diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 259fc8c..0d69251 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+15.0.5
+======
+* #119: Handle broken pipe exception in IRCClient _send() (server.py).
+
 15.0.4
 ======
 
diff --git a/irc/server.py b/irc/server.py
index 4ed4482..5c95b5c 100755
--- a/irc/server.py
+++ b/irc/server.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
 
 import argparse
+import errno
 import logging
 import socket
 import select
@@ -184,7 +185,13 @@ def _handle_line(self, line):
 
     def _send(self, msg):
         log.debug('to %s: %s', self.client_ident(), msg)
-        self.request.send(msg.encode('utf-8') + b'\r\n')
+        try:
+            self.request.send(msg.encode('utf-8') + b'\r\n')
+        except socket.error as e:
+            if e.errno == errno.EPIPE:
+                raise self.Disconnect()
+            else:
+                raise
 
     def handle_nick(self, params):
         """