diff --git a/master.c b/master.c
index 3545c83b..d69c14a8 100644
--- a/master.c
+++ b/master.c
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ void suspend_resume_them_all(int signum) {
 	int suspend = 0;
 
 	if (uwsgi.workers[0].suspended == 1) {
-		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** (SIGWINCH received) resuming workers ***\n");
+		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** (SIGTSTP received) resuming workers ***\n");
 		uwsgi.workers[0].suspended = 0;
 	}
 	else {
-		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** PAUSE (press start to resume, if you do not have a joypad send SIGWINCH) ***\n");
+		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** PAUSE (press start to resume, if you do not have a joypad send SIGTSTP) ***\n");
 		suspend = 1;
 		uwsgi.workers[0].suspended = 1;
 	}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void suspend_resume_them_all(int signum) {
 	for(i=1;i<=uwsgi.numproc;i++) {
 		uwsgi.workers[i].suspended = suspend;
 		if (uwsgi.workers[i].pid > 0) {
-			if (kill(uwsgi.workers[i].pid, SIGWINCH)) {
+			if (kill(uwsgi.workers[i].pid, SIGTSTP)) {
 				uwsgi_error("kill()");
 			}
 		}
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int master_loop(char **argv, char **environ) {
 
 	uwsgi.current_time = time(NULL);
 
-	uwsgi_unix_signal(SIGWINCH, suspend_resume_them_all);
+	uwsgi_unix_signal(SIGTSTP, suspend_resume_them_all);
 	uwsgi_unix_signal(SIGHUP, grace_them_all);
 	if (uwsgi.die_on_term) {
 		uwsgi_unix_signal(SIGTERM, kill_them_all);
diff --git a/master_utils.c b/master_utils.c
index 0caf3e58..527066c3 100644
--- a/master_utils.c
+++ b/master_utils.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ int uwsgi_respawn_worker(int wid) {
 
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		signal(SIGWINCH, worker_wakeup);
+		signal(SIGTSTP, worker_wakeup);
 		uwsgi.mywid = wid;
 		uwsgi.mypid = getpid();
 		uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].pid = uwsgi.mypid;
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index d961aa8f..c876c1fb 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void wsgi_req_setup(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, int async_id, struct uwsgi_so
 	if (uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].suspended == 1) {
 		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** worker %d suspended ***\n", uwsgi.mywid);
 cycle:
-		// wait for some signal (normally SIGWINCH) or 10 seconds (as fallback)
+		// wait for some signal (normally SIGTSTP) or 10 seconds (as fallback)
 		(void) poll(NULL, 0, 10*1000);
 		if (uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].suspended == 1) goto cycle;
 		uwsgi_log_verbose("*** worker %d resumed ***\n", uwsgi.mywid);
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 892810ce..c2fc854c 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -3379,7 +3379,7 @@ static int manage_base_opt(int i, char *optarg) {
 		signal_pidfile(SIGHUP, optarg);
 		exit(0);
 	case LONG_ARGS_PAUSE:
-		signal_pidfile(SIGWINCH, optarg);
+		signal_pidfile(SIGTSTP, optarg);
 		exit(0);
 	case LONG_ARGS_ATTACH_DAEMON:
 		if (uwsgi.startup_daemons_cnt < MAX_DAEMONS) {