diff --git a/hiredis.c b/hiredis.c
index 4709ee3..50028ee 100644
--- a/hiredis.c
+++ b/hiredis.c
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ int redisBufferRead(redisContext *c) {
 
     nread = read(c->fd,buf,sizeof(buf));
     if (nread == -1) {
-        if (errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) {
+        if ((errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) || (errno == EINTR)) {
             /* Try again later */
         } else {
             __redisSetError(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,NULL);
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ int redisBufferWrite(redisContext *c, int *done) {
     if (sdslen(c->obuf) > 0) {
         nwritten = write(c->fd,c->obuf,sdslen(c->obuf));
         if (nwritten == -1) {
-            if (errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) {
+            if ((errno == EAGAIN && !(c->flags & REDIS_BLOCK)) || (errno == EINTR)) {
                 /* Try again later */
             } else {
                 __redisSetError(c,REDIS_ERR_IO,NULL);