diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index 0aa1c55..16310e0 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -4722,7 +4722,8 @@ inline bool SocketStream::is_readable() const {
 }
 
 inline bool SocketStream::is_writable() const {
-  return select_write(sock_, write_timeout_sec_, write_timeout_usec_) > 0;
+  return select_write(sock_, write_timeout_sec_, write_timeout_usec_) > 0 &&
+    is_socket_alive(sock_);
 }
 
 inline ssize_t SocketStream::read(char *ptr, size_t size) {
@@ -7345,8 +7346,8 @@ inline bool SSLSocketStream::is_readable() const {
 }
 
 inline bool SSLSocketStream::is_writable() const {
-  return detail::select_write(sock_, write_timeout_sec_, write_timeout_usec_) >
-         0;
+  return select_write(sock_, write_timeout_sec_, write_timeout_usec_) > 0 &&
+    is_socket_alive(sock_);
 }
 
 inline ssize_t SSLSocketStream::read(char *ptr, size_t size) {
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index aa7eeca..0f61ed3 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -1643,7 +1643,8 @@ protected:
                res.set_content_provider(
                    size_t(-1), "text/plain",
                    [](size_t /*offset*/, size_t /*length*/, DataSink &sink) {
-                     EXPECT_TRUE(sink.is_writable());
+                     if (!sink.is_writable()) return false;
+
                      sink.os << "data_chunk";
                      return true;
                    });
@@ -5366,4 +5367,66 @@ TEST_F(UnixSocketTest, abstract) {
   t.join();
 }
 #endif
+
+TEST(SocketStream, is_writable_UNIX) {
+  int fd[2];
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fd));
+
+  const auto asSocketStream =
+    [&] (socket_t fd, std::function<bool(Stream &)> func) {
+      return detail::process_client_socket(fd, 0, 0, 0, 0, func);
+    };
+  asSocketStream(fd[0], [&] (Stream &s0) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(s0.socket(), fd[0]);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(s0.is_writable());
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, close(fd[1]));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(s0.is_writable());
+
+    return true;
+  });
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, close(fd[0]));
+}
+
+TEST(SocketStream, is_writable_INET) {
+  sockaddr_in addr;
+  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  addr.sin_port = htons(PORT+1);
+  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+
+  int disconnected_svr_sock = -1;
+  std::thread svr {[&] {
+    const int s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    ASSERT_LE(0, s);
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, ::bind(s, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(&addr), sizeof(addr)));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, listen(s, 1));
+    ASSERT_LE(0, disconnected_svr_sock = accept(s, nullptr, nullptr));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, close(s));
+  }};
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+
+  std::thread cli {[&] {
+    const int s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    ASSERT_LE(0, s);
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, connect(s, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(&addr), sizeof(addr)));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, close(s));
+  }};
+  cli.join();
+  svr.join();
+  ASSERT_NE(disconnected_svr_sock, -1);
+
+  const auto asSocketStream =
+    [&] (socket_t fd, std::function<bool(Stream &)> func) {
+      return detail::process_client_socket(fd, 0, 0, 0, 0, func);
+    };
+  asSocketStream(disconnected_svr_sock, [&] (Stream &ss) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(ss.socket(), disconnected_svr_sock);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(ss.is_writable());
+
+    return true;
+  });
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, close(disconnected_svr_sock));
+}
 #endif  // #ifndef _WIN32