diff --git a/src/xpra/server/server_core.py b/src/xpra/server/server_core.py
index 3acddee2e3..ba093933bd 100644
--- a/src/xpra/server/server_core.py
+++ b/src/xpra/server/server_core.py
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ def signal_quit(self, signum, frame):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, deadly_signal)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, deadly_signal)
         self.idle_add(self.clean_quit)
+        self.idle_add(sys.exit, 128+signum)
 
     def clean_quit(self, upgrading=False):
         log("clean_quit(%s)", upgrading)