diff --git a/src/daemonitor/700_signal.c b/src/daemonitor/700_signal.c
index e47edd1..f6d2346 100644
--- a/src/daemonitor/700_signal.c
+++ b/src/daemonitor/700_signal.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void sigterm_handler(int signum __attribute__((unused)))
     /* uck -- we can't call exit() because it's not async-signal-safe, so we must call _exit() and
      * clean up manually, with no logging */
     unlink(pidfile_filename);
-    exit(0);
+    _exit(0);
 }