diff --git a/src/StreamSelectLoop.php b/src/StreamSelectLoop.php
index 7d455048..cbe841f6 100644
--- a/src/StreamSelectLoop.php
+++ b/src/StreamSelectLoop.php
@@ -218,7 +218,12 @@ private function waitForStreamActivity($timeout)
         $read  = $this->readStreams;
         $write = $this->writeStreams;
 
-        $this->streamSelect($read, $write, $timeout);
+        $available = $this->streamSelect($read, $write, $timeout);
+        if (false === $available) {
+            // if a system call has been interrupted,
+            // we cannot rely on it's outcome
+            return;
+        }
 
         foreach ($read as $stream) {
             $key = (int) $stream;
@@ -245,14 +250,16 @@ private function waitForStreamActivity($timeout)
      * @param array        &$write  An array of write streams to select upon.
      * @param integer|null $timeout Activity timeout in microseconds, or null to wait forever.
      *
-     * @return integer The total number of streams that are ready for read/write.
+     * @return integer|false The total number of streams that are ready for read/write.
+     * Can return false if stream_select() is interrupted by a signal.
      */
     protected function streamSelect(array &$read, array &$write, $timeout)
     {
         if ($read || $write) {
             $except = null;
 
-            return stream_select($read, $write, $except, $timeout === null ? null : 0, $timeout);
+            // suppress warnings that occur, when stream_select is interrupted by a signal
+            return @stream_select($read, $write, $except, $timeout === null ? null : 0, $timeout);
         }
 
         usleep($timeout);
diff --git a/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php b/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php
index b4095379..17163e8b 100644
--- a/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php
+++ b/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 abstract class AbstractLoopTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var \React\EventLoop\LoopInterface
+     */
     protected $loop;
 
     public function setUp()
diff --git a/tests/StreamSelectLoopTest.php b/tests/StreamSelectLoopTest.php
index 55d3d165..61b059c1 100644
--- a/tests/StreamSelectLoopTest.php
+++ b/tests/StreamSelectLoopTest.php
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@
 
 namespace React\Tests\EventLoop;
 
+use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
 use React\EventLoop\StreamSelectLoop;
 
 class StreamSelectLoopTest extends AbstractLoopTest
 {
+    protected function tearDown()
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+        if (strncmp($this->getName(false), 'testSignal', 10) === 0 && extension_loaded('pcntl')) {
+            $this->resetSignalHandlers();
+        }
+    }
+
     public function createLoop()
     {
         return new StreamSelectLoop();
@@ -27,4 +36,113 @@ public function testStreamSelectTimeoutEmulation()
 
         $this->assertGreaterThan(0.04, $interval);
     }
+
+    public function signalProvider()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['SIGUSR1', SIGUSR1],
+            ['SIGHUP', SIGHUP],
+            ['SIGTERM', SIGTERM],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    private $_signalHandled = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Test signal interrupt when no stream is attached to the loop
+     * @dataProvider signalProvider
+     */
+    public function testSignalInterruptNoStream($sigName, $signal)
+    {
+        if (!extension_loaded('pcntl')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('"pcntl" extension is required to run this test.');
+        }
+
+        // dispatch signal handler once before signal is sent and once after
+        $this->loop->addTimer(0.01, function() { pcntl_signal_dispatch(); });
+        $this->loop->addTimer(0.03, function() { pcntl_signal_dispatch(); });
+        if (defined('HHVM_VERSION')) {
+            // hhvm startup is slow so we need to add another handler much later
+            $this->loop->addTimer(0.5, function() { pcntl_signal_dispatch(); });
+        }
+
+        $this->setUpSignalHandler($signal);
+
+        // spawn external process to send signal to current process id
+        $this->forkSendSignal($signal);
+        $this->loop->run();
+        $this->assertTrue($this->_signalHandled);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test signal interrupt when a stream is attached to the loop
+     * @dataProvider signalProvider
+     */
+    public function testSignalInterruptWithStream($sigName, $signal)
+    {
+        if (!extension_loaded('pcntl')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('"pcntl" extension is required to run this test.');
+        }
+
+        // dispatch signal handler every 10ms
+        $this->loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.01, function() { pcntl_signal_dispatch(); });
+
+        // add stream to the loop
+        list($writeStream, $readStream) = stream_socket_pair(STREAM_PF_UNIX, STREAM_SOCK_STREAM, STREAM_IPPROTO_IP);
+        $this->loop->addReadStream($readStream, function($stream, $loop) {
+            /** @var $loop LoopInterface */
+            $read = fgets($stream);
+            if ($read === "end loop\n") {
+                $loop->stop();
+            }
+        });
+        $this->loop->addTimer(0.05, function() use ($writeStream) {
+            fwrite($writeStream, "end loop\n");
+        });
+
+        $this->setUpSignalHandler($signal);
+
+        // spawn external process to send signal to current process id
+        $this->forkSendSignal($signal);
+
+        $this->loop->run();
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->_signalHandled);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * add signal handler for signal
+     */
+    protected function setUpSignalHandler($signal)
+    {
+        $this->_signalHandled = false;
+        $this->assertTrue(pcntl_signal($signal, function() { $this->_signalHandled = true; }));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * reset all signal handlers to default
+     */
+    protected function resetSignalHandlers()
+    {
+        foreach($this->signalProvider() as $signal) {
+            pcntl_signal($signal[1], SIG_DFL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * fork child process to send signal to current process id
+     */
+    protected function forkSendSignal($signal)
+    {
+        $currentPid = posix_getpid();
+        $childPid = pcntl_fork();
+        if ($childPid == -1) {
+            $this->fail("Failed to fork child process!");
+        } else if ($childPid === 0) {
+            // this is executed in the child process
+            usleep(20000);
+            posix_kill($currentPid, $signal);
+            die();
+        }
+    }
 }