diff --git a/lib/internal/process.js b/lib/internal/process.js
index ff5ea58dda5f6c..181fffef9f587b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process.js
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ function setupKillAndExit() {
     }
 
     // preserve null signal
-    if (0 === sig) {
-      err = process._kill(pid, 0);
+    if (sig === (sig | 0)) {
+      err = process._kill(pid, sig);
     } else {
       sig = sig || 'SIGTERM';
       if (constants[sig]) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js b/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
index b020f6bc615b3c..9b11bf94a9f450 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
@@ -57,16 +57,19 @@ assert.throws(function() { process.kill(1 / 0); },
 assert.throws(function() { process.kill(-1 / 0); },
               invalidPidArgument);
 
-// Test that kill throws an error for invalid signal
-const unknownSignal = common.expectsError({
+// Test that kill throws an error for unknown signal names
+common.expectsError(() => process.kill(0, 'test'), {
   code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_SIGNAL',
   type: TypeError,
   message: 'Unknown signal: test'
 });
 
-
-assert.throws(function() { process.kill(1, 'test'); },
-              unknownSignal);
+// Test that kill throws an error for invalid signal numbers
+common.expectsError(() => process.kill(0, 987), {
+  code: 'EINVAL',
+  type: Error,
+  message: 'kill EINVAL'
+});
 
 // Test kill argument processing in valid cases.
 //
@@ -99,6 +102,11 @@ kill(0, undefined, 0, 15);
 kill('0', 'SIGHUP', 0, 1);
 kill('0', undefined, 0, 15);
 
+// Confirm that numeric signal arguments are supported
+
+kill(0, 1, 0, 1);
+kill(0, 15, 0, 15);
+
 // negative numbers are meaningful on unix
 kill(-1, 'SIGHUP', -1, 1);
 kill(-1, undefined, -1, 15);