diff --git a/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c b/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
index 408bfb77..65438a84 100644
--- a/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
+++ b/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ empth_start(void *arg)
     struct sigaction act;
 
     /* actually it should inherit all this from main but... */
+    act.sa_flags = 0;
     sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
     act.sa_handler = shutdwn;
     sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL);
diff --git a/src/server/main.c b/src/server/main.c
index 35d6d6bd..817f8c03 100644
--- a/src/server/main.c
+++ b/src/server/main.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ start_server(int flags)
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
     /* signal() should not be used with mit pthreads. Anyway if u
        have a posix threads u definitly have posix signals -- Sasha */
+    act.sa_flags = 0;
     sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
     act.sa_handler = shutdwn;
     sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL);