1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/process/status/exitstatus_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/process/status/exitstatus_spec.rb
index 57baf77724..5c86c2b3c8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/process/status/exitstatus_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/process/status/exitstatus_spec.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 
 describe "Process::Status#exitstatus" do
-
   before :each do
-    ruby_exe("exit(42)")
+    ruby_exe("exit(42)", exit_status: 42)
   end
 
   it "returns the process exit code" do
     $?.exitstatus.should == 42
   end
 
+  describe "for a child that raised SignalException" do
+    before :each do
+      ruby_exe("Process.kill(:KILL, $$); exit(42)", exit_status: platform_is(:windows) ? 0 : :SIGKILL)
+    end
+
+    platform_is_not :windows do
+      # The exitstatus is not set in these cases. See the termsig_spec
+      # for info on where the signal number (SIGTERM) is available.
+      it "returns nil" do
+        $?.exitstatus.should == nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end