diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index c8827e0d38..01492aa423 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ module GitHub extend self
       end
     rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => e
       handle_api_error(e)
-    rescue SocketError, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError => e
+    rescue EOFError, SocketError, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError => e
       raise Error, "Failed to connect to: #{url}\n#{e.message}", e.backtrace
     rescue Utils::JSON::Error => e
       raise Error, "Failed to parse JSON response\n#{e.message}", e.backtrace