diff --git a/src/platform/posix/posix_pollq_epoll.c b/src/platform/posix/posix_pollq_epoll.c
index 49c93627b..447b2a673 100644
--- a/src/platform/posix/posix_pollq_epoll.c
+++ b/src/platform/posix/posix_pollq_epoll.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ nni_epoll_thr(void *arg)
 
 				mask = ev->events &
 				    ((unsigned) (EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT |
-				        EPOLLERR));
+				        EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP));
 
 				nni_atomic_and(&pfd->events, (int) ~mask);