diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/pause.c b/sysdeps/posix/pause.c
index db2c54f29d..8639e684f4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/pause.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/pause.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sysdep-cancel.h>
 
 /* Suspend the process until a signal arrives.
    This always returns -1 and sets errno to EINTR.  */
@@ -36,3 +37,5 @@ __libc_pause (void)
   return __sigsuspend (&set);
 }
 weak_alias (__libc_pause, pause)
+
+LIBC_CANCEL_HANDLED ();		/* sigsuspend handles our cancellation.  */