diff --git a/scripts/oe-git-proxy b/scripts/oe-git-proxy
index aa9b9dc9a94..80a7a030a7f 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-git-proxy
+++ b/scripts/oe-git-proxy
@@ -184,4 +184,4 @@ else
 	METHOD="PROXY:$PROXY:$1:$2,proxyport=${PORT}${PROXYAUTH}"
 fi
 
-exec $SOCAT STDIO "$METHOD"
+exec $SOCAT STDIO,ignoreeof "$METHOD"