diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c
index cd3590e12f56..dfcbe52d7e4f 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingFile.c
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ int __llvm_profile_write_file(void) {
   int rc, Length;
   const char *Filename;
   char *FilenameBuf;
+  int PDeathSig = 0;
 
   if (lprofProfileDumped()) {
     PROF_NOTE("Profile data not written to file: %s.\n", 
@@ -556,10 +557,18 @@ int __llvm_profile_write_file(void) {
     return -1;
   }
 
+  // Temporarily suspend getting SIGKILL when the parent exits.
+  PDeathSig = lprofSuspendSigKill();
+
   /* Write profile data to the file. */
   rc = writeFile(Filename);
   if (rc)
     PROF_ERR("Failed to write file \"%s\": %s\n", Filename, strerror(errno));
+
+  // Restore SIGKILL.
+  if (PDeathSig == 1)
+    lprofRestoreSigKill();
+
   return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.c b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.c
index 321c7192cc60..d1160411f40a 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.c
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.c
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#endif
+
 COMPILER_RT_VISIBILITY
 void __llvm_profile_recursive_mkdir(char *path) {
   int i;
@@ -219,3 +224,24 @@ COMPILER_RT_VISIBILITY const char *lprofFindLastDirSeparator(const char *Path) {
 #endif
   return Sep;
 }
+
+COMPILER_RT_VISIBILITY int lprofSuspendSigKill() {
+#if defined(__linux__)
+  int PDeachSig = 0;
+  /* Temporarily suspend getting SIGKILL upon exit of the parent process. */
+  if (prctl(PR_GET_PDEATHSIG, &PDeachSig) == 0 && PDeachSig == SIGKILL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "set\n");
+    prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, 0);
+  }
+  return (PDeachSig == SIGKILL);
+#else
+  return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+COMPILER_RT_VISIBILITY void lprofRestoreSigKill() {
+#if defined(__linux__)
+  fprintf(stderr, "restore \n");
+  prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.h b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.h
index a80fde77e16a..9698599606e0 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.h
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/profile/InstrProfilingUtil.h
@@ -51,4 +51,12 @@ int lprofGetHostName(char *Name, int Len);
 unsigned lprofBoolCmpXchg(void **Ptr, void *OldV, void *NewV);
 void *lprofPtrFetchAdd(void **Mem, long ByteIncr);
 
+/* Temporarily suspend SIGKILL. Return value of 1 means a restore is needed.
+ * Other return values mean no restore is needed.
+ */
+int lprofSuspendSigKill();
+
+/* Restore previously suspended SIGKILL. */
+void lprofRestoreSigKill();
+
 #endif /* PROFILE_INSTRPROFILINGUTIL_H */
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/profile/Linux/prctl.c b/compiler-rt/test/profile/Linux/prctl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43baf65439ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/profile/Linux/prctl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// RUN: %clang_pgogen -O2 -o %t %s
+// RUN: rm -rf default_*.profraw
+// RUN: %run %t && sleep 1
+// RUN: llvm-profdata show default_*.profraw 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define FAKE_COUNT_SZ 2000000
+/* fake counts to increse the profile size. */
+unsigned long long __attribute__((section("__llvm_prf_cnts")))
+counts[FAKE_COUNT_SZ];
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  pid_t pid = fork();
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    int i;
+    int sum = 0;
+    /* child process: sleep 500us and get to runtime before the
+     * main process exits. */
+    prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL);
+    usleep(500);
+    for (i = 0; i < 5000; ++i)
+      sum += i * i * i;
+    printf("child process (%d): sum=%d\n", getpid(), sum);
+  } else if (pid > 0) {
+    /* parent process: sleep 100us to get into profile runtime first. */
+    usleep(100);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+// CHECK-NOT: Empty raw profile file