diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
index 09f8201de5db..d709a24dc6fc 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ extern int os_drop_memory(void *addr, int length);
 extern int can_drop_memory(void);
 extern int os_mincore(void *addr, unsigned long len);
 
+void os_set_pdeathsig(void);
+
 /* execvp.c */
 extern int execvp_noalloc(char *buf, const char *file, char *const argv[]);
 /* helper.c */
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
index f20602e793d9..9f086f939420 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <init.h>
@@ -203,3 +204,8 @@ void init_new_thread_signals(void)
 	set_handler(SIGIO);
 	signal(SIGWINCH, SIG_IGN);
 }
+
+void os_set_pdeathsig(void)
+{
+	prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL);
+}