diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 03e0a386548..16ea31410a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1567,6 +1567,7 @@ set(TESTS_WITH_PROGRAM
   mutex_pi_stress
   nested_detach_wait
   nested_detach_kill_stuck
+  nested_release_signal
   overflow_branch_counter
   pack
   patch_page_end
diff --git a/src/Task.cc b/src/Task.cc
index 73c258e4f4b..91e966863d9 100644
--- a/src/Task.cc
+++ b/src/Task.cc
@@ -3561,6 +3561,11 @@ static void set_up_process(Session& session, const ScopedFd& err_fd,
   TraceeAttentionSet::get_original_sigmask(&sigmask);
   sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, nullptr);
 
+  // Stop igoring signals.
+  for (int sig = 1; sig <= 31; ++sig) {
+    signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
+  }
+
   struct NativeArch::cap_header header = {.version =
                                               _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3,
                                           .pid = 0 };
diff --git a/src/test/nested_release_signal.run b/src/test/nested_release_signal.run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e875160eac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/nested_release_signal.run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source `dirname $0`/util.sh
+just_record $RR_EXE "record --nested=detach nested_release_signal$bitness" && failed "error not propagated"
+passed