diff --git a/include/signal.h b/include/signal.h
index 104ea8f83a..dc1e0a12e5 100644
--- a/include/signal.h
+++ b/include/signal.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ extern int __sigpause (int sig_or_mask, int is_sig);
 extern int __default_sigpause (int mask);
 extern int __xpg_sigpause (int sig);
 
+/* Simplified sigemptyset() implementation without the parameter checking.  */
+#undef __sigemptyset
+#define __sigemptyset(ss) (memset (ss, '\0', sizeof (sigset_t)), 0)
 
 
 /* Allocate real-time signal with highest/lowest available priority.  */