diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/osx_symlinks.py b/src/calibre/utils/osx_symlinks.py
index 63863cb810..ef2d39dea9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/osx_symlinks.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/osx_symlinks.py
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ def do_it(scripts, links):
             if ph:
                 del os.environ['PYTHONHOME']
             pipe = auth.executeWithPrivileges(name)
-            sys.stdout.write(pipe.read())
+            try:
+                sys.stdout.write(pipe.read())
+            except:
+                sys.stdout.write(pipe.read()) # Probably EINTR
             pipe.close()
         except:
             r1, r2 = None, traceback.format_exc()