diff --git a/lib/std/c.zig b/lib/std/c.zig
index d5560c3f6f..3e1ddacf01 100644
--- a/lib/std/c.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c.zig
@@ -10347,6 +10347,16 @@ pub const sigaction = switch (native_os) {
     else => private.sigaction,
 };
 
+/// Zig's version of SIGRTMIN.  Actually a function.
+pub fn sigrtmin() u8 {
+    return @truncate(@as(c_uint, @bitCast(private.__libc_current_sigrtmin())));
+}
+
+/// Zig's version of SIGRTMAX.  Actually a function.
+pub fn sigrtmax() u8 {
+    return @truncate(@as(c_uint, @bitCast(private.__libc_current_sigrtmax())));
+}
+
 pub const sigfillset = switch (native_os) {
     .netbsd => private.__sigfillset14,
     else => private.sigfillset,
@@ -11213,6 +11223,9 @@ const private = struct {
     extern "c" fn __getdents30(fd: c_int, buf_ptr: [*]u8, nbytes: usize) c_int;
     extern "c" fn __sigaltstack14(ss: ?*stack_t, old_ss: ?*stack_t) c_int;
 
+    extern "c" fn __libc_current_sigrtmin() c_int;
+    extern "c" fn __libc_current_sigrtmax() c_int;
+
     // Don't forget to add another clown when an OS picks yet another unique
     // symbol name for errno location!
     // 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index f055022203..5c8a7ca20d 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -1801,6 +1801,19 @@ const SigsetElement = c_ulong;
 
 const sigset_len = @typeInfo(sigset_t).array.len;
 
+/// Zig's SIGRTMIN, but is a function for compatibility with glibc
+pub fn sigrtmin() u8 {
+    // Default is 32 in the kernel UAPI: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/78109c591b806e41987e0b83390e61d675d1f724/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h#L50
+    // AFAICT, all architectures that override this also set it to 32:
+    // https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Atorvalds%2Flinux+sigrtmin+path%3Auapi&type=code
+    return 32;
+}
+
+/// Zig's SIGRTMAX, but is a function for compatibility with glibc
+pub fn sigrtmax() u8 {
+    return NSIG - 1;
+}
+
 /// Zig's version of sigemptyset.  Returns initialized sigset_t.
 pub fn sigemptyset() sigset_t {
     return [_]SigsetElement{0} ** sigset_len;
diff --git a/lib/std/posix.zig b/lib/std/posix.zig
index f414aa801b..936c19591a 100644
--- a/lib/std/posix.zig
+++ b/lib/std/posix.zig
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ pub const rusage = system.rusage;
 pub const sa_family_t = system.sa_family_t;
 pub const siginfo_t = system.siginfo_t;
 pub const sigset_t = system.sigset_t;
+pub const sigrtmin = system.sigrtmin;
+pub const sigrtmax = system.sigrtmax;
 pub const sockaddr = system.sockaddr;
 pub const socklen_t = system.socklen_t;
 pub const stack_t = system.stack_t;
diff --git a/lib/std/posix/test.zig b/lib/std/posix/test.zig
index c886ed6153..7d4b44ed04 100644
--- a/lib/std/posix/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/posix/test.zig
@@ -859,6 +859,17 @@ test "shutdown socket" {
     std.net.Stream.close(.{ .handle = sock });
 }
 
+test "sigrtmin/max" {
+    if (native_os == .wasi or native_os == .windows or native_os == .macos) {
+        return error.SkipZigTest;
+    }
+
+    try std.testing.expect(posix.sigrtmin() >= 32);
+    try std.testing.expect(posix.sigrtmin() >= posix.system.sigrtmin());
+    try std.testing.expect(posix.sigrtmin() < posix.system.sigrtmax());
+    try std.testing.expect(posix.sigrtmax() < posix.NSIG);
+}
+
 test "sigset empty/full" {
     if (native_os == .wasi or native_os == .windows)
         return error.SkipZigTest;
@@ -875,10 +886,13 @@ test "sigset empty/full" {
     try expectEqual(true, posix.sigismember(&set, @truncate(posix.SIG.INT)));
 }
 
-// Some signals (32 - 34 on glibc/musl) are not allowed to be added to a
+// Some signals (i.e., 32 - 34 on glibc/musl) are not allowed to be added to a
 // sigset by the C library, so avoid testing them.
 fn reserved_signo(i: usize) bool {
-    return builtin.link_libc and (i >= 32 and i <= 34);
+    if (native_os == .macos) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return builtin.link_libc and (i >= 32 and i < posix.sigrtmin());
 }
 
 test "sigset add/del" {