diff --git a/lib/solid_queue/processes/runnable.rb b/lib/solid_queue/processes/runnable.rb
index 7738391c..11c5463d 100644
--- a/lib/solid_queue/processes/runnable.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_queue/processes/runnable.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ def mode
       def run_in_mode(&block)
         case
         when running_as_fork?
-          fork(&block)
+          # Re-arm signal handlers as the first thing in the child so a TERM
+          # forwarded by the supervisor right after fork is not handled by the
+          # inherited enqueue-only supervisor trap (see #755).
+          fork do
+            register_signal_handlers
+            block.call
+          end
         when running_async?
           @thread = create_thread(&block)
           @thread.object_id
diff --git a/lib/solid_queue/supervisor.rb b/lib/solid_queue/supervisor.rb
index 17b90c54..6d0d1b16 100644
--- a/lib/solid_queue/supervisor.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_queue/supervisor.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def start
       run_start_hooks
 
       start_processes
+      return shutdown if stopped?
+
       launch_maintenance_task
 
       supervise
@@ -65,7 +67,15 @@ def boot
       end
 
       def start_processes
-        configuration.configured_processes.each { |configured_process| start_process(configured_process) }
+        configuration.configured_processes.each do |configured_process|
+          # Honour signals that arrived during boot / start hooks before forking
+          # any children. Otherwise a queued TERM is only handled in #supervise,
+          # after workers have already been started (see #755).
+          process_signal_queue if standalone?
+          break if stopped?
+
+          start_process(configured_process)
+        end
       end
 
       def supervise
diff --git a/test/integration/supervisor_boot_signal_test.rb b/test/integration/supervisor_boot_signal_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5afd7a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/supervisor_boot_signal_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "test_helper"
+
+class SupervisorBootSignalTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  self.use_transactional_tests = false
+
+  setup do
+    @marker_path = Rails.root.join("tmp/solid_queue_start_hook_#{SecureRandom.hex(8)}")
+    @release_path = Rails.root.join("tmp/solid_queue_release_start_hook_#{SecureRandom.hex(8)}")
+  end
+
+  teardown do
+    File.delete(@marker_path) if File.exist?(@marker_path)
+    File.delete(@release_path) if File.exist?(@release_path)
+  end
+
+  # Regression for https://github.com/rails/solid_queue/issues/755:
+  # TERM received while the supervisor is still running start hooks used to sit
+  # in the signal queue until after workers were forked. Those workers then
+  # inherited the supervisor's enqueue-only trap and kept claiming jobs until
+  # SIGKILL.
+  test "TERM during supervisor start hooks exits without starting workers" do
+    resetting_hooks do
+      marker_path = @marker_path
+      release_path = @release_path
+
+      SolidQueue.on_start do
+        File.write(marker_path, Process.pid.to_s)
+        Timeout.timeout(5) { sleep 0.05 until File.exist?(release_path) }
+      end
+
+      SolidQueue.on_worker_start do
+        JobResult.create!(queue_name: "background", status: "hook_called", value: "worker_started")
+      end
+
+      3.times { |i| StoreResultJob.set(queue: :background).perform_later("should_not_run_#{i}") }
+
+      pid = run_supervisor_as_fork(
+        workers: [ { queues: :background, threads: 1, polling_interval: 0.1 } ],
+        dispatchers: []
+      )
+
+      wait_while_with_timeout!(5.seconds) { !File.exist?(marker_path) }
+      Process.kill(:TERM, pid)
+      File.write(release_path, "1")
+
+      wait_for_process_termination_with_timeout(pid, timeout: SolidQueue.shutdown_timeout + 5.seconds)
+
+      skip_active_record_query_cache do
+        assert_equal 0, JobResult.where(value: "worker_started").count
+        assert_equal 0, JobResult.where(status: "completed").count
+        assert_equal 0, SolidQueue::ClaimedExecution.count
+        assert_equal 3, SolidQueue::ReadyExecution.count
+        assert SolidQueue::Process.none?
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+    def resetting_hooks
+      reset_hooks(SolidQueue::Supervisor) do
+        reset_hooks(SolidQueue::Worker) do
+          yield
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def reset_hooks(process)
+      exit_hooks = process.lifecycle_hooks[:exit]
+      start_hooks = process.lifecycle_hooks[:start]
+      stop_hooks = process.lifecycle_hooks[:stop]
+      process.lifecycle_hooks[:exit] = []
+      process.lifecycle_hooks[:start] = []
+      process.lifecycle_hooks[:stop] = []
+      yield
+    ensure
+      process.lifecycle_hooks[:exit] = exit_hooks
+      process.lifecycle_hooks[:start] = start_hooks
+      process.lifecycle_hooks[:stop] = stop_hooks
+    end
+end