diff --git a/support/rotatelogs.c b/support/rotatelogs.c

index 55c4406..f4c6490 100644

--- a/support/rotatelogs.c

+++ b/support/rotatelogs.c

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@

 #include "apr_time.h"

 #include "apr_getopt.h"

 #include "apr_thread_proc.h"

+#include "apr_signal.h"

 #if APR_FILES_AS_SOCKETS

 #include "apr_poll.h"

 #endif

@@ -595,6 +596,10 @@ int main (int argc, const char * const argv[])

             break;

         case 'p':

             config.postrotate_prog = opt_arg;

+#ifdef SIGCHLD

+            /* Prevent creation of zombies (on modern Unix systems). */

+            apr_signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);

+#endif

             break;

         case 'f':

             config.force_open = 1;