diff --git a/libbacktrace/BacktraceCurrent.cpp b/libbacktrace/BacktraceCurrent.cpp
index 2714d93..d339550 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/BacktraceCurrent.cpp
+++ b/libbacktrace/BacktraceCurrent.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
 
 static pthread_mutex_t g_sigaction_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
+static void SignalLogOnly(int, siginfo_t*, void*) {
+  BACK_LOGE("pid %d, tid %d: Received a spurious signal %d\n", getpid(), gettid(), THREAD_SIGNAL);
+}
+
 static void SignalHandler(int, siginfo_t*, void* sigcontext) {
   ThreadEntry* entry = ThreadEntry::Get(getpid(), gettid(), false);
   if (!entry) {
@@ -151,9 +155,21 @@
   // that we are waiting for the first Wake() call made by the thread.
   bool wait_completed = entry->Wait(1);
 
+  if (!wait_completed && oldact.sa_sigaction == nullptr) {
+    // If the wait failed, it could be that the signal could not be delivered
+    // within the timeout. Add a signal handler that's simply going to log
+    // something so that we don't crash if the signal eventually gets
+    // delivered. Only do this if there isn't already an action set up.
+    memset(&act, 0, sizeof(act));
+    act.sa_sigaction = SignalLogOnly;
+    act.sa_flags = SA_RESTART | SA_SIGINFO | SA_ONSTACK;
+    sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
+    sigaction(THREAD_SIGNAL, &act, nullptr);
+  } else {
+    sigaction(THREAD_SIGNAL, &oldact, nullptr);
+  }
   // After the thread has received the signal, allow other unwinders to
   // continue.
-  sigaction(THREAD_SIGNAL, &oldact, nullptr);
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&g_sigaction_mutex);
 
   bool unwind_done = false;