diff --git a/src/uv-unix.c b/src/uv-unix.c
index 1a8a7bcc..3c3b42de 100644
--- a/src/uv-unix.c
+++ b/src/uv-unix.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static uv_err_code uv_translate_sys_error(int sys_errno) {
   switch (sys_errno) {
     case 0: return UV_OK;
     case EACCES: return UV_EACCESS;
+    case EBADF: return UV_EBADF;
     case EAGAIN: return UV_EAGAIN;
     case ECONNRESET: return UV_ECONNRESET;
     case EFAULT: return UV_EFAULT;