diff --git a/Lib/json/tool.py b/Lib/json/tool.py
index 8db9ea40ad..c42138a05c 100644
--- a/Lib/json/tool.py
+++ b/Lib/json/tool.py
@@ -52,4 +52,7 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+    try:
+        main()
+    except BrokenPipeError as exc:
+        sys.exit(exc.errno)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py b/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py
index f362f1b13a..a62a5d4084 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import errno
 import os
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import unittest
+
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from test import support
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
@@ -149,3 +151,12 @@ class TestTool(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(out.splitlines(),
                          self.expect_without_sort_keys.encode().splitlines())
         self.assertEqual(err, b'')
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform =="win32", "The test is failed with ValueError on Windows")
+    def test_broken_pipe_error(self):
+        cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool']
+        proc = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
+        # bpo-39828: Closing before json.tool attempts to write into stdout.
+        proc.stdout.close()
+        proc.communicate(b'"{}"')
+        self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, errno.EPIPE)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-05-00-57-49.bpo-39828.yWq9NJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-05-00-57-49.bpo-39828.yWq9NJ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04c61b94c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-05-00-57-49.bpo-39828.yWq9NJ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix :mod:`json.tool` to catch :exc:`BrokenPipeError`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.