diff --git a/internal/version/signal_notunix.go b/internal/version/signal_notunix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..506655d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/version/signal_notunix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build plan9 || windows
+// +build plan9 windows
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+var signalsToIgnore = []os.Signal{os.Interrupt}
diff --git a/internal/version/signal_unix.go b/internal/version/signal_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9b9fb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/version/signal_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build aix || darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || js || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris
+// +build aix darwin dragonfly freebsd js linux netbsd openbsd solaris
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+var signalsToIgnore = []os.Signal{os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGQUIT}
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 866e4adc..98e5d4a9 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ func runGo(root string) {
 		newPath += string(filepath.ListSeparator) + p
 	}
 	cmd.Env = dedupEnv(caseInsensitiveEnv, append(os.Environ(), "GOROOT="+root, "PATH="+newPath))
+
+	handleSignals()
+
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 		// TODO: return the same exit status maybe.
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -500,3 +504,9 @@ func dedupEnv(caseInsensitive bool, env []string) []string {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+func handleSignals() {
+	// Ensure that signals intended for the child process are not handled by
+	// this process' runtime (e.g. SIGQUIT). See issue #36976.
+	signal.Notify(make(chan os.Signal), signalsToIgnore...)
+}