diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 62c0679f4b0..ed6b32d2a4f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4375,6 +4375,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "fluent",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "libc",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
index b8703bb55d1..267c9fedf6a 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/yes/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ itertools = { workspace = true }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+libc = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["pipes", "signals"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(unix))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
index 22c84a1a212..086471271ce 100644
--- a/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
+++ b/src/uu/yes/src/yes.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ fn prepare_buffer(buf: &mut Vec<u8>) {
 }
 
 pub fn exec(bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    if uucore::signals::stdout_was_closed() {
+        return Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::EBADF));
+    }
+
     let stdout = io::stdout();
     let mut stdout = stdout.lock();