diff --git a/tractor/_ipc.py b/tractor/_ipc.py
index 82ba9ae..51f84f1 100644
--- a/tractor/_ipc.py
+++ b/tractor/_ipc.py
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
 
             except (
                 ValueError,
+                ConnectionResetError,
 
                 # not sure entirely why we need this but without it we
                 # seem to be getting racy failures here on