diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
index e0477c3..0c45dc8 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
 		    SA_ONSTACK | SA_RESTART, SIGUSR1, SIGIO, SIGWINCH, SIGALRM,
 		    SIGVTALRM, -1);
 	signal(SIGWINCH, SIG_IGN);
+	signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
 }
 
 int run_kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, jmp_buf **jmp_ptr)