diff --git a/actors.go b/actors.go
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+package run
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+)
+
+// SignalHandler returns an actor, i.e. an execute and interrupt func, that
+// terminates with SignalError when the process receives one of the provided
+// signals, or the parent context is canceled.
+func SignalHandler(ctx context.Context, signals ...os.Signal) (execute func() error, interrupt func(error)) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	return func() error {
+			c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+			signal.Notify(c, signals...)
+			select {
+			case sig := <-c:
+				return SignalError{Signal: sig}
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return ctx.Err()
+			}
+		}, func(error) {
+			cancel()
+		}
+}
+
+// SignalError is returned by the signal handler's execute function
+// when it terminates due to a received signal.
+type SignalError struct {
+	Signal os.Signal
+}
+
+// Error implements the error interface.
+func (e SignalError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("received signal %s", e.Signal)
+}