diff --git a/tests/dropping_does_not_deregister_other_instances.rs b/tests/dropping_does_not_deregister_other_instances.rs
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+#![cfg(unix)]
+
+extern crate futures;
+extern crate libc;
+extern crate tokio;
+extern crate tokio_signal;
+
+use futures::stream::Stream;
+use futures::Future;
+use tokio_signal::unix::Signal;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+#[test]
+fn dropping_signal_does_not_deregister_any_other_instances() {
+    // NB: Deadline requires a timer registration which is provided by
+    // tokio's `current_thread::Runtime`, but isn't available by just using
+    // tokio's default CurrentThread executor which powers `current_thread::block_on_all`.
+    let mut rt = tokio::runtime::current_thread::Runtime::new()
+        .expect("failed to init runtime");
+
+    // FIXME(38): there appears to be a bug with the order these are created/destroyed
+    // If the duplicate signal is created first and dropped, it appears that `signal`
+    // will starve. This ordering also appears to be OS specific...
+    let first_signal = rt.block_on(Signal::new(libc::SIGUSR1))
+        .expect("failed to register duplicate signal");
+    let second_signal = rt.block_on(Signal::new(libc::SIGUSR1))
+        .expect("failed to register signal");
+    let (duplicate, signal) = if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        (second_signal, first_signal)
+    } else {
+        // macOS
+        (first_signal, second_signal)
+    };
+
+    drop(duplicate);
+
+    unsafe { assert_eq!(libc::kill(libc::getpid(), libc::SIGUSR1), 0); }
+
+    let signal_future = signal.into_future()
+        .map_err(|(e, _)| e);
+
+    let deadline_time = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(1);
+    rt.block_on(tokio::timer::Deadline::new(signal_future, deadline_time))
+        .expect("failed to get signal");
+}