diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7466234..0727f20 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "glob",
  "libc",
+ "nix",
  "seccompiler",
  "serde",
  "shlex",
@@ -109,6 +110,12 @@ version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4e7648175b45a9a48536d676f68d918270699102aa8dab5496df06904c914600"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg_aliases"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f079e83a288787bcd14a6aea84cee5c87a67c5a3e660c30f557a3d24761b3527"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.6.7"
@@ -255,6 +262,18 @@ version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a66949e030da00e8c7d4434b251670a91556f4144941d37452769c25d58a53"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.31.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cf20d2fde8ff38632c426f1165ed7436270b44f199fc55284c38276f9db47c3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6c89a48..53e5c7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ blake3 = "1"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 glob = "0.3"
 libc = "0.2"
+nix = { version = "0.31", default-features = false, features = ["signal", "process"] }
 seccompiler = "0.5"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 shlex = "2.0.1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 043e72e..934b211 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ mod sandbox;
 mod sandbox_info;
 mod seccomp;
 mod session_key;
+mod signals;
 
 pub use errors::SandboxError;
+pub use signals::exit_with_status;
 
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::ExitStatus;
 
 use crate::sandbox::Bwrap;
 
@@ -90,15 +93,15 @@ fn resolve_run_user_from_proc() -> Option<String> {
     None
 }
 
-pub fn run(config: SandboxConfig) -> Result<(), SandboxError> {
+pub fn run(config: SandboxConfig) -> Result<ExitStatus, SandboxError> {
     preflight::check(&config)?;
 
     let bwrap = Bwrap::build(&config)?;
 
     if config.dry_run {
         println!("{}", bwrap.shell_quoted());
-        return Ok(());
+        return Ok(ExitStatus::default());
     }
 
-    Err(SandboxError::Io(bwrap.exec()))
+    Ok(bwrap.run()?)
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 37e097f..1bc8af4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ fn main() {
 
     let config = config::build(args, file_config).unwrap_or_else(|e| exit_err(&e));
 
-    if let Err(e) = agent_sandbox::run(config) {
-        exit_err(&e);
+    match agent_sandbox::run(config) {
+        Ok(status) => agent_sandbox::exit_with_status(status),
+        Err(e) => exit_err(&e),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sandbox.rs b/src/sandbox.rs
index b728e0a..b93cb67 100644
--- a/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::io;
-use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::process::Command;
+use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
 
 use crate::agents;
 use crate::blacklist;
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@ impl Bwrap {
         Ok(bwrap)
     }
 
-    pub fn exec(mut self) -> io::Error {
-        self.command.exec()
+    pub fn run(mut self) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        self.command.status()
     }
 
     pub fn shell_quoted(&self) -> String {
diff --git a/src/signals.rs b/src/signals.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51820ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/signals.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+use std::process::{self, ExitStatus};
+
+use nix::sys::prctl;
+use nix::sys::signal::{self, SigHandler, SigSet, Signal};
+
+pub fn exit_with_status(status: ExitStatus) -> ! {
+    match status.signal() {
+        Some(number) => kill_self_with(number),
+        None => process::exit(status.code().unwrap_or(1)),
+    }
+}
+
+fn kill_self_with(number: i32) -> ! {
+    if let Ok(signal) = Signal::try_from(number) {
+        let _ = prctl::set_dumpable(false);
+        let _ = unsafe { signal::signal(signal, SigHandler::SigDfl) };
+        let _ = SigSet::from(signal).thread_unblock();
+        let _ = signal::raise(signal);
+    }
+
+    process::exit(128 + number)
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/main.rs b/tests/e2e/main.rs
index 4bfd3e8..d656e76 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/main.rs
+++ b/tests/e2e/main.rs
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ mod mounts;
 mod namespaces;
 mod sandbox_info;
 mod seccomp;
+mod signals;
diff --git a/tests/e2e/signals.rs b/tests/e2e/signals.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd64f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/signals.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+
+use crate::common::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn exit_code_of_entrypoint_is_returned() {
+    let status = Sandbox::new(&[])
+        .args(["--", "sh", "-c", "exit 42"])
+        .status()
+        .expect("agent-sandbox binary failed to execute");
+
+    assert_eq!(status.code(), Some(42));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn signal_death_of_entrypoint_becomes_exit_code() {
+    let status = Sandbox::new(&[])
+        .args(["--", "sh", "-c", "kill -TERM $$"])
+        .status()
+        .expect("agent-sandbox binary failed to execute");
+
+    assert_eq!(status.code(), Some(128 + libc::SIGTERM));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn signal_death_of_bwrap_is_mirrored() {
+    let status = Sandbox::new(&["--blacklist"])
+        .args(["--", "sh", "-c", "kill -KILL $PPID; sleep 5"])
+        .status()
+        .expect("agent-sandbox binary failed to execute");
+
+    assert_eq!(status.signal(), Some(libc::SIGKILL));
+}