diff --git a/src/main/java/jnr/posix/util/SunMiscSignal.java b/src/main/java/jnr/posix/util/SunMiscSignal.java
index 93de45e..164a52e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jnr/posix/util/SunMiscSignal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jnr/posix/util/SunMiscSignal.java
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ public static SignalHandler signal(jnr.constants.platform.Signal sig, final Sign
 
         if (oldHandler instanceof SunMiscSignalHandler) {
             return ((SunMiscSignalHandler)oldHandler).handler;
+        } else if (oldHandler != null) {
+            return new SignalHandler() {
+                @Override
+                public void handle(int signal) {
+                    oldHandler.handle(s);
+                }
+            };
         } else {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/jnr/posix/SignalTest.java b/src/test/java/jnr/posix/SignalTest.java
index 7077cdd..01a8573 100644
--- a/src/test/java/jnr/posix/SignalTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/jnr/posix/SignalTest.java
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@ public void testJavaSignal() {
         if (!Platform.IS_WINDOWS) {
             Signal s = Signal.SIGHUP;
             final AtomicBoolean fired = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-            javaPosix.signal(s, new SignalHandler() {
+            SignalHandler previousHandler = javaPosix.signal(s, new SignalHandler() {
                 public void handle(int signal) {
                     fired.set(true);
                 }
             });
 
+            Assert.assertNotNull(previousHandler);
+
             // have to use native here; no abstraction for kill in pure Java
             // TODO: sun.misc.Signal.raise can be used to kill current pid
             posix.kill(posix.getpid(), s.intValue());