diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index b46705943a9..99fd0eb80b4 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -2404,6 +2404,7 @@ static void EnableDebugSignalHandler(int signal) {
 
 #if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 static bool EnableDebugSignalHandler(DWORD signal) {
+  if (signal == CTRL_C_EVENT) exit(1);
   if (signal != CTRL_BREAK_EVENT) return false;
 
   // Break once process will return execution to v8