diff --git a/src/tools/remote-test-client/src/main.rs b/src/tools/remote-test-client/src/main.rs
index bda08423487b5..b9741431b5034 100644
--- a/src/tools/remote-test-client/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/remote-test-client/src/main.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,9 @@ fn run(support_lib_count: usize, exe: String, all_args: Vec<String>) {
         std::process::exit(code);
     } else {
         println!("died due to signal {}", code);
-        std::process::exit(3);
+        // Behave like bash and other tools and exit with 128 + the signal
+        // number. That way we can avoid special case code in other places.
+        std::process::exit(128 + code);
     }
 }