diff --git a/templates/lxc-busybox.in b/templates/lxc-busybox.in
index 72531d6bd..7e05bd688 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-busybox.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-busybox.in
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ copy_configuration()
 grep -q "^lxc.rootfs" $path/config 2>/dev/null || echo "lxc.rootfs = $rootfs" >> $path/config
 cat <<EOF >> $path/config
 lxc.haltsignal = SIGUSR1
+lxc.rebootsignal = SIGTERM
 lxc.utsname = $name
 lxc.tty = 1
 lxc.pts = 1