diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9ec65d660..e0e8180b5 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 - icat kitten: Fix display of JPEG images that are rotated via EXIF data and
   larger than available screen size (:iss:`3949`)
 
+- macOS: Fix SIGUSR1 quitting kitty instead of reloading the config file (:iss:`3952`)
+
 
 0.23.1 [2021-08-17]
 ----------------------
diff --git a/kitty/loop-utils.c b/kitty/loop-utils.c
index cf4a9dc65..6b2aff67d 100644
--- a/kitty/loop-utils.c
+++ b/kitty/loop-utils.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ install_signal_handlers(LoopData *ld) {
     signal_write_fd = ld->signal_fds[1];
     struct sigaction act = {.sa_handler=handle_signal};
 #define SA(which) { if (sigaction(which, &act, NULL) != 0) return false; if (siginterrupt(which, false) != 0) return false; }
-    SA(SIGINT); SA(SIGTERM); SA(SIGCHLD);
+    SA(SIGINT); SA(SIGTERM); SA(SIGCHLD); SA(SIGUSR1);
 #undef SA
     ld->signal_read_fd = ld->signal_fds[0];
 #endif