diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c24c3a599..469adcfb5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "lscolors",
+ "nix",
  "normpath",
  "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c89b2e97a..674772f47 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ features = ["suggestions", "color", "wrap_help"]
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 users = "0.11.0"
+nix = "0.23.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/exit_codes.rs b/src/exit_codes.rs
index 2225667db..e44111bb8 100644
--- a/src/exit_codes.rs
+++ b/src/exit_codes.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use std::process;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use nix::sys::signal::{raise, signal, SigHandler, Signal};
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
 pub enum ExitCode {
     Success,
@@ -26,6 +29,16 @@ impl ExitCode {
 
     /// Exit the process with the appropriate code.
     pub fn exit(self) -> ! {
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        if self == ExitCode::KilledBySigint {
+            // Get rid of the SIGINT handler, if present, and raise SIGINT
+            unsafe {
+                if signal(Signal::SIGINT, SigHandler::SigDfl).is_ok() {
+                    let _ = raise(Signal::SIGINT);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         process::exit(self.into())
     }
 }