diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 2faf318..9d01859 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@
                 if (err[0] == socket.SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ
                     or err[0] == socket.SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE):
                     continue
-                if err[0] == socket.SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN:
+                if (err[0] == socket.SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN
+                    or err[0] == socket.SSL_ERROR_EOF):
                     break
                 raise
             except socket.error, err: