diff --git a/lib/watcher.js b/lib/watcher.js
index 78ae30adc..f5de7e99b 100644
--- a/lib/watcher.js
+++ b/lib/watcher.js
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ exports.watch = function(patterns, excludes, fileList, usePolling) {
   // register events
   chokidarWatcher.on('add', bind(fileList.addFile))
                  .on('change', bind(fileList.changeFile))
-                 .on('unlink', bind(fileList.removeFile));
+                 .on('unlink', bind(fileList.removeFile))
+                 // If we don't subscribe; unhandled errors from Chokidar will bring Karma down
+                 // (see GH Issue #959)
+                 .on('error', function(e) {
+                    log.debug(e);
+                  });
 
   return chokidarWatcher;
 };