diff --git cpp/src/plasma/store.cc cpp/src/plasma/store.cc
--- cpp/src/plasma/store.cc
+++ cpp/src/plasma/store.cc
@@ -1185,3 +1185,5 @@ void StartServer(char* socket_name, std::string plasma_directory, bool hugepages_enabled,
+#ifndef _WIN32  // TODO(mehrdadn): Is there an equivalent of this we need for Windows?
   // Ignore SIGPIPE signals. If we don't do this, then when we attempt to write
   // to a client that has already died, the store could die.
   signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
--