diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/EofException.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/EofException.java
index 29aa5e0c504..93e75f8f630 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/EofException.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/EofException.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import java.io.EOFException;
  * the connection, vs and EOF thrown by some application talking to some other file/socket etc.
  * The only difference in handling is that Jetty EOFs are logged less verbosely.
  */
-public class EofException extends EOFException
+public class EofException extends EOFException implements QuietException
 {
     public EofException()
     {
diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/QuietException.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/QuietException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31ec98b12d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/QuietException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2016 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.io;
+
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/** A Quiet Exception.
+ * <p> Exception classes that extend this interface will be logged
+ * less verbosely.
+ */
+public interface QuietException
+{
+}
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpChannel.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpChannel.java
index 48f02a0d8bb..f0e6ade514e 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpChannel.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpChannel.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.http.MetaData;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ChannelEndPoint;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.EndPoint;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.QuietException;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.RuntimeIOException;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannelState.Action;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ public class HttpChannel implements Runnable, HttpOutput.Interceptor
         if (failure instanceof RuntimeIOException)
             failure = failure.getCause();
 
-        if (failure instanceof QuietServletException || !getServer().isRunning())
+        if (failure instanceof QuietException || !getServer().isRunning())
         {
             if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
                 LOG.debug(_request.getRequestURI(), failure);
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/QuietServletException.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/QuietServletException.java
index fe64bf675f8..7449f865e4b 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/QuietServletException.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/QuietServletException.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.QuietException;
+
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /** A ServletException that is logged less verbosely than
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletException;
  * than a stack trace.
  * </p>
  */
-public class QuietServletException extends ServletException
+public class QuietServletException extends ServletException implements QuietException
 {
     public QuietServletException()
     {