diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index 31454e49d..52b75f757 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -181,8 +181,9 @@ void initNix()
     /* Reset SIGCHLD to its default. */
     struct sigaction act;
     sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
-    act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
     act.sa_flags = 0;
+
+    act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
     if (sigaction(SIGCHLD, &act, 0))
         throw SysError("resetting SIGCHLD");
 
@@ -194,9 +195,20 @@ void initNix()
     /* HACK: on darwin, we need can’t use sigprocmask with SIGWINCH.
      * Instead, add a dummy sigaction handler, and signalHandlerThread
      * can handle the rest. */
-    struct sigaction sa;
-    sa.sa_handler = sigHandler;
-    if (sigaction(SIGWINCH, &sa, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGWINCH");
+    act.sa_handler = sigHandler;
+    if (sigaction(SIGWINCH, &act, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGWINCH");
+
+    /* Disable SA_RESTART for interrupts, so that system calls on this thread
+     * error with EINTR like they do on Linux.
+     * Most signals on BSD systems default to SA_RESTART on, but Nix
+     * expects EINTR from syscalls to properly exit. */
+    act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+    if (sigaction(SIGINT, &act, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGINT");
+    if (sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGTERM");
+    if (sigaction(SIGHUP, &act, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGHUP");
+    if (sigaction(SIGPIPE, &act, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGPIPE");
+    if (sigaction(SIGQUIT, &act, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGQUIT");
+    if (sigaction(SIGTRAP, &act, 0)) throw SysError("handling SIGTRAP");
 #endif
 
     /* Register a SIGSEGV handler to detect stack overflows. */