diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index df43e7d5..a76d759a 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
         }
     }
 
-    const struct sigaction sa = {.sa_handler = &sig_handler};
+    struct sigaction sa = {.sa_handler = &sig_handler};
+    sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
     if (sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL) < 0 || sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL) < 0) {
         LOG_ERRNO("failed to register signal handlers");
         goto err;
diff --git a/fdm.c b/fdm.c
index c5eaf6c1..ea30443b 100644
--- a/fdm.c
+++ b/fdm.c
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ fdm_signal_add(struct fdm *fdm, int signo, fdm_signal_handler_t handler, void *d
     }
 
     struct sigaction action = {.sa_handler = &signal_handler};
+    sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
     if (sigaction(signo, &action, NULL) < 0) {
         LOG_ERRNO("failed to set signal handler for signal %d", signo);
         sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &original, NULL);
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ fdm_signal_del(struct fdm *fdm, int signo)
         return false;
 
     struct sigaction action = {.sa_handler = SIG_DFL};
+    sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
     if (sigaction(signo, &action, NULL) < 0) {
         LOG_ERRNO("failed to restore signal handler for signal %d", signo);
         return false;
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 01ee109f..ff839507 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    const struct sigaction sig_ign = {.sa_handler = SIG_IGN};
+    struct sigaction sig_ign = {.sa_handler = SIG_IGN};
+    sigemptyset(&sig_ign.sa_mask);
     if (sigaction(SIGHUP, &sig_ign, NULL) < 0 ||
         sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sig_ign, NULL) < 0)
     {
diff --git a/slave.c b/slave.c
index c4c6d4d0..4fbd5c9b 100644
--- a/slave.c
+++ b/slave.c
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ slave_spawn(int ptmx, int argc, const char *cwd, char *const *argv,
         }
 
         /* Restore signal mask, and SIG_IGN'd signals */
-        const struct sigaction dfl = {.sa_handler = SIG_DFL};
+        struct sigaction dfl = {.sa_handler = SIG_DFL};
+        sigemptyset(&dfl.sa_mask);
         sigset_t mask;
         sigemptyset(&mask);
 
diff --git a/spawn.c b/spawn.c
index d02ab131..8c5c33d2 100644
--- a/spawn.c
+++ b/spawn.c
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ spawn(struct reaper *reaper, const char *cwd, char *const argv[],
             goto child_err;
 
         /* Restore ignored (SIG_IGN) signals */
-        if (sigaction(SIGHUP, &(struct sigaction){.sa_handler = SIG_DFL}, NULL) < 0)
+        struct sigaction dfl = {.sa_handler = SIG_DFL};
+        sigemptyset(&dfl.sa_mask);
+        if (sigaction(SIGHUP, &dfl, NULL) < 0)
             goto child_err;
 
         if (cwd != NULL && chdir(cwd) < 0) {
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 66c523df..f6d8f814 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -1716,7 +1716,9 @@ term_destroy(struct terminal *term)
              * course only applies to a 'foot --server' instance, where
              * there might be other terminals running.
              */
-            sigaction(SIGALRM, &(const struct sigaction){.sa_handler = &sig_alarm}, NULL);
+            struct sigaction action = {.sa_handler = &sig_alarm};
+            sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
+            sigaction(SIGALRM, &action, NULL);
             alarm(60);
 
             while (true) {
@@ -1740,7 +1742,8 @@ term_destroy(struct terminal *term)
 
             /* Cancel alarm */
             alarm(0);
-            sigaction(SIGALRM, &(const struct sigaction){.sa_handler = SIG_DFL}, NULL);
+            action.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+            sigaction(SIGALRM, &action, NULL);
         }
 
         ret = EXIT_FAILURE;