diff --git a/fuse/fuse_signals.c b/fuse/fuse_signals.c
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+/*
+  FUSE: Filesystem in Userspace
+  Copyright (C) 2001-2007  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
+
+  This program can be distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPLv2.
+  See the file COPYING.LIB
+*/
+
+#include "fuse_lowlevel.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+static struct fuse_session *fuse_instance;
+
+static void exit_handler(int sig)
+{
+	(void) sig;
+	if (fuse_instance)
+		fuse_session_exit(fuse_instance);
+}
+
+static int set_one_signal_handler(int sig, void (*handler)(int))
+{
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	struct sigaction old_sa;
+
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+	sa.sa_handler = handler;
+	sigemptyset(&(sa.sa_mask));
+	sa.sa_flags = 0;
+
+	if (sigaction(sig, NULL, &old_sa) == -1) {
+		perror("fuse: cannot get old signal handler");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (old_sa.sa_handler == SIG_DFL &&
+	    sigaction(sig, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
+		perror("fuse: cannot set signal handler");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fuse_set_signal_handlers(struct fuse_session *se)
+{
+	if (set_one_signal_handler(SIGHUP, exit_handler) == -1 ||
+	    set_one_signal_handler(SIGINT, exit_handler) == -1 ||
+	    set_one_signal_handler(SIGTERM, exit_handler) == -1 ||
+	    set_one_signal_handler(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN) == -1)
+		return -1;
+
+	fuse_instance = se;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void fuse_remove_signal_handlers(struct fuse_session *se)
+{
+	if (fuse_instance != se)
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"fuse: fuse_remove_signal_handlers: unknown session\n");
+	else
+		fuse_instance = NULL;
+
+	set_one_signal_handler(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);
+	set_one_signal_handler(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
+	set_one_signal_handler(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
+	set_one_signal_handler(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
+}
+