diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/signals_linux.h b/src/pkg/runtime/signals_linux.h
index 345a6c5d11cc05d734b8316261a4fb0874146092..9c356700759fae5cc88830ae73fe1ef1e29625f1 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/signals_linux.h
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/signals_linux.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ SigTab runtime·sigtab[] = {
 	/* 30 */	N, "SIGPWR: power failure restart",
 	/* 31 */	N, "SIGSYS: bad system call",
 	/* 32 */	N, "signal 32",
-	/* 33 */	N, "signal 33",
+	/* 33 */	0, "signal 33", /* SIGSETXID; see issue 3871 */
 	/* 34 */	N, "signal 34",
 	/* 35 */	N, "signal 35",
 	/* 36 */	N, "signal 36",