diff -ur libarchive-2.8.5-orig/libarchive/test/main.c libarchive-2.8.5/libarchive/test/main.c
--- libarchive-2.8.5-orig/libarchive/test/main.c	2010-06-29 12:06:59.000000000 +1200
+++ libarchive-2.8.5/libarchive/test/main.c	2011-11-04 20:36:13.000000000 +1300
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 /*
  * This same file is used pretty much verbatim for all test harnesses.
@@ -1873,6 +1874,7 @@
 	const char *tmp, *option_arg, *p;
 	char tmpdir[256];
 	char tmpdir_timestamp[256];
+	struct sigaction sa;
 
 	(void)argc; /* UNUSED */
 
@@ -2002,6 +2004,14 @@
 #endif
 
 	/*
+	 * Ignore SIGPIPE signals
+	 */
+	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+	sa.sa_flags = 0;
+	sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sa, NULL);
+
+	/*
 	 * Create a temp directory for the following tests.
 	 * Include the time the tests started as part of the name,
 	 * to make it easier to track the results of multiple tests.