diff --git a/src/unix/core.c b/src/unix/core.c
index 61c6f22c..58d12987 100644
--- a/src/unix/core.c
+++ b/src/unix/core.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ void uv_close(uv_handle_t* handle, uv_close_cb close_cb) {
       uv_pipe_cleanup((uv_pipe_t*)handle);
       /* Fall through. */
 
+    case UV_TTY:
     case UV_TCP:
       stream = (uv_stream_t*)handle;
 
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ void uv__finish_close(uv_handle_t* handle) {
 
     case UV_NAMED_PIPE:
     case UV_TCP:
+    case UV_TTY:
       assert(!ev_is_active(&((uv_stream_t*)handle)->read_watcher));
       assert(!ev_is_active(&((uv_stream_t*)handle)->write_watcher));
       assert(((uv_stream_t*)handle)->fd == -1);
diff --git a/src/unix/stream.c b/src/unix/stream.c
index 12c7173c..be34df10 100644
--- a/src/unix/stream.c
+++ b/src/unix/stream.c
@@ -679,8 +679,9 @@ int uv_write(uv_write_t* req, uv_stream_t* stream, uv_buf_t bufs[], int bufcnt,
     uv_write_cb cb) {
   int empty_queue;
 
-  assert((stream->type == UV_TCP || stream->type == UV_NAMED_PIPE)
-      && "uv_write (unix) does not yet support other types of streams");
+  assert((stream->type == UV_TCP || stream->type == UV_NAMED_PIPE ||
+      stream->type == UV_TTY) &&
+      "uv_write (unix) does not yet support other types of streams");
 
   if (stream->fd < 0) {
     uv_err_new(stream->loop, EBADF);