diff --git a/foomatic-sigpipe.patch b/foomatic-sigpipe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c13f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foomatic-sigpipe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+diff -up foomatic-filters-3.0-20080211/foomatic-rip.in.sigpipe foomatic-filters-3.0-20080211/foomatic-rip.in
+--- foomatic-filters-3.0-20080211/foomatic-rip.in.sigpipe	2008-05-07 16:40:10.000000000 +0100
++++ foomatic-filters-3.0-20080211/foomatic-rip.in	2008-05-07 16:45:16.000000000 +0100
+@@ -3599,6 +3599,7 @@ sub getrendererhandle {
+ 
+         close KID3;
+ 
++        $SIG{PIPE} = 'DEFAULT';
+         pipe KID4_IN, KID4;
+ 	KID4->autoflush(1);
+         $kid4 = fork();
+@@ -3779,11 +3780,15 @@ sub getrendererhandle {
+ 	    # When arrived here the renderer command line was successful
+ 	    # So exit with zero exit value here and inform the main process
+ 	    close KID_MESSAGE;
+-	    print KID_MESSAGE_IN "3 $EXIT_PRINTED\n";
+-	    close KID_MESSAGE_IN;
+ 	    # Wait for postpipe/output child
+ 	    waitpid($kid4, 0);
+-	    print $logh "KID3 finished\n";
++	    if ($? != 0) {
++		print KID_MESSAGE_IN "3 $EXIT_SIGNAL\n";
++	    } else {
++		print KID_MESSAGE_IN "3 $EXIT_PRINTED\n";
++	    }
++	    close KID_MESSAGE_IN;
++	    print $logh "KID3 finished with $?\n";
+ 	    exit $EXIT_PRINTED;
+         } else {
+ 	    $kidgeneration += 1;
+@@ -4132,6 +4137,7 @@ sub getfileconverterhandle {
+ 	# converter
+         close KID1_IN;
+ 
++        $SIG{PIPE} = 'DEFAULT';
+         pipe KID2_IN, KID2;
+ 	KID2->autoflush(1);
+         $kid2 = fork();
+@@ -4603,6 +4609,7 @@ sub getdocgeneratorhandle {
+     # we are the kid; we generate the documentation page
+ 
+     close KID0_IN;
++    $SIG{PIPE} = 'DEFAULT';
+ 
+     # Kill data on STDIN to satisfy PPR
+     if (($spooler eq 'ppr_int') || ($spooler eq 'ppr')) {
+@@ -6661,6 +6668,7 @@ sub modern_system {
+ 	# will be members of this process group and so by killing this
+ 	# process group we can kill all subprocesses and so we can
+ 	# cleanly cancel print jobs
++	$SIG{PIPE} = 'DEFAULT';
+ 	eval("setpgrp()");
+ 	# Stop catching signals
+ 	#use sigtrap qw(die normal-signals error-signals
diff --git a/foomatic.spec b/foomatic.spec
index 600b30f..e0125ab 100644
--- a/foomatic.spec
+++ b/foomatic.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Patch15: foomatic-bad-utf8.patch
 Patch16: foomatic-ieee1284.patch
 
 Patch17: foomatic-clean-up-on-cancel.patch
+Patch18: foomatic-sigpipe.patch
 
 Url:		http://www.linuxprinting.org
 BuildRequires:	perl >= 3:5.8.1
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ pushd foomatic-filters-3.0-%{filtersver}
 %patch1 -p1 -b .libdir
 %patch5 -p1 -b .fontpath
 %patch17 -p1 -b .clean-up-on-cancel
+%patch18 -p1 -b .sigpipe
 ./make_configure
 popd
 
@@ -248,6 +250,9 @@ rm -fr %buildroot $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}
 %{_var}/cache/foomatic
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May  8 2008 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
+- Avoid busy-looping when the CUPS backend stops (bug #445555).
+
 * Tue Apr  1 2008 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 3.0.2-59
 - More foo2zjs printers removed (bug #438319).