diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c2ff3fbb..8085aaf6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ TODO: Make libout123 and/or mpg123 use that to convert on the fly. Optionally?
   out there.
 - mpg123:
 -- Drop --STDOUT (never properly implemented, use pipe to out123 instead).
+-- Make --streamdump use unintr_write() to avoid inconsistencies.
 -- Now sets non-zero exit code when any one track of the playlist
    fails to either produce at least one frame of playback, if there
    is data that should produce such (i.e. /dev/zero is bad, /dev/null is
diff --git a/src/streamdump.c b/src/streamdump.c
index 86d4eb2a..8d0ae368 100644
--- a/src/streamdump.c
+++ b/src/streamdump.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static ssize_t dump_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
 	ssize_t ret = read(fd, buf, count);
 	if(ret > 0 && dump_fd > -1)
 	{
-		ret = write(dump_fd, buf, ret);
+		ret = unintr_write(dump_fd, buf, ret);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }