diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a06f3c2..3629ac4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 language: go
 go:
-- 1.7
-- 1.8
 - tip
 script:
 - make lint
diff --git a/testdata/ignore_sigterm_with_exit3.pl b/testdata/ignore_sigterm_with_exit3.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65950da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/ignore_sigterm_with_exit3.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+$SIG{TERM} = sub {
+    exit 3
+};
+sleep 3;
+
+
diff --git a/timeout.go b/timeout.go
index 53a0f81..bbeada4 100644
--- a/timeout.go
+++ b/timeout.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
 
 	"syscall"
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ func (err *Error) Error() string {
 
 // ExitStatus stores exit information of the command
 type ExitStatus struct {
-	Code int
-	typ  exitType
+	Code     int
+	Signaled bool
+	typ      exitType
 }
 
 // IsTimedOut returns the command timed out or not
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ type exitType int
 
 // exit types
 const (
-	exitTypeNormal exitType = iota + 1
+	exitTypeNormal exitType = iota
 	exitTypeTimedOut
 	exitTypeKilled
 )
@@ -188,38 +190,50 @@ func (tio *Timeout) RunCommand() (chan ExitStatus, error) {
 func (tio *Timeout) handleTimeout() (ex ExitStatus) {
 	cmd := tio.getCmd()
 	exitChan := getExitChan(cmd)
-	select {
-	case exitCode := <-exitChan:
-		ex.Code = exitCode
-		ex.typ = exitTypeNormal
-		return ex
-	case <-time.After(tio.Duration):
-		tio.terminate()
-		ex.typ = exitTypeTimedOut
+	cases := []reflect.SelectCase{
+		{ // 0: command exit
+			Chan: reflect.ValueOf(exitChan),
+			Dir:  reflect.SelectRecv,
+		},
+		{ // 1: timed out and send signal
+			Chan: reflect.ValueOf(time.After(tio.Duration)),
+			Dir:  reflect.SelectRecv,
+		},
 	}
-
 	if tio.KillAfter > 0 {
-		select {
-		case ex.Code = <-exitChan:
-		case <-time.After(tio.KillAfter):
+		// 2: send KILL signal
+		cases = append(cases, reflect.SelectCase{
+			Chan: reflect.ValueOf(time.After(tio.Duration + tio.KillAfter)),
+			Dir:  reflect.SelectRecv,
+		})
+	}
+	for {
+		chosen, recv, _ := reflect.Select(cases)
+		switch chosen {
+		case 0:
+			if st, ok := recv.Interface().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok {
+				ex.Code = wrapcommander.WaitStatusToExitCode(st)
+				ex.Signaled = st.Signaled()
+			}
+			return ex
+		case 1:
+			tio.terminate()
+			ex.typ = exitTypeTimedOut
+		case 2:
 			tio.killall()
 			// just to make sure
 			cmd.Process.Kill()
-			ex.Code = exitKilled
 			ex.typ = exitTypeKilled
 		}
-	} else {
-		ex.Code = <-exitChan
 	}
-
-	return ex
 }
 
-func getExitChan(cmd *exec.Cmd) chan int {
-	ch := make(chan int)
+func getExitChan(cmd *exec.Cmd) chan syscall.WaitStatus {
+	ch := make(chan syscall.WaitStatus)
 	go func() {
 		err := cmd.Wait()
-		ch <- wrapcommander.ResolveExitCode(err)
+		st, _ := wrapcommander.ErrorToWaitStatus(err)
+		ch <- st
 	}()
 	return ch
 }
diff --git a/timeout_test.go b/timeout_test.go
index 1958a9b..b70a965 100644
--- a/timeout_test.go
+++ b/timeout_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestKillAfter(t *testing.T) {
 		Duration:  1 * time.Second,
 		KillAfter: 1 * time.Second,
 	}
-	exit := tio.RunSimple(true)
+	exit := tio.RunSimple(false)
 
 	if exit != 137 {
 		t.Errorf("something wrong: %v", exit)
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ func TestKillAfterNotKilled(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIgnoreSignal(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skipf("skip test on Windows")
+	}
+	tio := &Timeout{
+		Cmd:      exec.Command("perl", "testdata/ignore_sigterm_with_exit3.pl"),
+		Signal:   syscall.SIGTERM,
+		Duration: 1 * time.Second,
+	}
+	exit := tio.RunSimple(true)
+
+	if exit != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("something wrong: %v", exit)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCommandCannotBeInvoked(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		// TODO cmd return 125 for this case