--- libpkg/scripts.c
+++ libpkg/scripts.c
@@ -245,12 +245,19 @@
 
 			f = fdopen(pfd.fd, "r");
 			for (;;) {
-				if (poll(&pfd, 1, -1) == -1) {
+				int pres = poll(&pfd, 1, 1000);
+				if (pres == -1) {
 					if (errno == EINTR)
 						continue;
 					else
 						goto cleanup;
 				}
+				if (pres == 0) {
+					if (waitpid(pid, NULL, WNOHANG | WNOWAIT) > 0) {
+						break;
+					}
+					continue;
+				}
 				if (pfd.revents & (POLLERR|POLLHUP))
 					break;
 				if (getline(&line, &linecap, f) > 0)