diff --git a/src/traffic_manager/traffic_manager.cc b/src/traffic_manager/traffic_manager.cc
index 7d362409e99..5123e6b2af1 100644
--- a/src/traffic_manager/traffic_manager.cc
+++ b/src/traffic_manager/traffic_manager.cc
@@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ SignalHandler(int sig)
   case SIGXCPU:
   case SIGXFSZ:
     abort();
+  case SIGTERM:
+    ::exit(0);
   default:
     fprintf(stderr, "[TrafficManager] ==> signal #%d\n", sig);
     mgmt_log("[TrafficManager] ==> signal #%d\n", sig);