diff --git a/src/stream_engine.cpp b/src/stream_engine.cpp
index 8d2de8e5..2e57ec3c 100644
--- a/src/stream_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/stream_engine.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ zmq::stream_engine_t::~stream_engine_t ()
         wsa_assert (rc != SOCKET_ERROR);
 #else
         int rc = close (s);
+#ifdef __FreeBSD_kernel__
+        // FreeBSD may return ECONNRESET on close() under load but this is not
+        // an error.
+        if (rc == -1 && errno == ECONNRESET)
+            rc = 0;
+#endif
         errno_assert (rc == 0);
 #endif
         s = retired_fd;