diff --git a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
index 4763755160e..e99b992aeba 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "parser-size",
   "version-cmp",
   "i18n-decimal",
+  "signals"
 ] }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index ddbf225762c..805a6e989af 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -1745,9 +1745,17 @@ fn emit_debug_warnings(
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+uucore::init_sigpipe_capture!();
+
 #[uucore::main]
 #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    if !uucore::signals::sigpipe_was_ignored() {
+        let _ = uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors();
+    }
+
     let mut settings = GlobalSettings::default();
 
     let (processed_args, mut legacy_warnings) = preprocess_legacy_args(args);
@@ -1771,7 +1779,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let mut files: Vec<OsString> = if matches.contains_id(options::FILES0_FROM) {
         let files0_from: PathBuf = matches
             .get_one::<OsString>(options::FILES0_FROM)
-            .map(|v| v.into())
+            .map(std::convert::Into::into)
             .unwrap_or_default();
 
         // Cannot combine FILES with FILES0_FROM
@@ -1972,7 +1980,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         || matches!(
             matches
                 .get_one::<String>(options::check::CHECK)
-                .map(|s| s.as_str()),
+                .map(String::as_str),
             Some(options::check::SILENT | options::check::QUIET)
         )
     {
@@ -2663,7 +2671,7 @@ enum Month {
 fn month_parse(line: &[u8]) -> Month {
     let line = line.trim_ascii_start();
 
-    match line.get(..3).map(|x| x.to_ascii_uppercase()).as_deref() {
+    match line.get(..3).map(<[u8]>::to_ascii_uppercase).as_deref() {
         Some(b"JAN") => Month::January,
         Some(b"FEB") => Month::February,
         Some(b"MAR") => Month::March,
@@ -2694,7 +2702,7 @@ fn print_sorted<'a, T: Iterator<Item = &'a Line<'a>>>(
 ) -> UResult<()> {
     let output_name = output
         .as_output_name()
-        .unwrap_or(OsStr::new("standard output"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| OsStr::new("standard output"))
         .to_owned();
     let ctx = || translate!("sort-error-write-failed", "output" => output_name.maybe_quote());
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index b478912dd19..a08dc637f64 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-// spell-checker:ignore (words) ints (linux) NOFILE dfgi
+// spell-checker:ignore (words) ints (linux) NOFILE dfgi PIPESTATUS
 #![allow(clippy::cast_possible_wrap)]
 
 use std::env;
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use uutests::at_and_ucmd;
 use uutests::new_ucmd;
 use uutests::util::TestScenario;
+use uutests::util_name;
 
 fn test_helper(file_name: &str, possible_args: &[&str]) {
     for args in possible_args {
@@ -1218,6 +1219,48 @@ fn test_sigpipe_panic() {
     child.wait().unwrap().no_stderr();
 }
 
+// TODO: When SIGPIPE is trapped/ignored, GNU returns exit code 2 for IO failures,
+// but uutils currently returns 1 in that mode.
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn test_broken_pipe_no_stderr_and_expected_status() {
+    use std::io::Write;
+    use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+    use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let bin = scene.bin_path.clone();
+
+    let mut child = Command::new(bin)
+        .arg("sort")
+        .arg("-n")
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("spawn sort");
+
+    drop(child.stdout.take().expect("take stdout"));
+
+    {
+        let mut stdin = child.stdin.take().expect("take stdin");
+        for i in 1..=10000 {
+            writeln!(stdin, "{i}").expect("write stdin");
+        }
+    }
+
+    let output = child.wait_with_output().expect("wait");
+
+    assert!(output.stderr.is_empty());
+
+    // NOTE: On macOS CI this is flaky to assert because `sort` can complete
+    // and exit 0 before the closed-pipe condition is observed (timing/buffering).
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+    assert_eq!(output.status.signal(), Some(libc::SIGPIPE));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_conflict_check_out() {
     let cases = [