diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 083f2f6aa..322c86fec 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Wayland: Generate a XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN when opening URLs or running programs in the background via the launch action
 
+- Fix a regression that caused kitty not to restore SIGPIPE after python nukes it when launching children. Affects bash which does not sanitize its signal mask. (:iss:`5500`)
+
 
 0.26.2 [2022-09-05]
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diff --git a/kitty/child.c b/kitty/child.c
index 228bbcc51..27e5dc4a5 100644
--- a/kitty/child.c
+++ b/kitty/child.c
@@ -100,11 +100,14 @@ spawn(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03070000
             PyOS_AfterFork_Child();
 #endif
-            // See _Py_RestoreSignals in signalmodule.c for a list of signals python nukes
             const struct sigaction act = {.sa_handler=SIG_DFL};
 
 #define SA(which)  if (sigaction(which, &act, NULL) != 0) exit_on_err("sigaction() in child process failed");
             for (int si = 0; si < num_handled_signals; si++) { SA(handled_signals[si]); }
+            // See _Py_RestoreSignals in signalmodule.c for a list of signals python nukes
+#ifdef SIGPIPE
+            SA(SIGPIPE)
+#endif
 #ifdef SIGXFSZ
             SA(SIGXFSZ);
 #endif