diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
index 1ab55a84459e79..48a4588543678e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
     const _process = NativeModule.require('internal/process');
     _process.setupConfig(NativeModule._source);
+    _process.setupSignalHandlers();
     NativeModule.require('internal/process/warning').setup();
     NativeModule.require('internal/process/next_tick').setup();
     NativeModule.require('internal/process/stdio').setup();
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@
     _process.setup_cpuUsage();
     _process.setupMemoryUsage();
     _process.setupKillAndExit();
-    _process.setupSignalHandlers();
     if (global.__coverage__)
       NativeModule.require('internal/process/write-coverage').setup();
 
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status b/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
index 13279019b6bd72..5c8114692d9447 100644
--- a/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ prefix pseudo-tty
 [$system==aix]
 # being investigated under https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/9728
 test-tty-wrap              : FAIL, PASS
+
+[$system==solaris]
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16225 - `ioctl(fd, TIOCGWINSZ)` seems
+# to fail with EINVAL on SmartOS when `fd` is a pty from python's pty module.
+test-tty-stdout-resize     : FAIL, PASS
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-resize.js b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-resize.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c92db615020c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-resize.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+const { mustCall } = require('../common');
+const { notStrictEqual } = require('assert');
+
+// tty.WriteStream#_refreshSize() only emits the 'resize' event when the
+// window dimensions change.  We cannot influence that from the script
+// but we can set the old values to something exceedingly unlikely.
+process.stdout.columns = 9001;
+process.stdout.on('resize', mustCall());
+process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGWINCH');
+setImmediate(mustCall(() => notStrictEqual(process.stdout.columns, 9001)));
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-resize.out b/test/pseudo-tty/test-tty-stdout-resize.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6