 100644
--- a/src/tgetpass.c
+++ b/src/tgetpass.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ char *
 tgetpass(const char *prompt, int timeout, int flags)
 {
     sigaction_t sa, savealrm, saveint, savehup, savequit, saveterm;
-    sigaction_t savetstp, savettin, savettou;
+    sigaction_t savetstp, savettin, savettou, savepipe;
     char *pass;
     static char *askpass;
     static char buf[SUDO_PASS_MAX + 1];
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ restart:
     (void) sigaction(SIGTTIN, &sa, &savettin);
     (void) sigaction(SIGTTOU, &sa, &savettou);
 
+    /* Ignore SIGPIPE in case stdin is a pipe and TGP_STDIN is set */
+    sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+    (void) sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sa, &savepipe);
+
     if (prompt)
 	(void) write(output, prompt, strlen(prompt));
 
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ restart:
     (void) sigaction(SIGTSTP, &savetstp, NULL);
     (void) sigaction(SIGTTIN, &savettin, NULL);
     (void) sigaction(SIGTTOU, &savettou, NULL);
+    (void) sigaction(SIGTTOU, &savepipe, NULL);
     if (input != STDIN_FILENO)
 	(void) close(input);