st.c | 7 +++++++

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index fe2b9221fe4011e11cddf7a0f3977a7ecc01c2ad..c2ee3e28b73a28864ff3f485776bf5538bfe29dd 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -774,6 +774,13 @@ 	unsetenv("COLUMNS");
 	unsetenv("LINES");
 	unsetenv("TERMCAP");
 
+	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);
+	signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
+	signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL);
+	signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
+	signal(SIGALRM, SIG_DFL);
+
 	DEFAULT(envshell, SHELL);
 	putenv("TERM="TNAME);
 	args = opt_cmd ? opt_cmd : (char*[]){envshell, "-i", NULL};