diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
index 3fdcc6552a..09223f4f21 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
@@ -1055,13 +1055,16 @@ def _drain_fifo_and_join(fifo_fn, thread, size=65536):
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not are_fifos_supported() or is_cygwin, reason="FIFOs not supported, hangs on cygwin")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("timeout_args", ([], ["--read-special-timeout=0"]), ids=["default-timeout", "no-timeout"])
-def test_create_read_special_big_fifo(archivers, request, timeout_args):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("chunker_args", ([], ["--chunker-params=fixed,1048576"]), ids=["default-chunker", "fixed"])
+def test_create_read_special_big_fifo(archivers, request, timeout_args, chunker_args):
     # os.read() on a fifo returns at most the pipe buffer's content (often just 64 KiB),
     # usually much less than the chunker requests per read - especially with a writer
     # that pauses between bursts. borg must keep reading and not treat a short read as
     # EOF, else the archived fifo content gets truncated.
     # Parametrization covers both read paths: the SpecialFileReader wrapper (default
     # timeout) and the plain blocking reads (--read-special-timeout=0 == wait forever).
+    # The fixed chunker reads via its own code path, which calls posix_fadvise() on the
+    # file handle - that fails with ESPIPE for a fifo and must not make borg skip the fifo.
     archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
     import time
     from threading import Thread
@@ -1089,7 +1092,7 @@ def fifo_feeder(fifo_fn, data):
     t = Thread(target=fifo_feeder, args=(fifo_fn, data))
     t.start()
     try:
-        cmd(archiver, "create", "--read-special", *timeout_args, "test", "input/fifo")
+        cmd(archiver, "create", "--read-special", *timeout_args, *chunker_args, "test", "input/fifo")
     finally:
         _drain_fifo_and_join(fifo_fn, t)
     with changedir("output"):
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/chunkers/fixed_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/chunkers/fixed_test.py
index 8b8e628efe..d133c0e73b 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/chunkers/fixed_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/chunkers/fixed_test.py
@@ -78,6 +78,34 @@ def get_chunks(fname, sparse, header_size):
     assert expected_content == got_chunks
 
 
+def test_chunkify_pipe():
+    # reading from a pipe via the OS-level file handle: reads come up short and posix_fadvise()
+    # fails with ESPIPE (e.g. on Linux) - neither must make the chunker stop or fail.
+    import threading
+    import time
+
+    data = os.urandom(3 * 65536 + 123)
+    r, w = os.pipe()
+
+    def writer():
+        with os.fdopen(w, "wb") as f:
+            for start in range(0, len(data), 65536):
+                f.write(data[start : start + 65536])
+                f.flush()
+                time.sleep(0.05)  # writer pause: reads on the other side come up short
+
+    t = threading.Thread(target=writer)
+    t.start()
+    try:
+        chunker = ChunkerFixed(131072, sparse=False)
+        chunks = cf(chunker.chunkify(None, r))
+    finally:
+        os.close(r)
+        t.join()
+    assert b"".join(chunks) == data
+    assert [len(c) for c in chunks] == [131072, 65536 + 123]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif("BORG_TESTS_SLOW" not in os.environ, reason="slow tests not enabled, use BORG_TESTS_SLOW=1")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("worker", range(os.cpu_count() or 1))
 def test_fuzz_fixed(worker):