--- a/terminal/main.c
+++ b/terminal/main.c
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@
   const gchar     *msg;
 
   /* install required signal handlers */
+#ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
   signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
 
   xfce_textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR, "UTF-8");
 
--- a/terminal/terminal-screen.c
+++ b/terminal/terminal-screen.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_TIME_H
 #include <time.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
+#include <signal.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui.h>
 
@@ -1543,6 +1546,9 @@
           spawn_flags |= G_SPAWN_FILE_AND_ARGV_ZERO;
         }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
+      signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
+#endif
       if (!vte_terminal_fork_command_full (VTE_TERMINAL (screen->terminal),
                                            update ? VTE_PTY_DEFAULT : VTE_PTY_NO_LASTLOG | VTE_PTY_NO_UTMP | VTE_PTY_NO_WTMP,
                                            screen->working_directory, argv2, env,
@@ -1554,6 +1560,9 @@
                                   error, _("Failed to execute child"));
           g_error_free (error);
         }
+#ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
+      signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
 
       g_free (argv2);