diff --git a/cmake/NWFlaimDbSmokeTest.cmake.in b/cmake/NWFlaimDbSmokeTest.cmake.in
index 6a221e7..62bad83 100644
--- a/cmake/NWFlaimDbSmokeTest.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/NWFlaimDbSmokeTest.cmake.in
@@ -12,15 +12,27 @@ set(ENV{TERM} xterm)
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}")
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}" "${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/data" "${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/rfl" "${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/tmp")
 set(_db "${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/gigatest.db")
+set(_records 256)
 
 execute_process(
-    COMMAND "${NWFLAIM_GIGATEST}" -b -n${_db} -dd${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/data -dr${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/rfl -t4 32
+    COMMAND "${NWFLAIM_GIGATEST}" -b -n${_db} -dd${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/data -dr${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}/rfl -t4 ${_records}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${NWFLAIM_TEST_WORKDIR}"
     RESULT_VARIABLE _giga_result
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _giga_stdout
     ERROR_VARIABLE _giga_stderr
     TIMEOUT 60)
-if(NOT _giga_result EQUAL 0)
+set(_giga_ok FALSE)
+if(_giga_result STREQUAL "0")
+    set(_giga_ok TRUE)
+elseif(_giga_stdout MATCHES "Total Loaded[. ]+${_records}" AND EXISTS "${_db}")
+    # Older FLAIM gigatest can raise SIGFPE while printing the final
+    # adds/second rate on very fast batch runs.  The database was already
+    # written at that point, so keep the smoke test useful by validating the
+    # generated database with nwflmcheckdb below.
+    message(STATUS "nwflmgigatest exited with ${_giga_result} after loading ${_records} records; continuing with checkdb")
+    set(_giga_ok TRUE)
+endif()
+if(NOT _giga_ok)
     message(STATUS "nwflmgigatest stdout:\n${_giga_stdout}")
     message(STATUS "nwflmgigatest stderr:\n${_giga_stderr}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "nwflmgigatest failed with exit code ${_giga_result}")