diff --git a/src/exec.c b/src/exec.c
index 11b078df0..a000e5ac0 100644
--- a/src/exec.c
+++ b/src/exec.c
@@ -468,7 +468,8 @@ handler(int s)
      * The pipe is non-blocking, if we overflow the kernel's pipe
      * buffer we drop the signal.  This is not a problem in practice.
      */
-    (void)write(signal_pipe[1], &signo, sizeof(signo));
+    if (write(signal_pipe[1], &signo, sizeof(signo)) == -1)
+	/* shut up glibc */;
 }
 
 /*