--- gzip-1.3.12.orig/gzip.c
+++ gzip-1.3.12/gzip.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
 
 int ascii = 0;        /* convert end-of-lines to local OS conventions */
 int to_stdout = 0;    /* output to stdout (-c) */
+int used_stdout = 0;  /* set to 1 if compressed output ever went to stdout */
 int decompress = 0;   /* decompress (-d) */
 int force = 0;        /* don't ask questions, compress links (-f) */
 int no_name = -1;     /* don't save or restore the original file name */
@@ -582,6 +583,13 @@
     if (list && !quiet && file_count > 1) {
 	do_list(-1, -1); /* print totals */
     }
+
+    /* if compressed data ever written to stdout,
+     * check for write errors that show up in close (NFS) */
+    if ((used_stdout || to_stdout) && fclose(stdout) != 0) {
+        write_error();
+    }
+
     do_exit(exit_code);
     return exit_code; /* just to avoid lint warning */
 }
@@ -654,6 +662,7 @@
 
     clear_bufs(); /* clear input and output buffers */
     to_stdout = 1;
+    used_stdout = 1;
     part_nb = 0;
 
     if (decompress) {