diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index 0640d6d..6adacde 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -547,9 +547,6 @@ Logger.prototype.addStream = function addStream(s, defaultLevel) {
         if (!s.stream) {
             s.stream = fs.createWriteStream(s.path,
                                             {flags: 'a', encoding: 'utf8'});
-            s.stream.on('error', function (err) {
-                self.emit('error', err, s);
-            });
             if (!s.closeOnExit) {
                 s.closeOnExit = true;
             }
@@ -579,6 +576,11 @@ Logger.prototype.addStream = function addStream(s, defaultLevel) {
         throw new TypeError('unknown stream type "' + s.type + '"');
     }
 
+    if(typeof s.stream.on === 'function') {
+        s.stream.on('error', function (err) {
+            self.emit('error', err, s);
+        });
+    }
     self.streams.push(s);
     delete self.haveNonRawStreams;  // reset
 }