diff --git a/src/otaclient/ota_core.py b/src/otaclient/ota_core.py
index 2308e6a80..775a294e5 100644
--- a/src/otaclient/ota_core.py
+++ b/src/otaclient/ota_core.py
@@ -869,6 +869,11 @@ def main(
             )
 
 
+def _sign_handler(signal_value, frame) -> NoReturn:
+    print(f"ota_core process receives {signal_value=}, exits ...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
 def ota_core_process(
     shm_writer_factory: Callable[[], SharedOTAClientStatusWriter],
     control_flag: mp_sync.Event,
@@ -879,6 +884,7 @@ def ota_core_process(
     from otaclient.configs.cfg import proxy_info
     from otaclient.ota_core import OTAClient
 
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _sign_handler)
     configure_logging()
 
     shm_writer = shm_writer_factory()