diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fcee228a..0020a6b1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ $Id$
 
 v0.51.3		22-Mar-2003
 
+	mbtask:
+		Signal handler for sigchld set to sig_dfl, test for Fedora.
+
 
 v0.51.2		06-Mar-2004 - 22-Mar-2003
 
diff --git a/mbtask/mbtask.c b/mbtask/mbtask.c
index e7f08b20..16b2377e 100644
--- a/mbtask/mbtask.c
+++ b/mbtask/mbtask.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             signal(i, (void (*))die);
 	else if ((i == SIGINT) || (i == SIGTERM))
 	    signal(i, (void (*))start_shutdown);
+	else if (i == SIGCHLD)
+	    signal(i, SIG_DFL);
         else if ((i != SIGKILL) && (i != SIGSTOP))
             signal(i, SIG_IGN);
     }