diff --git a/Source/Tools/LinuxEmulation/LinuxSyscalls/Syscalls/Thread.cpp b/Source/Tools/LinuxEmulation/LinuxSyscalls/Syscalls/Thread.cpp
index 7ce392b398..3c93f76935 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/LinuxEmulation/LinuxSyscalls/Syscalls/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tools/LinuxEmulation/LinuxSyscalls/Syscalls/Thread.cpp
@@ -414,9 +414,10 @@ void RegisterThread(FEX::HLE::SyscallHandler* Handler) {
                                 }
 
                                 ThreadObject->StatusCode = status;
-                                FEX::HLE::_SyscallHandler->TM.StopThread(ThreadObject);
-
-                                return 0;
+                                FEX::HLE::_SyscallHandler->TM.DestroyThread(ThreadObject, true);
+                                syscall(SYSCALL_DEF(exit), status);
+                                // This will never be reached
+                                std::terminate();
                               });
 
   REGISTER_SYSCALL_IMPL_FLAGS(prctl, SyscallFlags::OPTIMIZETHROUGH | SyscallFlags::NOSYNCSTATEONENTRY,
diff --git a/unittests/FEXLinuxTests/tests/syscalls/syscall_exit.cpp b/unittests/FEXLinuxTests/tests/syscalls/syscall_exit.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4239fdeff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/FEXLinuxTests/tests/syscalls/syscall_exit.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+TEST_CASE("fork - exit") {
+  int child_pid = ::fork();
+  if (child_pid == 0) {
+    ::syscall(SYS_exit, 1);
+    // unreachable
+    std::terminate();
+  } else {
+    int status {};
+    int exited_child = ::waitpid(child_pid, &status, 0);
+    bool exited = WIFEXITED(status);
+    REQUIRE(WIFEXITED(status) == 1);
+    CHECK(WEXITSTATUS(status) == 1);
+  }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("fork - signal") {
+  int child_pid = ::fork();
+  if (child_pid == 0) {
+    ::syscall(SYS_tgkill, ::getpid(), ::gettid(), SIGKILL);
+    // unreachable
+    std::terminate();
+  } else {
+    int status {};
+    int exited_child = ::waitpid(child_pid, &status, 0);
+    bool exited = WIFEXITED(status);
+    REQUIRE(WIFSIGNALED(status) == 1);
+    CHECK(WTERMSIG(status) == SIGKILL);
+  }
+}