diff --git a/shadowsocks/local.py b/shadowsocks/local.py
index 5aeee3b..be4d66f 100755
--- a/shadowsocks/local.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/local.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def main():
             logging.warn('received SIGQUIT, doing graceful shutting down..')
             tcp_server.close(next_tick=True)
             udp_server.close(next_tick=True)
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, handler)
+        signal.signal(getattr(signal, 'SIGQUIT', signal.SIGTERM), handler)
         loop.run()
     except (KeyboardInterrupt, IOError, OSError) as e:
         logging.error(e)
diff --git a/shadowsocks/server.py b/shadowsocks/server.py
index 0b1bfd8..16d39f0 100755
--- a/shadowsocks/server.py
+++ b/shadowsocks/server.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def main():
         def child_handler(signum, _):
             logging.warn('received SIGQUIT, doing graceful shutting down..')
             map(lambda s: s.close(next_tick=True), tcp_servers + udp_servers)
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, child_handler)
+        signal.signal(getattr(signal, 'SIGQUIT', signal.SIGTERM), child_handler)
         try:
             loop = eventloop.EventLoop()
             dns_resolver.add_to_loop(loop)