diff --git a/src/signal.cpp b/src/signal.cpp
index 8c2886650..d48875cad 100644
--- a/src/signal.cpp
+++ b/src/signal.cpp
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static void handle_sigalarm(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *context) {
     UNUSED(info);
     UNUSED(context);
     if (reraise_if_forked_child(sig)) return;
+    default_handler(sig, info, context);
 }
 
 void signal_reset_handlers() {
diff --git a/tests/signal.err b/tests/signal.err
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/signal.in b/tests/signal.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99dd46697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/signal.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+function alarm --on-signal ALRM
+  echo ALRM received
+end
+
+kill -s ALRM $fish_pid
+
diff --git a/tests/signal.out b/tests/signal.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2652b37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/signal.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALRM received