diff --git a/sched/Kconfig b/sched/Kconfig
index 5339e2b7507..efa15d24db7 100644
--- a/sched/Kconfig
+++ b/sched/Kconfig
@@ -1671,6 +1671,15 @@ config SIG_SIGPOLL_ACTION
 		Backward compatible behavior would require that the application use
 		sigaction() to ignore SIGPOLL.
 
+config SIG_SIGURG_ACTION
+	bool "SIGURG"
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Enable the default action for SIGURG (ignore the signal)
+		Make sure that your applications are expecting this POSIX behavior.
+		Backward compatible behavior would require that the application use
+		sigaction() to ignore SIGURG.
+
 endif # SIG_DEFAULT
 
 endmenu # Signal Configuration
diff --git a/sched/signal/sig_default.c b/sched/signal/sig_default.c
index 957ce3b2dca..1d027362324 100644
--- a/sched/signal/sig_default.c
+++ b/sched/signal/sig_default.c
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ static const struct nxsig_defaction_s g_defactions[] =
 #ifdef CONFIG_SIG_SIGPOLL_ACTION
   { SIGPOLL,   0,                nxsig_abnormal_termination },
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIG_SIGURG_ACTION
+  { SIGURG,    0,                nxsig_null_action },
+#endif
 };
 
 #define NACTIONS (sizeof(g_defactions) / sizeof(struct nxsig_defaction_s))