diff --git a/headers/private/system/user_runtime.h b/headers/private/system/user_runtime.h
index 08dea23176..e06229b538 100644
--- a/headers/private/system/user_runtime.h
+++ b/headers/private/system/user_runtime.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ struct rld_export {
 
 	void (*call_atexit_hooks_for_range)(addr_t start, addr_t size);
 
+	void (*call_termination_hooks)();
+
 	const struct user_space_program_args *program_args;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/stdlib/exit.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/stdlib/exit.c
index ee13b0fb95..b9920d9d91 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/stdlib/exit.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/stdlib/exit.c
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
  */
 
 
-#include <syscalls.h>
+#include <SupportDefs.h>
+
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <SupportDefs.h>
+
+#include <syscalls.h>
+#include <user_runtime.h>
 
 
 extern void _IO_cleanup(void);
@@ -144,6 +147,8 @@ exit(int status)
 	// close all open files
 	_IO_cleanup();
 
+	__gRuntimeLoader->call_termination_hooks();
+
 	// exit with status code
 	_kern_exit_team(status);
 }
diff --git a/src/system/runtime_loader/export.c b/src/system/runtime_loader/export.c
index 795a0aea9d..03c3d73f8c 100644
--- a/src/system/runtime_loader/export.c
+++ b/src/system/runtime_loader/export.c
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ struct rld_export gRuntimeLoader = {
 	get_next_image_dependency,
 
 	elf_reinit_after_fork,
-	NULL // call_atexit_hooks_for_range
+	NULL, // call_atexit_hooks_for_range
+	terminate_program
 };