diff --git a/base-linux/src/base/thread/thread_linux.cc b/base-linux/src/base/thread/thread_linux.cc
index 7a7e64329..e02f57909 100644
--- a/base-linux/src/base/thread/thread_linux.cc
+++ b/base-linux/src/base/thread/thread_linux.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ static void thread_start(void *)
 	 */
 	lx_sigaction(LX_SIGUSR1, empty_signal_handler);
 
+	/*
+	 * Prevent children from becoming zombies. (SIG_IGN = 1)
+	 */
+	lx_sigaction(LX_SIGCHLD, (void (*)(int))1);
+
 	Thread_base::myself()->entry();
 	sleep_forever();
 }
diff --git a/base-linux/src/core/thread_linux.cc b/base-linux/src/core/thread_linux.cc
index a5be5a20d..8306ace17 100644
--- a/base-linux/src/core/thread_linux.cc
+++ b/base-linux/src/core/thread_linux.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ static void thread_start(void *)
 	 */
 	lx_sigaction(LX_SIGUSR1, empty_signal_handler);
 
+	/*
+	 * Prevent children from becoming zombies. (SIG_IGN = 1)
+	 */
+	lx_sigaction(LX_SIGCHLD, (void (*)(int))1);
+
 	Thread_base::myself()->entry();
 	sleep_forever();
 }
diff --git a/base-linux/src/platform/linux_syscalls.h b/base-linux/src/platform/linux_syscalls.h
index aa81d7305..3cc473dca 100644
--- a/base-linux/src/platform/linux_syscalls.h
+++ b/base-linux/src/platform/linux_syscalls.h
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ inline int lx_stat(const char *path, struct stat64 *buf)
 
 enum {
 	LX_SIGUSR1   = 10,  /* used for cancel-blocking mechanism */
+	LX_SIGCHLD   = 17,  /* child process changed state, i.e., terminated */
 	LX_SIGCANCEL = 32,  /* accoring to glibc, this equals SIGRTMIN,
 	                       used for killing threads */
 };
diff --git a/base-linux/src/platform/lx_hybrid.cc b/base-linux/src/platform/lx_hybrid.cc
index caf3d6c26..02c1d326a 100644
--- a/base-linux/src/platform/lx_hybrid.cc
+++ b/base-linux/src/platform/lx_hybrid.cc
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ static void adopt_thread(Thread_meta_data *meta_data)
 	 */
 	lx_sigaction(LX_SIGUSR1, empty_signal_handler);
 
+	/*
+	 * Prevent children from becoming zombies. (SIG_IGN = 1)
+	 */
+	lx_sigaction(LX_SIGCHLD, (void (*)(int))1);
+
 	/* assign 'Thread_meta_data' pointer to TLS entry */
 	pthread_setspecific(tls_key(), meta_data);