diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1fe77bb..0b139ce 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ tags: $(wildcard *.c) $(wildcard *.h)
 .PHONY: test
 
 test:
-	@for i in test/*.krk; do echo $$i; ./kuroko $$i > $$i.expect; done
+	@for i in test/*.krk; do echo $$i; KUROKO_TEST_ENV=1 ./kuroko $$i > $$i.expect; done
 	@git diff test/*.expect
diff --git a/kuroko.c b/kuroko.c
index c020ed5..9490f2a 100644
--- a/kuroko.c
+++ b/kuroko.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #ifdef __toaru__
 #include <toaru/rline.h>
@@ -213,6 +214,14 @@ static void tab_complete_func(rline_context_t * c) {
 }
 #endif
 
+static void handleSigint(int sigNum) {
+	if (vm.frameCount) {
+		krk_runtimeError(vm.exceptions.keyboardInterrupt, "Keyboard interrupt.");
+	}
+
+	signal(sigNum, handleSigint);
+}
+
 /* Runs the interpreter to get the version information. */
 static int version(void) {
 	krk_initVM(0);
@@ -296,6 +305,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
 
 	krk_initVM(flags);
 
+	/* Bind interrupt signal */
+	signal(SIGINT, handleSigint);
+
 #ifdef STATIC_ONLY
 	/* Add any other modules you want to include that are normally built as shared objects. */
 	STATIC_MODULE(fileio);
diff --git a/test/testKeyboardInterrupt.krk b/test/testKeyboardInterrupt.krk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1176a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testKeyboardInterrupt.krk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import time
+import os
+
+if 'KUROKO_TEST_ENV' in os.environ:
+    print('(This test is skipped by the test suite.)')
+    return 0
+
+print("This while loop should handle a ^C.")
+
+try:
+    while True:
+        print("Tick.")
+        time.sleep(1)
+except:
+    print("Caught an exception:", exception.__class__.__name__)
+
+print("This loop will not...")
+while True:
+    print("Tick.")
+    time.sleep(1)
diff --git a/test/testKeyboardInterrupt.krk.expect b/test/testKeyboardInterrupt.krk.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..300a5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testKeyboardInterrupt.krk.expect
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(This test is skipped by the test suite.)
diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index 72a0ccd..929a13e 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -2622,6 +2622,7 @@ void krk_initVM(int flags) {
 	ADD_EXCEPTION_CLASS(vm.exceptions.importError, "ImportError", vm.exceptions.baseException);
 	ADD_EXCEPTION_CLASS(vm.exceptions.ioError, "IOError", vm.exceptions.baseException);
 	ADD_EXCEPTION_CLASS(vm.exceptions.valueError, "ValueError", vm.exceptions.baseException);
+	ADD_EXCEPTION_CLASS(vm.exceptions.keyboardInterrupt, "KeyboardInterrupt", vm.exceptions.baseException);
 
 	/* Build classes for basic types */
 	ADD_BASE_CLASS(vm.baseClasses.typeClass, "type", vm.objectClass);
diff --git a/vm.h b/vm.h
index a239ee4..eb97343 100644
--- a/vm.h
+++ b/vm.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ typedef struct {
 		KrkClass * importError;
 		KrkClass * ioError;
 		KrkClass * valueError;
+		KrkClass * keyboardInterrupt;
 	} exceptions;
 
 	struct {