diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 79623c3..bd09e4b 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <paths.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <seccomp_policy.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -491,6 +492,16 @@
     HandlePowerctlMessage("shutdown,container");
 }
 
+static void UnblockSigterm() {
+    sigset_t mask;
+    sigemptyset(&mask);
+    sigaddset(&mask, SIGTERM);
+
+    if (sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &mask, nullptr) == -1) {
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "failed to unblock SIGTERM for PID " << getpid();
+    }
+}
+
 static void InstallSigtermHandler() {
     sigset_t mask;
     sigemptyset(&mask);
@@ -500,6 +511,12 @@
         PLOG(FATAL) << "failed to block SIGTERM";
     }
 
+    // Register a handler to unblock SIGTERM in the child processes.
+    const int result = pthread_atfork(nullptr, nullptr, &UnblockSigterm);
+    if (result != 0) {
+        LOG(FATAL) << "Failed to register a fork handler: " << strerror(result);
+    }
+
     sigterm_signal_fd = signalfd(-1, &mask, SFD_CLOEXEC);
     if (sigterm_signal_fd == -1) {
         PLOG(FATAL) << "failed to create signalfd for SIGTERM";