diff --git cpp/src/plasma/store.cc cpp/src/plasma/store.cc
index 01aabfc7c..876cb59a6 100644
--- cpp/src/plasma/store.cc
+++ cpp/src/plasma/store.cc
@@ -1182,9 +1182,11 @@ void HandleSignal(int signal) {
 
 void StartServer(char* socket_name, std::string plasma_directory, bool hugepages_enabled,
                  std::shared_ptr<ExternalStore> external_store) {
+#ifndef _WIN32  // TODO(mehrdadn): Is there an equivalent of this we need for Windows?
   // Ignore SIGPIPE signals. If we don't do this, then when we attempt to write
   // to a client that has already died, the store could die.
   signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
 
   g_runner.reset(new PlasmaStoreRunner());
   signal(SIGTERM, HandleSignal);
--