diff --git a/mono/metadata/icall.c b/mono/metadata/icall.c
index 0da90830d448..37a1059764e6 100644
--- a/mono/metadata/icall.c
+++ b/mono/metadata/icall.c
@@ -5741,6 +5741,8 @@ ves_icall_Mono_Runtime_EnableMicrosoftTelemetry (char *appBundleID, char *appSig
 {
 #ifdef TARGET_OSX
 	mono_merp_enable (appBundleID, appSignature, appVersion, merpGUIPath);
+
+	mono_get_runtime_callbacks ()->runtime_telemetry_callback ();
 #else
 	// Icall has platform check in managed too.
 	g_assert_not_reached ();
diff --git a/mono/metadata/object-internals.h b/mono/metadata/object-internals.h
index aa2ef0c62039..d37102a7dda2 100644
--- a/mono/metadata/object-internals.h
+++ b/mono/metadata/object-internals.h
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	gpointer (*create_delegate_trampoline) (MonoDomain *domain, MonoClass *klass);
 	gpointer (*interp_get_remoting_invoke) (gpointer imethod, MonoError *error);
 	GHashTable *(*get_weak_field_indexes) (MonoImage *image);
+	void     (*runtime_telemetry_callback) (void);
 } MonoRuntimeCallbacks;
 
 typedef gboolean (*MonoInternalStackWalk) (MonoStackFrameInfo *frame, MonoContext *ctx, gpointer data);
diff --git a/mono/mini/mini-posix.c b/mono/mini/mini-posix.c
index cfca6aeb4cd6..da8e9d82db23 100644
--- a/mono/mini/mini-posix.c
+++ b/mono/mini/mini-posix.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #include <mach/mach.h>
 #include <mach/mach_time.h>
 #include <mach/clock.h>
+#include <mono/utils/mono-merp.h>
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HOST_WATCHOS)
@@ -210,6 +211,20 @@ MONO_SIG_HANDLER_FUNC (static, sigabrt_signal_handler)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef TARGET_OSX
+MONO_SIG_HANDLER_FUNC (static, sigterm_signal_handler)
+{
+	MONO_SIG_HANDLER_INFO_TYPE *info = MONO_SIG_HANDLER_GET_INFO ();
+	MONO_SIG_HANDLER_GET_CONTEXT;
+
+	if (mono_merp_enabled ())
+		mono_handle_native_crash ("SIGTERM", ctx, info);
+
+	mono_chain_signal (MONO_SIG_HANDLER_PARAMS);
+	exit (1);
+}
+#endif
+
 #if (defined (USE_POSIX_BACKEND) && defined (SIGRTMIN)) || defined (SIGPROF)
 #define HAVE_PROFILER_SIGNAL
 #endif
@@ -361,6 +376,15 @@ remove_signal_handler (int signo)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef TARGET_OSX
+void
+mini_register_sigterm_handler (void)
+{
+	/* always catch SIGTERM, conditionals inside of handler */
+	add_signal_handler (SIGTERM, sigterm_signal_handler, 0);
+}
+#endif
+
 void
 mono_runtime_posix_install_handlers (void)
 {
diff --git a/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c b/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c
index 3ea097265d41..8c15d8566103 100644
--- a/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c
+++ b/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c
@@ -4040,6 +4040,10 @@ mini_init (const char *filename, const char *runtime_version)
 #endif
 	callbacks.get_weak_field_indexes = mono_aot_get_weak_field_indexes;
 
+#ifdef TARGET_OSX
+	callbacks.runtime_telemetry_callback = mini_register_sigterm_handler;
+#endif
+
 	mono_install_callbacks (&callbacks);
 
 	memset (&ticallbacks, 0, sizeof (ticallbacks));
diff --git a/mono/mini/mini-runtime.h b/mono/mini/mini-runtime.h
index 6c426af7f306..a288884240c2 100644
--- a/mono/mini/mini-runtime.h
+++ b/mono/mini/mini-runtime.h
@@ -528,5 +528,9 @@ gboolean MONO_SIG_HANDLER_SIGNATURE (mono_chain_signal);
 #define DISABLE_SDB 1
 #endif
 
+#ifdef TARGET_OSX
+void mini_register_sigterm_handler (void);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __MONO_MINI_RUNTIME_H__ */