diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1
index 0b93d03a3..e5f9b0e33 100644
--- a/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/ssh-agent.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.79 2023/08/10 14:37:32 naddy Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.80 2024/10/24 03:15:47 djm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 10 2023 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 24 2024 $
 .Dt SSH-AGENT 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ the connection to the agent is forwarded over SSH remote connections
 and the result is returned to the requester,
 allowing the user access to their identities anywhere in the network
 in a secure fashion.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+will delete all keys it has loaded upon receiving
+.Dv SIGUSR1 .
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width "SSH_AGENT_PID"
 .It Ev SSH_AGENT_PID
diff --git a/ssh-agent.c b/ssh-agent.c
index 08646b76c..55f3a8520 100644
--- a/ssh-agent.c
+++ b/ssh-agent.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.c,v 1.307 2024/09/24 02:28:17 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.c,v 1.308 2024/10/24 03:15:47 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ int max_fd = 0;
 pid_t parent_pid = -1;
 time_t parent_alive_interval = 0;
 
-sig_atomic_t signalled = 0;
+static sig_atomic_t signalled_exit;
+static sig_atomic_t signalled_keydrop;
 
 /* pid of process for which cleanup_socket is applicable */
 pid_t cleanup_pid = 0;
@@ -1021,7 +1022,7 @@ process_remove_identity(SocketEntry *e)
 }
 
 static void
-process_remove_all_identities(SocketEntry *e)
+remove_all_identities(void)
 {
 	Identity *id;
 
@@ -1035,6 +1036,12 @@ process_remove_all_identities(SocketEntry *e)
 
 	/* Mark that there are no identities. */
 	idtab->nentries = 0;
+}
+
+static void
+process_remove_all_identities(SocketEntry *e)
+{
+	remove_all_identities();
 
 	/* Send success. */
 	send_status(e, 1);
@@ -2164,7 +2171,13 @@ cleanup_exit(int i)
 static void
 cleanup_handler(int sig)
 {
-	signalled = sig;
+	signalled_exit = sig;
+}
+
+static void
+keydrop_handler(int sig)
+{
+	signalled_keydrop = sig;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2447,11 +2460,13 @@ skip:
 	ssh_signal(SIGINT, (d_flag | D_flag) ? cleanup_handler : SIG_IGN);
 	ssh_signal(SIGHUP, cleanup_handler);
 	ssh_signal(SIGTERM, cleanup_handler);
+	ssh_signal(SIGUSR1, keydrop_handler);
 
 	sigemptyset(&nsigset);
 	sigaddset(&nsigset, SIGINT);
 	sigaddset(&nsigset, SIGHUP);
 	sigaddset(&nsigset, SIGTERM);
+	sigaddset(&nsigset, SIGUSR1);
 
 	if (pledge("stdio rpath cpath unix id proc exec", NULL) == -1)
 		fatal("%s: pledge: %s", __progname, strerror(errno));
@@ -2459,10 +2474,16 @@ skip:
 
 	while (1) {
 		sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &nsigset, &osigset);
-		if (signalled != 0) {
-			logit("exiting on signal %d", (int)signalled);
+		if (signalled_exit != 0) {
+			logit("exiting on signal %d", (int)signalled_exit);
 			cleanup_exit(2);
 		}
+		if (signalled_keydrop) {
+			logit("signal %d received; removing all keys",
+			    signalled_keydrop);
+			remove_all_identities();
+			signalled_keydrop = 0;
+		}
 		ptimeout_init(&timeout);
 		prepare_poll(&pfd, &npfd, &timeout, maxfds);
 		result = ppoll(pfd, npfd, ptimeout_get_tsp(&timeout), &osigset);