diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
index dde2c9c8fc..371c99a677 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-worker
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def fork_off_task(cfg, data, workerdata, fn, task, taskname, appends, taskdepdat
             pipein.close()
 
             signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm_handler)
+            # Let SIGHUP exit as SIGTERM
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, sigterm_handler)
 
             # Save out the PID so that the event can include it the
             # events
@@ -266,9 +268,14 @@ class BitbakeWorker(object):
         self.build_pipes = {}
     
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.sigterm_exception)
+        # Let SIGHUP exit as SIGTERM
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, self.sigterm_exception)
 
     def sigterm_exception(self, signum, stackframe):
-        bb.warn("Worker recieved SIGTERM, shutting down...")
+        if signum == signal.SIGTERM:
+            bb.warn("Worker recieved SIGTERM, shutting down...")
+        elif signum == signal.SIGHUP:
+            bb.warn("Worker recieved SIGHUP, shutting down...")
         self.handle_finishnow(None)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIG_DFL)
         os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGTERM)
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index 087f72fc56..a08c14bbdc 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -153,9 +153,14 @@ class BBCooker:
         self.parser = None
 
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.sigterm_exception)
+        # Let SIGHUP exit as SIGTERM
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, self.sigterm_exception)
 
     def sigterm_exception(self, signum, stackframe):
-        bb.warn("Cooker recieved SIGTERM, shutting down...")
+        if signum == signal.SIGTERM:
+            bb.warn("Cooker recieved SIGTERM, shutting down...")
+        elif signum == signal.SIGHUP:
+            bb.warn("Cooker recieved SIGHUP, shutting down...")
         self.state = state.forceshutdown
 
     def setFeatures(self, features):