diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 510db73c34..1229fecf5c 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -406,7 +406,12 @@ static inline void host_to_target_siginfo_noswap(target_siginfo_t *tinfo,
         case TARGET_SIGCHLD:
             tinfo->_sifields._sigchld._pid = info->si_pid;
             tinfo->_sifields._sigchld._uid = info->si_uid;
-            tinfo->_sifields._sigchld._status = info->si_status;
+            if (si_code == CLD_EXITED)
+                tinfo->_sifields._sigchld._status = info->si_status;
+            else
+                tinfo->_sifields._sigchld._status
+                    = host_to_target_signal(info->si_status & 0x7f)
+                        | (info->si_status & ~0x7f);
             tinfo->_sifields._sigchld._utime = info->si_utime;
             tinfo->_sifields._sigchld._stime = info->si_stime;
             si_type = QEMU_SI_CHLD;