diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 1694ac6b..09669d44 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include "libckpool.h"
 #include "generator.h"
 
+/* Only global variable, to be used only by sighandler */
+static ckpool_t *global_ckp;
+
 static void rename_proc(const char *name)
 {
 	char buf[16];
@@ -137,14 +140,23 @@ static void launch_process(proc_instance_t *pi)
 	}
 }
 
+static void sighandler(int __maybe_unused sig)
+{
+	/* Restore signal handlers so we can still quit if shutdown fails */
+	sigaction(SIGTERM, &global_ckp->termhandler, NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGINT, &global_ckp->inthandler, NULL);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	struct sigaction handler;
 	proc_instance_t proc_main;
 	proc_instance_t proc_generator;
 	pthread_t pth_listener;
 	ckpool_t ckp;
 	int c, ret;
 
+	global_ckp = &ckp;
 	memset(&ckp, 0, sizeof(ckp));
 	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:gn:s:")) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
@@ -167,6 +179,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		ckp.socket_dir = strdup("/tmp/ckpool");
 
 	realloc_strcat(&ckp.socket_dir, "/");
+
+	/* Install signal handlers to shut down all child processes */
+	handler.sa_handler = &sighandler;
+	handler.sa_flags = 0;
+	sigemptyset(&handler.sa_mask);
+	sigaction(SIGTERM, &handler, &ckp.termhandler);
+	sigaction(SIGINT, &handler, &ckp.inthandler);
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+
 	ret = mkdir(ckp.socket_dir, 0700);
 	if (ret && errno != EEXIST)
 		quit(1, "Failed to make directory %s", ckp.socket_dir);
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index 66775bde..11f50af1 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -121,11 +121,4 @@ static inline void flip_80(void *dest_p, const void *src_p)
 		dest[i] = bswap_32(src[i]);
 }
 
-struct ckpool_instance {
-	char *socket_dir;
-	char *config;
-	char *name;
-};
-
-typedef struct ckpool_instance ckpool_t;
 #endif /* CKPOOL_H */
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index 35ebd2e8..5b87eb52 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@
 #ifndef LIBCKPOOL_H
 #define LIBCKPOOL_H
 
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <jansson.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
-#include <jansson.h>
 
 #define mutex_lock(_lock) _mutex_lock(_lock, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 #define mutex_unlock_noyield(_lock) _mutex_unlock_noyield(_lock, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
@@ -105,6 +106,19 @@ struct cklock {
 
 typedef struct cklock cklock_t;
 
+struct proc_instance;
+typedef struct proc_instance proc_instance_t;
+
+struct ckpool_instance {
+	char *socket_dir;
+	char *config;
+	char *name;
+	struct sigaction termhandler;
+	struct sigaction inthandler;
+};
+
+typedef struct ckpool_instance ckpool_t;
+
 struct connsock {
 	int fd;
 	char *url;
@@ -122,9 +136,6 @@ struct unixsock {
 
 typedef struct unixsock unixsock_t;
 
-struct proc_instance;
-typedef struct proc_instance proc_instance_t;
-
 struct proc_instance {
 	ckpool_t *ckp;
 	unixsock_t us;