diff --git a/src/gmt_common_sighandler.c b/src/gmt_common_sighandler.c
index 124d3af..7ce8d80 100644
--- a/src/gmt_common_sighandler.c
+++ b/src/gmt_common_sighandler.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void sig_handler(int sig_num, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext) {
 		return;
 	}
 	else {
-		fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Caught signal number %d (%s) at\n", sig_num, sys_siglist[sig_num]);
+		fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Caught signal number %d (%s) at\n", sig_num, strsignal(sig_num));
 		backtrace_symbols_fd (array, 2, STDERR_FILENO); /* print function with faulting instruction */
 		size = backtrace (array, 50); /* get void*'s for all entries on the stack */
 		fprintf (stderr, "Stack backtrace:\n");