1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3712d55db..003b235e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2534,10 +2534,12 @@ static void sighandler(int sig) { }
         sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
         (void)sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
         if ((pid = fork()) == 0) { /* child */
+                pid = getppid();
                 sleep(1);
-                kill(getppid(), SIGTERM);
+                kill(pid, SIGTERM);
                 sleep(1);
-                kill(getppid(), SIGKILL);
+                if (getppid() == pid) /* if parent did not exit, shoot it */
+                        kill(pid, SIGKILL);
                 exit(0);
         } else { /* parent */
                 r = select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);