diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index 5a77d8f..7d60d62 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -148,9 +148,13 @@ status_exit (DWORD x)
 void
 pinfo::set_exit_code (DWORD x)
 {
-  if (x >= 0xc0000000UL)
+  int sig = sigExeced;
+  if (x == STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION && !sig)
+    /* Report segfault to parent process.  */
+    sig = SIGSEGV;
+  else if (x >= 0xc0000000UL)
     x = status_exit (x);
-  self->exitcode = EXITCODE_SET | (sigExeced ?: (x & 0xff) << 8);
+  self->exitcode = EXITCODE_SET | (sig ?: (x & 0xff) << 8);
 }
 
 void