diff --git a/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptions.java b/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptions.java
index 7bfd740b4..e1a5e8329 100644
--- a/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptions.java
+++ b/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/main/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptions.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.palantir.logsafe.SafeArg;
 import com.palantir.logsafe.logger.SafeLogger;
 import com.palantir.logsafe.logger.SafeLoggerFactory;
+import io.undertow.UndertowMessages;
 import io.undertow.io.UndertowOutputStream;
 import io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange;
 import io.undertow.util.Headers;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import org.xnio.IoUtils;
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ public enum ConjureExceptions implements ExceptionHandler {
     private static final Serializer<ConjureError> serializer =
             new ConjureBodySerDe(Collections.singletonList(Encodings.json())).serializer(new TypeMarker<>() {});
 
+    private static final String COULD_NOT_READ_CONTENT_LENGTH_DATA_MESSAGE =
+            UndertowMessages.MESSAGES.couldNotReadContentLengthData().getMessage();
+
     // Log at most once every second
     private static final RateLimiter qosLoggingRateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(1);
 
@@ -65,24 +70,22 @@ public void handle(HttpServerExchange exchange, Throwable throwable) {
         setFailure(exchange, throwable);
         if (throwable instanceof CheckedServiceException checkedServiceException) {
             checkedServiceException(exchange, checkedServiceException);
-        } else if (throwable instanceof ServiceException) {
-            serviceException(exchange, (ServiceException) throwable);
-        } else if (throwable instanceof QosException) {
-            qosException(exchange, (QosException) throwable);
-        } else if (throwable instanceof RemoteException) {
-            remoteException(exchange, (RemoteException) throwable);
+        } else if (throwable instanceof ServiceException serviceException) {
+            serviceException(exchange, serviceException);
+        } else if (throwable instanceof QosException qosException) {
+            qosException(exchange, qosException);
+        } else if (throwable instanceof RemoteException remoteException) {
+            remoteException(exchange, remoteException);
         } else if (throwable instanceof IllegalArgumentException) {
             illegalArgumentException(exchange, throwable);
-        } else if (throwable instanceof FrameworkException) {
-            frameworkException(exchange, (FrameworkException) throwable);
-        } else if (throwable instanceof DeadlineExpiredException) {
-            deadlineExpiredException(exchange, (DeadlineExpiredException) throwable);
-        } else if (throwable instanceof Error) {
-            error(exchange, (Error) throwable);
-        } else if (throwable instanceof IOException && !exchange.getConnection().isOpen()) {
-            log.info(
-                    "I/O exception from a closed connection. The request may have been aborted by the client",
-                    throwable);
+        } else if (throwable instanceof FrameworkException frameworkException) {
+            frameworkException(exchange, frameworkException);
+        } else if (throwable instanceof DeadlineExpiredException deadlineExpiredException) {
+            deadlineExpiredException(exchange, deadlineExpiredException);
+        } else if (throwable instanceof Error error) {
+            error(exchange, error);
+        } else if (throwable instanceof IOException ioException) {
+            ioException(exchange, ioException);
         } else {
             ServiceException exception = new ServiceException(ErrorType.INTERNAL, throwable);
             log(exception, throwable);
@@ -199,6 +202,31 @@ private static void deadlineExpiredException(HttpServerExchange exchange, Deadli
                 exception, exchange, UndertowDeadlineReasonResponseEncodingAdapter.INSTANCE);
     }
 
+    private static void ioException(HttpServerExchange exchange, IOException ioException) {
+        if (!exchange.getConnection().isOpen()) {
+            log.info(
+                    "I/O exception from a closed connection. The request may have been aborted by the client",
+                    ioException);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (Objects.equals(ioException.getMessage(), COULD_NOT_READ_CONTENT_LENGTH_DATA_MESSAGE)) {
+            log.info(
+                    "Remote peer closed connection before all data could be read. "
+                            + "The request may have been aborted by the client.",
+                    ioException);
+            IoUtils.safeClose(exchange.getConnection());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        ServiceException exception = new ServiceException(ErrorType.INTERNAL, ioException);
+        log(exception, ioException);
+        writeResponse(
+                exchange,
+                Optional.of(ConjureError.fromServiceException(exception)),
+                exception.getErrorType().httpErrorCode());
+    }
+
     private static void error(HttpServerExchange exchange, Error error) {
         // log errors in order to associate the log line with the correct traceId but
         // avoid doing work beyond setting a 500 response code, no response body is sent.
diff --git a/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/test/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptionHandlerTest.java b/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/test/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptionHandlerTest.java
index 2e6dcd218..4c8797311 100644
--- a/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/test/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptionHandlerTest.java
+++ b/conjure-java-undertow-runtime/src/test/java/com/palantir/conjure/java/undertow/runtime/ConjureExceptionHandlerTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories.LIST;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories.MAP;
 
@@ -39,12 +40,14 @@
 import com.palantir.deadlines.DeadlineExpiredException;
 import com.palantir.logsafe.SafeArg;
 import io.undertow.Undertow;
+import io.undertow.UndertowMessages;
 import io.undertow.server.HttpHandler;
 import io.undertow.server.handlers.BlockingHandler;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -361,6 +364,15 @@ public void handlesErrorWithoutRethrowing() {
                 .doesNotThrowAnyException();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void handlesPeerRemoteExceptionsWithoutRethrowing() throws IOException {
+        exception = UndertowMessages.MESSAGES.couldNotReadContentLengthData();
+        HttpURLConnection connection = execute();
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> connection.getResponseCode())
+                .isInstanceOf(SocketException.class)
+                .hasMessageContaining("Unexpected end of file from server");
+    }
+
     private static String getErrorBody(HttpURLConnection connection) {
         try (InputStream response = connection.getErrorStream()) {
             return new String(response.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);