diff --git a/src/signal.c b/src/signal.c
index 01b6121..6f74a6f 100644
--- a/src/signal.c
+++ b/src/signal.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
 	 * parsing We don't want the process to be killed by an unregistered
 	 * USR2 signal when the master-worker is reloading */
 	sigaddset(&blocked_sig, SIGUSR2);
+	sigaddset(&blocked_sig, SIGCHLD);
+
 	ha_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &blocked_sig, NULL);
 
 	sigfillset(&blocked_sig);