diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/LeadPipeInputStream.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/LeadPipeInputStream.java
index 2d58d5b04..9ebc10c2c 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/LeadPipeInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/LeadPipeInputStream.java
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ public class LeadPipeInputStream extends PipedInputStream {
             result = super.read();
         } catch (IOException eyeOhEx) {
             String msg = eyeOhEx.getMessage();
-            if ("write end dead".equalsIgnoreCase(msg)) {
+            if ("write end dead".equalsIgnoreCase(msg)
+                    || "pipe broken".equalsIgnoreCase(msg)) {
                 if (super.in > 0 && super.out < super.buffer.length
                     && super.out > super.in) {
                     result = super.buffer[super.out++] & BYTE_MASK;