diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 25c17a9..48f72be 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ void startUsingCommandline(Configuration *config)
             command = prefix+"rtl_sdr -f "+freq+" -s 16000000 - 2>/dev/null | "+prefix+"rtl_wmbus";
         }
         verbose("(rtlwmbus) using command: %s\n", command.c_str());
+        onChild([command,&manager](){
+                warning("(rtlwmbus) child process exited! Command was: \"%s\"\n", command.c_str());
+                manager.get()->stop();
+            });
+
         wmbus = openRTLWMBUS(command, manager.get());
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index a782596..f9e57c8 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -39,9 +39,21 @@ void exitHandler(int signum)
     if (exit_handler) exit_handler();
 }
 
+function<void()> child_handler;
+
+void childProcessDied(int signum)
+{
+    if (child_handler) child_handler();
+}
+
 void doNothing(int signum) {
 }
 
+void onChild(function<void()> cb)
+{
+    child_handler = cb;
+}
+
 void onExit(function<void()> cb)
 {
     exit_handler = cb;
@@ -58,6 +70,10 @@ void onExit(function<void()> cb)
     sigaction (SIGTERM, NULL, &old_action);
     if (old_action.sa_handler != SIG_IGN) sigaction (SIGTERM, &new_action, NULL);
 
+    new_action.sa_handler = childProcessDied;
+    sigaction (SIGCHLD, NULL, &old_action);
+    if (old_action.sa_handler != SIG_IGN) sigaction (SIGCHLD, &new_action, NULL);
+
     new_action.sa_handler = doNothing;
     sigemptyset (&new_action.sa_mask);
     new_action.sa_flags = 0;
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index c5f43bd..3844e64 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include<vector>
 
 void onExit(std::function<void()> cb);
+void onChild(std::function<void()> cb);
 
 typedef unsigned char uchar;