diff --git a/src/unix/error.c b/src/unix/error.c
index 1d38623f..615747b2 100644
--- a/src/unix/error.c
+++ b/src/unix/error.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ uv_err_code uv_translate_sys_error(int sys_errno) {
     case EMSGSIZE: return UV_EMSGSIZE;
     case ENAMETOOLONG: return UV_ENAMETOOLONG;
     case EINVAL: return UV_EINVAL;
+    case ECONNABORTED: return UV_ECONNABORTED;
     case ECONNREFUSED: return UV_ECONNREFUSED;
     case EADDRINUSE: return UV_EADDRINUSE;
     case EADDRNOTAVAIL: return UV_EADDRNOTAVAIL;
diff --git a/src/unix/stream.c b/src/unix/stream.c
index e0689fbc..5a8f6ebe 100644
--- a/src/unix/stream.c
+++ b/src/unix/stream.c
@@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ int uv__connect(uv_connect_t* req, uv_stream_t* stream, struct sockaddr* addr,
       /* If we get a ECONNREFUSED wait until the next tick to report the
        * error. Solaris wants to report immediately--other unixes want to
        * wait.
+       *
+       * XXX: do the same for ECONNABORTED?
        */
       case ECONNREFUSED:
         stream->delayed_error = errno;