diff --git a/azalea-protocol/src/connect.rs b/azalea-protocol/src/connect.rs
index c0c1a622..2400c712 100644
--- a/azalea-protocol/src/connect.rs
+++ b/azalea-protocol/src/connect.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::write::write_packet;
 use azalea_auth::sessionserver::SessionServerError;
 use azalea_crypto::{Aes128CfbDec, Aes128CfbEnc};
 use bytes::BytesMut;
+use log::info;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
@@ -131,13 +132,22 @@ where
 {
     /// Write a packet to the server.
     pub async fn write(&mut self, packet: W) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        write_packet(
+        if let Err(e) = write_packet(
             &packet,
             &mut self.write_stream,
             self.compression_threshold,
             &mut self.enc_cipher,
         )
         .await
+        {
+            // detect broken pipe
+            if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe {
+                info!("Broken pipe, shutting down connection.")
+                self.shutdown();
+            }
+            return Err(e);
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// End the connection.