diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/Executive_init_signal_handlers.cpp b/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/Executive_init_signal_handlers.cpp
index 8302d1f3..a7ae1298 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/Executive_init_signal_handlers.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/Executive_init_signal_handlers.cpp
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ int Trick::Executive::init_signal_handlers() {
 
     static struct sigaction sigact;
 
-    /* By default catch SIGBUS, SIGSEGV, SIGABRT, and SIGCHLD.  Don't catch SIGFPE */
+    /* By default catch SIGBUS, SIGSEGV, SIGABRT.  Don't catch SIGFPE, SIGCHLD */
     set_trap_sigbus(true) ;
     set_trap_sigfpe(false) ;
     set_trap_sigsegv(true) ;
     set_trap_sigabrt(true) ;
-    set_trap_sigchld(true) ;
+    set_trap_sigchld(false) ;
 
     /* Assign ctrl_c_hand() as the default signal handler for SIGINT (<CTRL-C> keypress). */
     sigact.sa_handler = (void (*)(int)) ctrl_c_hand;
diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/test/Executive_test.cpp b/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/test/Executive_test.cpp
index 78e0726b..a4a2e775 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/test/Executive_test.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/Executive/test/Executive_test.cpp
@@ -796,18 +796,19 @@ TEST_F(ExecutiveTest , SetSignalHandlers) {
     EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == sig_hand ) ;
     sigaction(SIGSEGV, NULL , &sigact) ;
     EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == sig_hand ) ;
-    sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL , &sigact) ;
-    EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == child_handler ) ;
     sigaction(SIGFPE, NULL , &sigact) ;
     EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == SIG_DFL ) ;
 
     exec.set_trap_sigbus(1) ;
     exec.set_trap_sigsegv(1) ;
     exec.set_trap_sigfpe(1) ;
+    exec.set_trap_sigchld(1) ;
     sigaction(SIGBUS, NULL , &sigact) ;
     EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == sig_hand ) ;
     sigaction(SIGSEGV, NULL , &sigact) ;
     EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == sig_hand ) ;
+    sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL , &sigact) ;
+    EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == child_handler ) ;
     sigaction(SIGFPE, NULL , &sigact) ;
 #if __APPLE__
     EXPECT_TRUE( sigact.sa_handler == fpe_sig_handler ) ;