diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index be757631e..4e96ee44d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-04  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (WAIT_SIG_PRIORITY): Bump to highest priority.
+
 2002-11-04  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* include/cygwin/version.h: Bump DLL minor number.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 5eeef7f35..74fb35c07 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ details. */
 #define WSPX		   20000 // Wait for wait_sig to terminate
 #define WWSP		   20000 // Wait for wait_subproc to terminate
 
-#define WAIT_SIG_PRIORITY		THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
+#define WAIT_SIG_PRIORITY		THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST
 
 #define TOTSIGS	(NSIG + __SIGOFFSET)