diff -rup curl-7.15.5.orig/lib/select.c curl-7.15.5/lib/select.c
--- curl-7.15.5.orig/lib/select.c	2006-05-05 12:24:27.000000000 +0200
+++ curl-7.15.5/lib/select.c	2009-10-27 15:17:49.144741885 +0100
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int Curl_select(curl_socket_t readfd, cu
   if (writefd != CURL_SOCKET_BAD) {
     if (pfd[num].revents & POLLOUT)
       ret |= CSELECT_OUT;
-    if (pfd[num].revents & POLLERR)
+    if (pfd[num].revents & (POLLERR|POLLHUP))
       ret |= CSELECT_ERR;
   }