diff --git a/mpd.py b/mpd.py
index f4c38a5..6c09519 100644
--- a/mpd.py
+++ b/mpd.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 SUCCESS = "OK"
 NEXT = "list_OK"
 
+IS_BELOW_PYTHON3_3 = sys.version_info < (3, 3)
 IS_PYTHON2 = sys.version_info < (3, 0)
 if IS_PYTHON2:
     def decode_str(s):
@@ -254,10 +255,74 @@ def _execute(self, command, args, retval):
                 return retval()
             return retval
 
-    def _write_line(self, line):
+    def _write_line_actions(self, line):
         self._wfile.write("%s\n" % line)
         self._wfile.flush()
 
+    def _write_line(self, line):
+        error_message = "Connection to server was reset"
+        
+        try:
+            self._write_line_actions(line)
+        except socket.error as e:
+            logger.info(error_message)
+            self._reset()
+            if IS_PYTHON2:
+                self._raise_connection_error_python2(error_message)
+            else:
+                self._raise_connection_error_python3(error_message)
+        
+        # The below/above Python 3.3 switch is not necessary at the moment, as
+        # socket.error is an alias of OSError in Python >= 3.3. However,
+        # socket.error is deprecated in Python >= 3.3, so it could possibly be
+        # removed in the future. For this (unlike) event, the code above can
+        # be removed and the switch can be uncommented again.
+#        if IS_BELOW_PYTHON3_3:
+#            self._write_line_below_python3_3(line, error_message)
+#        else:
+#            self._write_line_from_python3_3(line, error_message)
+#
+#    def _write_line_below_python3_3(self, line, error_message):
+#        try:
+#            self._write_line_actions(line)
+#        # catch broken pipe in Python3.2 and below (appears as socket.error)
+#        # note that a socket.error in Python >= 3.3 is an alias of OSError
+#        # so it's necessary to seperate Python <3.3 and Python >=3.3 (otherwise
+#        # Python 3.3 would also try to handle this exception (BrokenPipeError
+#        # is a subclass of OSError)
+#        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/socket.html#socket.error
+#        except socket.error as e:
+#            logger.info(error_message)
+#            self._reset()
+#            if IS_PYTHON2:
+#                self._raise_connection_error_python2(error_message)
+#            else:
+#                self._raise_connection_error_python3(error_message)
+#    
+#    def _write_line_from_python3_3(self, line, error_message):
+#        try:
+#            self._write_line_actions(line)
+#        # catch broken pipe in Python3.3 and above (appears as BrokenPipeError)
+#        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#BrokenPipeError
+#        # BrokenPipeError inherits from OSError, which is caught here
+#        except OSError as e:
+#            logger.info(error_message)
+#            self._reset()
+#            self._raise_connection_error_python3(error_message)
+    
+    def _raise_connection_error_python2(self, error_message):
+        # Utilizing exec is not particularly elegant, however, it seems to
+        # be the only way as Python3 handles exceptions quite different to
+        # Python2. Without exec, the whole script is not executable in
+        # Python3. Also "six" does it the same way:
+        # https://bitbucket.org/gutworth/six/src/ (search "reraise")
+        exec('raise ConnectionError, "' + error_message + '",'
+            'sys.exc_info()[2]')
+
+    def _raise_connection_error_python3(self, error_message):
+        raise (ConnectionError(error_message)
+                    .with_traceback(sys.exc_info()[2]))
+    
     def _write_command(self, command, args=[]):
         parts = [command]
         for arg in args: