diff --git a/linux-user/qemu.h b/linux-user/qemu.h
index 5106d4526ddb1b22ed7b7b15f7c9a8e544526f34..cc44c9a19a87dfb80e5c0cf04ea5533caf949c3a 100644
--- a/linux-user/qemu.h
+++ b/linux-user/qemu.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ void signal_init(void);
 int queue_signal(int sig, target_siginfo_t *info);
 void host_to_target_siginfo(target_siginfo_t *tinfo, const siginfo_t *info);
 void target_to_host_siginfo(siginfo_t *info, const target_siginfo_t *tinfo);
+int target_to_host_signal(int sig);
 long do_sigreturn(CPUState *env);
 long do_rt_sigreturn(CPUState *env);
 abi_long do_sigaltstack(abi_ulong uss_addr, abi_ulong uoss_addr, abi_ulong sp);
diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index ef9b7356c2802e43c1fe0e6aee098a2607432edc..c3b0cde3b96b90e6ec3ac6471a7632a5ecadb17a 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -113,11 +113,15 @@ static inline int sas_ss_flags(unsigned long sp)
 
 static inline int host_to_target_signal(int sig)
 {
+    if (sig > 64)
+        return sig;
     return host_to_target_signal_table[sig];
 }
 
-static inline int target_to_host_signal(int sig)
+int target_to_host_signal(int sig)
 {
+    if (sig > 64)
+        return sig;
     return target_to_host_signal_table[sig];
 }
 
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 3c39e9f82cd0001dacf614e287cebaee10abf1a9..7548ea79592b53fe7f5826708d4ab45057d7246e 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -3488,7 +3488,7 @@ abi_long do_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
         ret = 0;
         break;
     case TARGET_NR_kill:
-        ret = get_errno(kill(arg1, arg2));
+        ret = get_errno(kill(arg1, target_to_host_signal(arg2)));
         break;
     case TARGET_NR_rename:
         {
@@ -5583,13 +5583,14 @@ abi_long do_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
 
 #if defined(TARGET_NR_tkill) && defined(__NR_tkill)
     case TARGET_NR_tkill:
-        ret = get_errno(sys_tkill((int)arg1, (int)arg2));
+        ret = get_errno(sys_tkill((int)arg1, target_to_host_signal(arg2)));
         break;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(TARGET_NR_tgkill) && defined(__NR_tgkill)
     case TARGET_NR_tgkill:
-	ret = get_errno(sys_tgkill((int)arg1, (int)arg2, (int)arg3));
+	ret = get_errno(sys_tgkill((int)arg1, (int)arg2,
+                        target_to_host_signal(arg3)));
 	break;
 #endif