diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/signal_handler.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/signal_handler.cpp
index 7085c63bdf..c0034c6ce0 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/signal_handler.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/signal_handler.cpp
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ SignalHandler::get_logger()
 SignalHandler &
 SignalHandler::get_global_signal_handler()
 {
-  static SignalHandler signal_handler;
-  return signal_handler;
+  static SignalHandler* signal_handler = new SignalHandler();
+  return *signal_handler;
 }
 
 bool