diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/MySQLRepository.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/MySQLRepository.java
index b7771b6e..a81f968f 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/MySQLRepository.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/MySQLRepository.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: MySQLRepository.java,v 1.5 2001/05/30 03:18:32 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: MySQLRepository.java,v 1.6 2001/05/30 17:02:52 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.jdbc;
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public abstract class MySQLRepository extends Repository
 	String msg = sqe.getMessage();
 	return (msg != null &&
                 (msg.indexOf("Lost connection") != -1 ||
-                 msg.indexOf("Communication link failure") != -1));
+                 msg.indexOf("Communication link failure") != -1 ||
+                 msg.indexOf("Broken pipe") != -1));
     }
 }