diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
index e6ceaa19e..6edb8008d 100644
--- a/src/io.c
+++ b/src/io.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     #define SOCKET_EINTR       WSAEINTR
     #define SOCKET_EPIPE       WSAEPIPE
     #define SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED WSAENOTCONN
+    #define SOCKET_ECONNABORTED WSAECONNABORTED
 #elif defined(__PPU)
     #define SOCKET_EWOULDBLOCK SYS_NET_EWOULDBLOCK
     #define SOCKET_EAGAIN      SYS_NET_EAGAIN
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@
     #define SOCKET_EINTR       SYS_NET_EINTR
     #define SOCKET_EPIPE       SYS_NET_EPIPE
     #define SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED SYS_NET_ECONNREFUSED
+    #define SOCKET_ECONNABORTED SYS_NET_ECONNABORTED
 #elif defined(FREESCALE_MQX)
     /* RTCS doesn't have an EWOULDBLOCK error */
     #define SOCKET_EWOULDBLOCK EAGAIN
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@
     #define SOCKET_EINTR       EINTR
     #define SOCKET_EPIPE       EPIPE
     #define SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED RTCSERR_TCP_CONN_REFUSED
+    #define SOCKET_ECONNABORTED RTCSERR_TCP_CONN_ABORTED
 #else
     #define SOCKET_EWOULDBLOCK EWOULDBLOCK
     #define SOCKET_EAGAIN      EAGAIN
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@
     #define SOCKET_EINTR       EINTR
     #define SOCKET_EPIPE       EPIPE
     #define SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED ECONNREFUSED
+    #define SOCKET_ECONNABORTED ECONNABORTED
 #endif /* USE_WINDOWS_API */
 
 
@@ -228,6 +232,10 @@ int EmbedReceive(CYASSL *ssl, char *buf, int sz, void *ctx)
             CYASSL_MSG("    Connection refused");
             return IO_ERR_WANT_READ;
         }
+        else if (err == SOCKET_ECONNABORTED) {
+            CYASSL_MSG("    Connection aborted");
+            return IO_ERR_CONN_CLOSE;
+        }
         else {
             CYASSL_MSG("    General error");
             return IO_ERR_GENERAL;