diff --git a/libavformat/unix.c b/libavformat/unix.c
index 4f01d14a93..38016dbafe 100644
--- a/libavformat/unix.c
+++ b/libavformat/unix.c
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ static int unix_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
             return ret;
     }
     ret = recv(s->fd, buf, size, 0);
+    if (!ret && s->type == SOCK_STREAM)
+        return AVERROR_EOF;
     return ret < 0 ? ff_neterrno() : ret;
 }