diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c
index 6bb94473f195b70f6a37752f6f97f91673148984..63b086dff801c7bafb7c37db8f2b2121a617905c 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c
@@ -390,6 +390,16 @@ static int sandbox_cmdline_cb_select_unittests(struct sandbox_state *state,
 }
 SANDBOX_CMDLINE_OPT_SHORT(select_unittests, 'k', 1, "Select unit tests to run");
 
+static int sandbox_cmdline_cb_signals(struct sandbox_state *state,
+				      const char *arg)
+{
+	state->handle_signals = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+SANDBOX_CMDLINE_OPT_SHORT(signals, 'S', 0,
+			  "Handle signals (such as SIGSEGV) in sandbox");
+
 static void setup_ram_buf(struct sandbox_state *state)
 {
 	/* Zero the RAM buffer if we didn't read it, to keep valgrind happy */
@@ -476,9 +486,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = os_setup_signal_handlers();
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
+	if (state->handle_signals) {
+		ret = os_setup_signal_handlers();
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
 #if CONFIG_VAL(SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN)
 	gd->malloc_base = CONFIG_MALLOC_F_ADDR;
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h
index bca13069824461aaa4525fd4c0edf567e08eea7b..1c4c571e28d3e629f93b5f11b6d806ed454b391a 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct sandbox_state {
 	bool ram_buf_read;		/* true if we read the RAM buffer */
 	bool run_unittests;		/* Run unit tests */
 	const char *select_unittests;	/* Unit test to run */
+	bool handle_signals;		/* Handle signals within sandbox */
 
 	/* Pointer to information for each SPI bus/cs */
 	struct sandbox_spi_info spi[CONFIG_SANDBOX_SPI_MAX_BUS]