diff --git a/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl b/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
index 27ae8ff9be..fde3432143 100755
--- a/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
+++ b/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ use Koha::Logger;
 use Koha::BackgroundJobs;
 use C4::Context;
 
+$SIG{'PIPE'} = 'IGNORE';    # See BZ 35111; added to ignore PIPE error when connection lost on Ubuntu.
+
 my ( $help, @queues );
 
 my $max_processes = $ENV{MAX_PROCESSES};