diff --git a/Zend/zend_signal.c b/Zend/zend_signal.c
index 1d8baaf0f529d..605187aed25bb 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_signal.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_signal.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void zend_signal_handler(int signo, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *context)
 #endif
 			}
 		}
-	} else if (p_sig.handler != SIG_IGN) { /* ignore SIG_IGN */
+	} else {
 		if (p_sig.flags & SA_SIGINFO) {
 			if (p_sig.flags & SA_RESETHAND) {
 				SIGG(handlers)[signo-1].flags   = 0;
@@ -234,9 +234,13 @@ ZEND_API int zend_sigaction(int signo, const struct sigaction *act, struct sigac
 		}
 
 		memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
-		sa.sa_flags     = SA_SIGINFO | (act->sa_flags & SA_FLAGS_MASK);
-		sa.sa_sigaction = zend_signal_handler_defer;
-		sa.sa_mask      = global_sigmask;
+		if (SIGG(handlers)[signo-1].handler == (void *) SIG_IGN) {
+			sa.sa_sigaction = (void *) SIG_IGN;
+		} else {
+			sa.sa_flags     = SA_SIGINFO | (act->sa_flags & SA_FLAGS_MASK);
+			sa.sa_sigaction = zend_signal_handler_defer;
+			sa.sa_mask      = global_sigmask;
+		}
 
 		if (sigaction(signo, &sa, NULL) < 0) {
 			zend_error_noreturn(E_ERROR, "Error installing signal handler for %d", signo);
diff --git a/ext/pcntl/tests/bug73783.phpt b/ext/pcntl/tests/bug73783.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..30d78251ea0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pcntl/tests/bug73783.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #73783: (SIG_IGN needs to be set to prevent syscals from returning early)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+	if (!extension_loaded('pcntl')) die('skip pcntl extension not available');
+	elseif (!extension_loaded('posix')) die('skip posix extension not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+pcntl_signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
+
+switch(pcntl_fork()) {
+    case 0:
+        exit;
+        break;
+}
+
+$before = time();
+sleep(3);
+
+if (time() - $before >= 2) {
+    echo "working\n";
+} else {
+    echo "failed\n";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+working