diff --git a/lib/std/c.zig b/lib/std/c.zig
index f22112a086f7..196460d54e56 100644
--- a/lib/std/c.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c.zig
@@ -2662,6 +2662,8 @@ pub const SIG = switch (native_os) {
         pub const IOT: SIG = .ABRT;
         pub const POLL: SIG = .EMT;
 
+        /// Invalid signal. Used in kill to perform checking without sending signal.
+        INVAL = 0,
         /// hangup
         HUP = 1,
         /// interrupt
@@ -2756,6 +2758,7 @@ pub const SIG = switch (native_os) {
         pub const RTMIN = 65;
         pub const RTMAX = 126;
 
+        INVAL = 0,
         HUP = 1,
         INT = 2,
         QUIT = 3,
@@ -2821,6 +2824,7 @@ pub const SIG = switch (native_os) {
 
         pub const POLL: SIG = .IO;
 
+        INVAL = 0,
         HUP = 1,
         INT = 2,
         QUIT = 3,
@@ -2895,6 +2899,7 @@ pub const SIG = switch (native_os) {
 
         pub const IOT: SIG = .ABRT;
 
+        INVAL = 0,
         HUP = 1,
         INT = 2,
         QUIT = 3,
@@ -2941,6 +2946,7 @@ pub const SIG = switch (native_os) {
 
         pub const IOT: SIG = .ABRT;
 
+        INVAL = 0,
         HUP = 1,
         INT = 2,
         QUIT = 3,
@@ -2989,6 +2995,7 @@ pub const SIG = switch (native_os) {
 
         pub const IOT: SIG = .ABRT;
 
+        INVAL = 0,
         HUP = 1,
         INT = 2,
         QUIT = 3,
@@ -3035,6 +3042,7 @@ pub const SIG = switch (native_os) {
 
         pub const IOT: SIG = .ABRT;
 
+        INVAL = 0,
         HUP = 1,
         INT = 2,
         QUIT = 3,
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index 2029356a66b5..4bffaded7708 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -3741,6 +3741,8 @@ pub const SIG = if (is_mips) enum(u32) {
     pub const IOT: SIG = .ABRT;
     pub const POLL: SIG = .IO;
 
+    INVAL = 0,
+
     // /arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h#L25
     HUP = 1,
     INT = 2,
@@ -3787,6 +3789,8 @@ pub const SIG = if (is_mips) enum(u32) {
     pub const PWR: SIG = .LOST;
     pub const POLL: SIG = .IO;
 
+    /// Perform error checking without sending signal.
+    INVAL = 0,
     HUP = 1,
     INT = 2,
     QUIT = 3,
@@ -3830,6 +3834,8 @@ pub const SIG = if (is_mips) enum(u32) {
     pub const POLL: SIG = .IO;
     pub const IOT: SIG = .ABRT;
 
+    /// Perform error checking without sending signal.
+    INVAL = 0,
     HUP = 1,
     INT = 2,
     QUIT = 3,
diff --git a/lib/std/os/plan9.zig b/lib/std/os/plan9.zig
index 36bf83b21c02..bd476c73ff82 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/plan9.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/plan9.zig
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ pub fn getpid() u32 {
     return tos.pid;
 }
 pub const SIG = struct {
+    /// Invalid signal. Used in kill to perform checking without sending signal.
+    pub const INVAL = 0;
     /// hangup
     pub const HUP = 1;
     /// interrupt
diff --git a/test/standalone/posix/build.zig b/test/standalone/posix/build.zig
index 52ec99628db2..bdfd793975bf 100644
--- a/test/standalone/posix/build.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/posix/build.zig
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ const cases = [_]Case{
     .{
         .src_path = "relpaths.zig",
     },
+    .{
+        .src_path = "kill.zig",
+    },
 };
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
diff --git a/test/standalone/posix/kill.zig b/test/standalone/posix/kill.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3dd3bbc340fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/posix/kill.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const posix = std.posix;
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const native_os = builtin.target.os.tag;
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    try test_kill_zero_self_should_succeed();
+    try test_kill_nonexistent();
+}
+
+fn test_kill_nonexistent() !void {
+    if ((native_os != .linux) and (native_os != .macos)) return;
+    // Linux is limited by PID_MAX_LIMIT constant which is around 4 million
+    // MacOS maximum pid appears to be 99999 and not configurable.
+    // Others are unknown thus not tested.
+    const impossible_pid: posix.pid_t = 1_999_999_999;
+    try std.testing.expectError(posix.KillError.ProcessNotFound, posix.kill(impossible_pid, .INVAL));
+}
+
+fn test_kill_zero_self_should_succeed() !void {
+    // Windows does not have kill -0 equivalent
+    if (native_os == .windows) return;
+    try posix.kill(posix.getpid(), .INVAL);
+}