diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 54567ada..27b71f86 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4369,6 +4369,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "keyring",
  "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
  "llama-cpp-2",
  "lru",
  "minijinja",
@@ -5746,9 +5747,9 @@ checksum = "7a79a3332a6609480d7d0c9eab957bca6b455b91bb84e66d19f5ff66294b85b8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.183"
+version = "0.2.184"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5b646652bf6661599e1da8901b3b9522896f01e736bad5f723fe7a3a27f899d"
+checksum = "48f5d2a454e16a5ea0f4ced81bd44e4cfc7bd3a507b61887c99fd3538b28e4af"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libdbus-sys"
diff --git a/crates/goose/Cargo.toml b/crates/goose/Cargo.toml
index 7b69b097..a3a68b69 100644
--- a/crates/goose/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/goose/Cargo.toml
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ pkcs1 = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["pkcs8"], optio
 pkcs8 = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"], optional = true }
 sec1 = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["der", "pkcs8"], optional = true }
 
+
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 winapi = { workspace = true }
 keyring = { version = "3.6.2", features = ["windows-native"] }
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ keyring = { version = "3.6.2", features = ["apple-native"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 keyring = { version = "3.6.2", features = ["sync-secret-service"] }
+libc = "0.2.184"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/goose/src/subprocess.rs b/crates/goose/src/subprocess.rs
index a288d290..b0100642 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/subprocess.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/subprocess.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ use tokio::process::Command;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 const CREATE_NO_WINDOW_FLAG: u32 = 0x08000000;
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn configure_parent_death_signal(command: &mut Command) {
+    let parent_pid = unsafe { libc::getpid() };
+
+    unsafe {
+        command.pre_exec(move || {
+            if libc::prctl(libc::PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, libc::SIGTERM) != 0 {
+                return Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error());
+            }
+
+            if libc::getppid() != parent_pid {
+                return Err(std::io::Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::ESRCH));
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait SubprocessExt {
     fn set_no_window(&mut self) -> &mut Self;
 }
@@ -34,5 +53,7 @@ pub fn configure_subprocess(command: &mut Command) {
     // SIGINT when the user presses Ctrl+C in the terminal.
     #[cfg(unix)]
     command.process_group(0);
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    configure_parent_death_signal(command);
     command.set_no_window();
 }
diff --git a/crates/goose/tests/subprocess_cleanup.rs b/crates/goose/tests/subprocess_cleanup.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8553d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/goose/tests/subprocess_cleanup.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#![cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+
+use goose::subprocess::configure_subprocess;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+const HELPER_ENV: &str = "GOOSE_SUBPROCESS_PARENT_DEATH_HELPER";
+
+#[ctor::ctor]
+fn maybe_run_helper() {
+    if std::env::var_os(HELPER_ENV).is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .expect("runtime");
+
+    let pid = runtime.block_on(async {
+        let mut command = tokio::process::Command::new("sleep");
+        command.arg("30");
+        command.stdin(Stdio::null());
+        command.stdout(Stdio::null());
+        command.stderr(Stdio::null());
+        configure_subprocess(&mut command);
+
+        let child = command.spawn().expect("spawn child");
+        let pid = child.id().expect("child pid");
+        std::mem::forget(child);
+        pid
+    });
+
+    println!("{pid}");
+    std::io::stdout().flush().expect("flush pid");
+
+    unsafe {
+        libc::_exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn child_process_exits_when_parent_process_dies() {
+    let current_exe = std::env::current_exe().expect("current test binary");
+    let mut helper = Command::new(current_exe)
+        .env(HELPER_ENV, "1")
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::inherit())
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("spawn helper");
+
+    let pid_line = {
+        let stdout = helper.stdout.take().expect("helper stdout");
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        reader.read_line(&mut line).expect("read child pid");
+        line
+    };
+
+    let child_pid = pid_line.trim().parse::<u32>().expect("parse child pid");
+
+    let status = helper.wait().expect("wait for helper");
+    assert!(status.success(), "helper exited unsuccessfully: {status}");
+
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    while process_exists(child_pid) {
+        assert!(
+            Instant::now() < deadline,
+            "child process {child_pid} still exists after helper exit"
+        );
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+    }
+}
+
+fn process_exists(pid: u32) -> bool {
+    PathBuf::from(format!("/proc/{pid}")).exists()
+}