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diff --git a/buildstream/_signals.py b/buildstream/_signals.py
index f1e520d37..0035485a5 100644
--- a/buildstream/_signals.py
+++ b/buildstream/_signals.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
import os
import signal
import sys
+import threading
import traceback
from contextlib import contextmanager, ExitStack
from collections import deque
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ def terminator_handler(signal_, frame):
def terminator(terminate_func):
global terminator_stack # pylint: disable=global-statement
+ # Signal handling only works in the main thread
+ if threading.current_thread() != threading.main_thread():
+ yield
+ return
+
outermost = False if terminator_stack else True
terminator_stack.append(terminate_func)