diff --git a/restore.go b/restore.go
index 900a5257..fc86e3f5 100644
--- a/restore.go
+++ b/restore.go
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/utils"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/specs"
 )
 
@@ -89,16 +86,12 @@ func restoreContainer(context *cli.Context, spec *specs.LinuxSpec, config *confi
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
-	defer tty.Close()
-	go handleSignals(process, tty)
+	handler := newSignalHandler(tty)
+	defer handler.Close()
 	if err := container.Restore(process, options); err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
-	status, err := process.Wait()
-	if err != nil {
-		return -1, err
-	}
-	return utils.ExitStatus(status.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus)), nil
+	return handler.forward(process)
 }
 
 func criuOptions(context *cli.Context) *libcontainer.CriuOpts {
@@ -116,19 +109,3 @@ func criuOptions(context *cli.Context) *libcontainer.CriuOpts {
 		FileLocks:               context.Bool("file-locks"),
 	}
 }
-
-// we have to use this type of signal handler because there is a memory leak if we
-// wait and reap with SIGCHLD.
-func handleSignals(process *libcontainer.Process, tty *tty) {
-	sigc := make(chan os.Signal, 10)
-	signal.Notify(sigc)
-	tty.resize()
-	for sig := range sigc {
-		switch sig {
-		case syscall.SIGWINCH:
-			tty.resize()
-		default:
-			process.Signal(sig)
-		}
-	}
-}