diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 86d805620..8e12a55ca 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ fn start_vmm(cmd_arguments: ArgMatches) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
         .ok();
     }
 
+    // SAFETY: Trivially safe.
+    unsafe {
+        libc::signal(libc::SIGCHLD, libc::SIG_IGN);
+    }
+
     // Before we start any threads, mask the signals we'll be
     // installing handlers for, to make sure they only ever run on the
     // dedicated signal handling thread we'll start in a bit.
diff --git a/vmm/src/sigwinch_listener.rs b/vmm/src/sigwinch_listener.rs
index 0aad87853..716bf2c61 100644
--- a/vmm/src/sigwinch_listener.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/sigwinch_listener.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use arch::_NSIG;
 use libc::{
     c_int, c_void, close, fork, getpgrp, ioctl, pipe2, poll, pollfd, setsid, sigemptyset,
     siginfo_t, signal, sigprocmask, syscall, tcgetpgrp, tcsetpgrp, SYS_close_range, EINVAL, ENOSYS,
-    ENOTTY, O_CLOEXEC, POLLERR, SIGWINCH, SIG_DFL, SIG_SETMASK, STDERR_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY,
+    ENOTTY, O_CLOEXEC, POLLERR, SIGCHLD, SIGWINCH, SIG_DFL, SIG_SETMASK, STDERR_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY,
 };
 use seccompiler::{apply_filter, BpfProgram};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ fn sigwinch_listener_main(seccomp_filter: BpfProgram, tx: File, tty: File) -> !
 ///
 /// Same as [`fork`].
 unsafe fn clone_clear_sighand() -> io::Result<u64> {
-    let mut args = clone_args::default();
+    let mut args = clone_args {
+        exit_signal: SIGCHLD as u64,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
     args.flags |= CLONE_CLEAR_SIGHAND;
     let r = clone3(&mut args, size_of::<clone_args>());
     if r != -1 {