diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 3c18e90d..afbcf428 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -551,3 +551,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed handling the "Green" button in the "Schedules" menu for channels that
   have a second audio PID.
 - Fixed high system load when displaying a still picture in replay.
+- Fixed a hanging SVDRP connection if the client dies without issuing QUIT.
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index df4ffacc..e62198d9 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 1.18 2001/04/01 16:06:54 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 1.19 2001/07/14 09:45:55 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -955,8 +955,10 @@ void cSVDRP::Process(void)
               }
            lastActivity = time(NULL);
            }
-        else if (r < 0)
+        else if (r <= 0) {
+           isyslog(LOG_INFO, "lost connection to SVDRP client");
            Close();
+           }
         }
      else if (Setup.SVDRPTimeout && time(NULL) - lastActivity > Setup.SVDRPTimeout) {
         isyslog(LOG_INFO, "timeout on SVDRP connection");