diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index bacbdb55bc..2554e331d5 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ endif # CONFIG_SOFTMMU or CONFIG_TOOLS
 
 storage-daemon-obj-y = block/ qom/
 storage-daemon-obj-y += blockdev.o blockdev-nbd.o iothread.o
+storage-daemon-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += os-win32.o
+storage-daemon-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += os-posix.o
 
 ######################################################################
 # Target independent part of system emulation. The long term path is to
diff --git a/qemu-storage-daemon.c b/qemu-storage-daemon.c
index 5904d3c5b4..14093ac3a0 100644
--- a/qemu-storage-daemon.c
+++ b/qemu-storage-daemon.c
@@ -50,8 +50,16 @@
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 
+static volatile bool exit_requested = false;
+
+void qemu_system_killed(int signal, pid_t pid)
+{
+    exit_requested = true;
+}
+
 static void help(void)
 {
     printf(
@@ -241,6 +249,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     error_init(argv[0]);
     qemu_init_exec_dir(argv[0]);
+    os_setup_signal_handling();
 
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_TRACE);
@@ -256,5 +265,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     qemu_init_main_loop(&error_fatal);
     process_options(argc, argv);
 
+    while (!exit_requested) {
+        main_loop_wait(false);
+    }
+
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }