diff --git a/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php b/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php
index ac70c81..19f5cdf 100644
--- a/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php
+++ b/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class Redisent {
     function __construct($host, $port = 6379) {
         $this->host = $host;
         $this->port = $port;
+				$this->establishConnection();
+    }
+
+    function establishConnection() {
         $this->__sock = fsockopen($this->host, $this->port, $errno, $errstr);
         if (!$this->__sock) {
             throw new Exception("{$errno} - {$errstr}");
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Worker.php b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
index a5c70b9..3e7eefc 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ class Resque_Worker
 		pcntl_signal(SIGUSR1, array($this, 'killChild'));
 		pcntl_signal(SIGUSR2, array($this, 'pauseProcessing'));
 		pcntl_signal(SIGCONT, array($this, 'unPauseProcessing'));
+		pcntl_signal(SIGPIPE, array($this, 'reestablishRedisConnection'));
 		$this->log('Registered signals', self::LOG_VERBOSE);
 	}
 
@@ -380,6 +381,15 @@ class Resque_Worker
 		$this->paused = false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Signal handler for SIGPIPE, in the event the redis connection has gone away.
+	 * Attempts to reconnect to redis, or raises an Exception.
+	 */
+	public function reestablishRedisConnection() {
+		$this->log('SIGPIPE received; attempting to reconnect');
+		Resque::redis()->establishConnection();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Schedule a worker for shutdown. Will finish processing the current job
 	 * and when the timeout interval is reached, the worker will shut down.