diff --git a/psutil/_psutil_windows.c b/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
index bca6cac0e..d908a1c7d 100644
--- a/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
+++ b/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <wtsapi32.h>
 #include <Winsvc.h>
 #include <PowrProf.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 // Link with Iphlpapi.lib
 #pragma comment(lib, "IPHLPAPI.lib")
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ psutil_proc_kill(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     }
 
     // kill the process
-    if (! TerminateProcess(hProcess, 0)) {
+    if (! TerminateProcess(hProcess, SIGTERM)) {
         err = GetLastError();
         // See: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1099
         if (err != ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_process.py b/psutil/tests/test_process.py
index bd13c2d27..fa07f5a92 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_process.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_process.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def test_wait(self):
         if POSIX:
             self.assertEqual(code, -signal.SIGKILL)
         else:
-            self.assertEqual(code, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(code, signal.SIGTERM)
         self.assertFalse(p.is_running())
 
         sproc = get_test_subprocess()
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def test_wait(self):
         if POSIX:
             self.assertEqual(code, -signal.SIGTERM)
         else:
-            self.assertEqual(code, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(code, signal.SIGTERM)
         self.assertFalse(p.is_running())
 
         # check sys.exit() code
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ def test_wait_non_children(self):
             # to get None.
             self.assertEqual(ret2, None)
         else:
-            self.assertEqual(ret1, 0)
-            self.assertEqual(ret1, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(ret1, signal.SIGTERM)
+            self.assertEqual(ret1, signal.SIGTERM)
 
     def test_wait_timeout_0(self):
         sproc = get_test_subprocess()
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_wait_timeout_0(self):
         if POSIX:
             self.assertEqual(code, -signal.SIGKILL)
         else:
-            self.assertEqual(code, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(code, signal.SIGTERM)
         self.assertFalse(p.is_running())
 
     def test_cpu_percent(self):