diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index f2066d267..65a478640 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 void (async () => {
   const Module = require('node:module')
+  const os = require('node:os')
   const path = require('node:path')
   const rootPath = path.join(__dirname, '..')
   Module.enableCompileCache?.(path.join(rootPath, '.cache'))
@@ -38,10 +39,41 @@ void (async () => {
     },
   )
 
+  // The child shares our process group and handles the signal itself; wait briefly for it
+  // to exit (so its final output isn't printed after the prompt returns) and mirror its
+  // exit below. SIGKILL and leave if it outlasts the grace, or on a second signal.
+  const SHUTDOWN_GRACE_MS = 3_000
+  const hardAbort = signalName => {
+    const child = spawnPromise.process
+    if (child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null) {
+      child.kill('SIGKILL')
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line n/no-process-exit
+    process.exit(signalName === 'SIGTERM' ? 143 : 130)
+  }
+  let sawSignal = false
+  const onSignal = signalName => {
+    if (sawSignal) {
+      hardAbort(signalName)
+      return
+    }
+    sawSignal = true
+    setTimeout(() => hardAbort(signalName), SHUTDOWN_GRACE_MS).unref?.()
+  }
+  const onSigint = () => onSignal('SIGINT')
+  const onSigterm = () => onSignal('SIGTERM')
+  process.on('SIGINT', onSigint)
+  process.on('SIGTERM', onSigterm)
+
   // See https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#event-exit.
   spawnPromise.process.on('exit', (code, signalName) => {
     if (signalName) {
-      process.kill(process.pid, signalName)
+      // Mirror a signal death as the conventional 128 + signum exit code. Exit explicitly
+      // rather than re-raising the signal: with our handlers installed the re-raise would
+      // race `await spawnPromise` resolving and could leave the default exitCode of 1.
+      const signum = os.constants.signals[signalName] ?? 0
+      // eslint-disable-next-line n/no-process-exit
+      process.exit(128 + signum)
     } else if (typeof code === 'number') {
       // eslint-disable-next-line n/no-process-exit
       process.exit(code)