diff --git a/bin/start-nginx b/bin/start-nginx
index dbf19062..cce0f7cd 100755
--- a/bin/start-nginx
+++ b/bin/start-nginx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+trap "echo start-nginx got SIGTERM. Ignoring while nginx shuts down gracefully" SIGTERM
+
 psmgr=/tmp/nginx-buildpack-wait
 rm -f $psmgr
 mkfifo $psmgr
diff --git a/bin/start-nginx-debug b/bin/start-nginx-debug
index 8a6b0912..e9af51fe 100755
--- a/bin/start-nginx-debug
+++ b/bin/start-nginx-debug
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+trap "echo start-nginx-debug got SIGTERM. Ignoring while nginx shuts down gracefully" SIGTERM
+
 psmgr=/tmp/nginx-buildpack-wait
 rm -f $psmgr
 mkfifo $psmgr
diff --git a/bin/start-nginx-solo b/bin/start-nginx-solo
index f8eccd99..b45d25cb 100755
--- a/bin/start-nginx-solo
+++ b/bin/start-nginx-solo
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+trap "echo start-nginx-solo got SIGTERM. Ignoring while nginx shuts down gracefully" SIGTERM
+
 psmgr=/tmp/nginx-buildpack-wait
 rm -f $psmgr
 mkfifo $psmgr