lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 8adf70faf2d70dbcf629e103bdf9fd589b2673da..0cf4d10b892b287eabbc6a14a50cb9d400791c00 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -580,6 +580,8 @@ 	my $ident = $wq->{-wq_ident} // "lei-$lei->{cmd} worker";
 	$wq->wq_workers_start($ident, $jobs, $lei->oldset, { lei => $lei });
 	delete $lei->{pkt_op_p};
 	my $op_c = delete $lei->{pkt_op_c};
+	# {-lei_sock} persists script/lei process until ops->{''} EOF callback
+	$op_c->{-lei_sock} = $lei->{sock};
 	@$end = ();
 	$lei->event_step_init;
 	($op_c, $ops);