diff --git a/sbin/hastd/primary.c b/sbin/hastd/primary.c
index ae7422044480..58e6cea7a2d7 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/primary.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/primary.c
@@ -761,6 +761,9 @@ hastd_primary(struct hast_resource *res)
 
 	setproctitle("%s (primary)", res->hr_name);
 
+	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);
+	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+
 	init_local(res);
 	if (init_remote(res, NULL, NULL))
 		sync_start();
diff --git a/sbin/hastd/secondary.c b/sbin/hastd/secondary.c
index b4549b0010b4..a0fae637587a 100644
--- a/sbin/hastd/secondary.c
+++ b/sbin/hastd/secondary.c
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ hastd_secondary(struct hast_resource *res, struct nv *nvin)
 
 	setproctitle("%s (secondary)", res->hr_name);
 
+	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);
+	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+
 	/* Error in setting timeout is not critical, but why should it fail? */
 	if (proto_timeout(res->hr_remotein, 0) < 0)
 		pjdlog_errno(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to set connection timeout");