diff --git a/vlib/picoev/picoev.v b/vlib/picoev/picoev.v
index eb15913a4993b4..99bbd4049f5cd7 100644
--- a/vlib/picoev/picoev.v
+++ b/vlib/picoev/picoev.v
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module picoev
 
 import net
+import os
 import pico_http_parser
 import time
 
@@ -307,6 +308,15 @@ fn default_error_callback(_data voidptr, _req pico_http_parser.Request, mut res
 
 // new creates a `Picoev` struct and initializes the main loop.
 pub fn new(config Config) !&Picoev {
+	// A server must not die on a peer RST: any write to a connection the client
+	// already reset delivers SIGPIPE, whose default action terminates the process
+	// SILENTLY (no panic, no crash report). Long-held fds (SSE) make this routine
+	// rather than rare — a subscriber that disconnects between pushes turns the
+	// next push into a process kill. Ignore it process-wide once a server event
+	// loop exists; write()/send() then report EPIPE and the caller drops the fd.
+	$if !windows {
+		os.signal_ignore(.pipe)
+	}
 	listening_socket_fd := listen(config) or {
 		elog('Error during listen: ${err}')
 		return err
diff --git a/vlib/picoev/socket_util.c.v b/vlib/picoev/socket_util.c.v
index 27f85d7b680124..e32d729bfe64bd 100644
--- a/vlib/picoev/socket_util.c.v
+++ b/vlib/picoev/socket_util.c.v
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ fn setup_sock(fd int) ! {
 	if C.setsockopt(fd, C.IPPROTO_TCP, C.TCP_NODELAY, &flag, sizeof(int)) < 0 {
 		return error('setup_sock.setup_sock failed')
 	}
+	$if freebsd || macos {
+		// Accepted sockets do not inherit SO_NOSIGPIPE from the listener on the
+		// BSDs; without it a write() after a peer RST raises SIGPIPE instead of
+		// returning EPIPE. Belt to the process-wide signal_ignore braces in new()
+		// — either alone suffices, together they survive callers that re-arm
+		// SIGPIPE handlers.
+		if C.setsockopt(fd, C.SOL_SOCKET, C.SO_NOSIGPIPE, &flag, sizeof(int)) < 0 {
+			return error('setup_sock: SO_NOSIGPIPE failed')
+		}
+	}
 	$if freebsd {
 		if C.fcntl(fd, C.F_SETFL, C.SOCK_NONBLOCK) != 0 {
 			return error('fcntl failed')