diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 577cffa..dfe055a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set_property(SOURCE ${lthread_files} PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-O2")
 install(TARGETS lthread DESTINATION lib)
 install(FILES src/lthread.h DESTINATION include)
 
-set(UNIT_TEST_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)
+set(UNIT_TEST_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${UNIT_TEST_PATH})
 include_directories(src)
 
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ target_link_libraries(lthread_io lthread pthread)
 add_executable(lthread_join tests/lthread_join.c)
 target_link_libraries(lthread_join lthread pthread)
 
+add_executable(lthread_fdeof_read tests/lthread_fdeof_read.c)
+target_link_libraries(lthread_fdeof_read  lthread pthread)
+
+add_executable(lthread_fdeof_write tests/lthread_fdeof_write.c)
+target_link_libraries(lthread_fdeof_write  lthread pthread)
+
 enable_testing()
 add_test(lthread_sleep ${UNIT_TEST_PATH}/lthread_sleep)
 add_test(lthread_join ${UNIT_TEST_PATH}/lthread_join)
+add_test(lthread_fdeof_read ${UNIT_TEST_PATH}/lthread_fdeof_read)
+add_test(lthread_fdeof_write ${UNIT_TEST_PATH}/lthread_fdeof_write)
diff --git a/src/lthread_socket.c b/src/lthread_socket.c
index faa48ed..ad2d3a3 100644
--- a/src/lthread_socket.c
+++ b/src/lthread_socket.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ fn                                                              \
 x {                                                         \
     ssize_t ret = 0;                                        \
     struct lthread *lt = lthread_get_sched()->current_lthread;   \
+                                                            \
+    lt->state &= CLEARBIT(LT_ST_FDEOF);                     \
     while (1) {                                             \
         if (lt->state & BIT(LT_ST_FDEOF))                   \
             return (-1);                                    \
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ x {                                                         \
     ssize_t recvd = 0;                                      \
     struct lthread *lt = lthread_get_sched()->current_lthread;   \
                                                             \
+    lt->state &= CLEARBIT(LT_ST_FDEOF);                     \
     while (recvd != length) {                               \
         if (lt->state & BIT(LT_ST_FDEOF))                   \
             return (-1);                                    \
diff --git a/tests/lthread_fdeof_read.c b/tests/lthread_fdeof_read.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdfdc1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lthread_fdeof_read.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#include "lthread.h"
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+/*
+ * test made after the bug was found:
+ * lthread reads from the fd that was closed by the other side,
+ * then next read from an alive fd will be a guaranteed failure
+ */
+
+
+bool PASSED = false;
+const char * const PHRASE = "Hello world!";
+
+void
+write_pipe(void *arg)
+{
+	int *pipes = arg;
+	printf("closing fd of 1 %d\n", pipes[1]);
+	lthread_close(pipes[1]); /* first read must fail */
+	printf("fd of 3 is %d\n", pipes[3]);
+	lthread_write(pipes[3], PHRASE, strlen(PHRASE) + 1); /* second read must succeed */
+	lthread_close(pipes[3]);
+}
+
+void
+read_pipe(void *arg)
+{
+	int *pipes = arg;
+	char buf[100];
+	int ret;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i += 2) {
+		ret = lthread_read(pipes[i], buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+		lthread_close(pipes[i]);
+		if (ret) {
+			printf("fd %d, read '%s' [%d]\n", pipes[i], buf, ret);
+		} else {
+			printf("read from fd %d failed %d\n", pipes[i], ret);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(buf, PHRASE) == 0)
+			PASSED = true;
+	}
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	lthread_t *lt = NULL;
+	int pipes[4];
+	assert(lthread_pipe(pipes) == 0);
+	assert(lthread_pipe(pipes + 2) == 0);
+
+	lthread_create(&lt, read_pipe, pipes);
+	lthread_create(&lt, write_pipe, pipes);
+	lthread_run();
+
+	return PASSED != true;
+}
diff --git a/tests/lthread_fdeof_write.c b/tests/lthread_fdeof_write.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe0533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lthread_fdeof_write.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#include "lthread.h"
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+/*
+ * this test is analogous to lthread_fdeof_read.c, but for write function
+ * even though the error is encountered only for read-calls, write test was made
+ * just in case
+ */
+
+
+bool PASSED = false;
+const char * const PHRASE = "Hello world!";
+
+void
+write_pipe(void *arg)
+{
+	int *pipes = arg;
+	int ret;
+
+	for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i += 2) {
+		ret = lthread_write(pipes[i], PHRASE, strlen(PHRASE) + 1);
+		printf("fd of %d is %d, written %d %s\n", i, pipes[i], ret, ret < 0 ? strerror(errno) : "");
+	}
+}
+
+void
+read_pipe(void *arg)
+{
+	int *pipes = arg;
+	char buf[100];
+	int ret;
+
+	printf("closing fd of 0 %d\n", pipes[0]); /* first write must fail */
+	lthread_close(pipes[0]);
+	ret = lthread_read(pipes[2], buf, sizeof(buf), 0); /* second write must succeed */
+	lthread_close(pipes[2]);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("fd %d, read '%s' [%d]\n", pipes[2], buf, ret);
+	} else {
+		printf("read from fd %d failed %d\n", pipes[2], ret);
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(buf, PHRASE) == 0)
+		PASSED = true;
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct sigaction act = { 0 };
+	act.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+
+	sigaction(SIGPIPE, &act, NULL);
+
+	lthread_t *lt = NULL;
+	int pipes[4];
+	assert(lthread_pipe(pipes) == 0);
+	assert(lthread_pipe(pipes + 2) == 0);
+
+	lthread_create(&lt, read_pipe, pipes);
+	lthread_create(&lt, write_pipe, pipes);
+	lthread_run();
+
+	return PASSED != true;
+}