diff --git a/src/engine/client/fetcher.cpp b/src/engine/client/fetcher.cpp
index 61bdff2b5..3b11cacad 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/fetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/fetcher.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ void CFetcher::FetchFile(CFetchTask *pTask)
 	curl_easy_setopt(m_pHandle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
 	curl_easy_setopt(m_pHandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, pTask);
 	curl_easy_setopt(m_pHandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, &CFetcher::ProgressCallback);
-
+	curl_easy_setopt(m_pHandle, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1L);
+	
 	dbg_msg("fetcher", "downloading %s", pTask->m_aDest);
 	pTask->m_State = CFetchTask::STATE_RUNNING;
 	int ret = curl_easy_perform(m_pHandle);