diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_NamedPipe.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_NamedPipe.cpp
index c951974cf5..c97f8815f3 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_NamedPipe.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_NamedPipe.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
          stopReadOperation (false)
     {
         signal (SIGPIPE, signalHandler);
-        siginterrupt (SIGPIPE, 1);
+        juce_siginterrupt (SIGPIPE, 1);
     }
 
     ~Pimpl()
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
index 42d646f1c0..8db1f521a1 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
@@ -179,6 +179,21 @@ bool File::setAsCurrentWorkingDirectory() const
     return chdir (getFullPathName().toUTF8()) == 0;
 }
 
+//==============================================================================
+// The unix siginterrupt function is deprecated - this does the same job.
+int juce_siginterrupt (int sig, int flag)
+{
+    struct ::sigaction act;
+    (void) ::sigaction (sig, nullptr, &act);
+
+    if (flag != 0)
+        act.sa_flags &= ~SA_RESTART;
+    else
+        act.sa_flags |= SA_RESTART;
+
+    return ::sigaction (sig, &act, nullptr);
+}
+
 //==============================================================================
 namespace
 {
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
index c8313d0d64..50b8ede429 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ String SystemStats::getStackBacktrace()
     int frames = (int) CaptureStackBackTrace (0, numElementsInArray (stack), stack, nullptr);
 
     HeapBlock<SYMBOL_INFO> symbol;
-    symbol.calloc (sizeof(SYMBOL_INFO) + 256, 1);
+    symbol.calloc (sizeof (SYMBOL_INFO) + 256, 1);
     symbol->MaxNameLen = 255;
     symbol->SizeOfStruct = sizeof (SYMBOL_INFO);
 
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ static void handleCrash (int)
     globalCrashHandler();
     kill (getpid(), SIGKILL);
 }
+
+int juce_siginterrupt (int sig, int flag);
 #endif
 
 void SystemStats::setApplicationCrashHandler (CrashHandlerFunction handler)
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ void SystemStats::setApplicationCrashHandler (CrashHandlerFunction handler)
     for (int i = 0; i < numElementsInArray (signals); ++i)
     {
         ::signal (signals[i], handleCrash);
-        ::siginterrupt (signals[i], 1);
+        juce_siginterrupt (signals[i], 1);
     }
    #endif
 }