diff --git a/client.cpp b/client.cpp
index a088d47..fffb38e 100755
--- a/client.cpp
+++ b/client.cpp
@@ -646,6 +646,32 @@ void client_group::run(void)
     event_base_dispatch(m_base);
 }
 
+void client_group::interrupt(void)
+{
+    // Mark all clients as interrupted
+    set_all_clients_interrupted();
+    // Break the event loop to stop processing
+    event_base_loopbreak(m_base);
+    // Set end time for all clients as close as possible to the loop break
+    finalize_all_clients();
+}
+
+void client_group::finalize_all_clients(void)
+{
+    for (std::vector<client*>::iterator i = m_clients.begin(); i != m_clients.end(); i++) {
+        client* c = *i;
+        c->set_end_time();
+    }
+}
+
+void client_group::set_all_clients_interrupted(void)
+{
+    for (std::vector<client*>::iterator i = m_clients.begin(); i != m_clients.end(); i++) {
+        client* c = *i;
+        c->get_stats()->set_interrupted(true);
+    }
+}
+
 unsigned long int client_group::get_total_bytes(void)
 {
     unsigned long int total_bytes = 0;
diff --git a/client.h b/client.h
index 6f599a4..5696cf4 100755
--- a/client.h
+++ b/client.h
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ class client_group {
     int create_clients(int count);
     int prepare(void);
     void run(void);
+    void interrupt(void);
+    void finalize_all_clients(void);
+    void set_all_clients_interrupted(void);
 
     void write_client_stats(const char *prefix);
 
diff --git a/memtier_benchmark.cpp b/memtier_benchmark.cpp
index f05eb2d..7ed7113 100755
--- a/memtier_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/memtier_benchmark.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #ifdef USE_TLS
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
@@ -65,6 +66,16 @@
 
 
 static int log_level = 0;
+
+// Global flag for signal handling
+static volatile sig_atomic_t g_interrupted = 0;
+
+// Signal handler for Ctrl+C
+static void sigint_handler(int signum)
+{
+    (void)signum;  // unused parameter
+    g_interrupted = 1;
+}
 void benchmark_log_file_line(int level, const char *filename, unsigned int line, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     if (level > log_level)
@@ -1329,6 +1340,25 @@ run_stats run_benchmark(int run_id, benchmark_config* cfg, object_generator* obj
         active_threads = 0;
         sleep(1);
 
+        // Check for Ctrl+C interrupt
+        if (g_interrupted) {
+            // Calculate elapsed time before interrupting
+            unsigned long int elapsed_duration = 0;
+            unsigned int thread_counter = 0;
+            for (std::vector<cg_thread*>::iterator i = threads.begin(); i != threads.end(); i++) {
+                thread_counter++;
+                float factor = ((float)(thread_counter - 1) / thread_counter);
+                elapsed_duration = factor * elapsed_duration + (float)(*i)->m_cg->get_duration_usec() / thread_counter;
+            }
+            fprintf(stderr, "\n[RUN #%u] Interrupted by user (Ctrl+C) after %.1f secs, stopping threads...\n",
+                    run_id, (float)elapsed_duration / 1000000);
+            // Interrupt all threads (marks clients as interrupted, breaks event loops, and finalizes stats)
+            for (std::vector<cg_thread*>::iterator i = threads.begin(); i != threads.end(); i++) {
+                (*i)->m_cg->interrupt();
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+
         unsigned long int total_ops = 0;
         unsigned long int total_bytes = 0;
         unsigned long int duration = 0;
@@ -1496,6 +1526,9 @@ static void cleanup_openssl(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    // Install signal handler for Ctrl+C
+    signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
+
     benchmark_config cfg = benchmark_config();
     cfg.arbitrary_commands = new arbitrary_command_list();
 
diff --git a/run_stats.cpp b/run_stats.cpp
index a5e38a0..1110d9a 100644
--- a/run_stats.cpp
+++ b/run_stats.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ inline timeval timeval_factorial_average(timeval a, timeval b, unsigned int weig
 
 run_stats::run_stats(benchmark_config *config) :
            m_config(config),
+           m_interrupted(false),
            m_totals(),
            m_cur_stats(0)
 {
@@ -792,6 +793,11 @@ void run_stats::merge(const run_stats& other, int iteration)
     m_start_time = timeval_factorial_average( m_start_time, other.m_start_time, iteration );
     m_end_time =   timeval_factorial_average( m_end_time,   other.m_end_time,   iteration );
 
+    // If any run was interrupted, mark the merged result as interrupted
+    if (other.m_interrupted) {
+        m_interrupted = true;
+    }
+
     // aggregate the one_second_stats vectors. this is not efficient
     // but it's not really important (small numbers, not realtime)
     for (std::list<one_second_stats>::const_iterator other_i = other.m_stats.begin();
@@ -1221,6 +1227,7 @@ void run_stats::print_json(json_handler *jsonhandler, arbitrary_command_list& co
         jsonhandler->write_obj("Finish time","%lld", end_time_ms);
         jsonhandler->write_obj("Total duration","%lld", end_time_ms-start_time_ms);
         jsonhandler->write_obj("Time unit","\"%s\"","MILLISECONDS");
+        jsonhandler->write_obj("Interrupted","\"%s\"", m_interrupted ? "true" : "false");
         jsonhandler->close_nesting();
     }
     std::vector<unsigned int> timestamps = get_one_sec_cmd_stats_timestamp();
diff --git a/run_stats.h b/run_stats.h
index 14796ea..2d137cf 100644
--- a/run_stats.h
+++ b/run_stats.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class run_stats {
 
     struct timeval m_start_time;
     struct timeval m_end_time;
+    bool m_interrupted;
 
     totals m_totals;
 
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ class run_stats {
     void setup_arbitrary_commands(size_t n_arbitrary_commands);
     void set_start_time(struct timeval* start_time);
     void set_end_time(struct timeval* end_time);
+    void set_interrupted(bool interrupted) { m_interrupted = interrupted; }
+    bool get_interrupted() const { return m_interrupted; }
 
     void update_get_op(struct timeval* ts, unsigned int bytes_rx, unsigned int bytes_tx, unsigned int latency, unsigned int hits, unsigned int misses);
     void update_set_op(struct timeval* ts, unsigned int bytes_rx, unsigned int bytes_tx, unsigned int latency);
diff --git a/tests/tests_oss_simple_flow.py b/tests/tests_oss_simple_flow.py
index c62ffec..bbb450f 100644
--- a/tests/tests_oss_simple_flow.py
+++ b/tests/tests_oss_simple_flow.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import tempfile
 import json
+import time
+import signal
+import subprocess
+import os
 from include import *
 from mb import Benchmark, RunConfig
 
@@ -907,3 +911,88 @@ def test_uri_invalid_database(env):
     # benchmark.run() should return False for invalid database number
     memtier_ok = benchmark.run()
     env.assertFalse(memtier_ok)
+
+
+def test_interrupt_signal_handling(env):
+    """Test that Ctrl+C (SIGINT) properly stops the benchmark and outputs correct statistics"""
+    # Use a large number of requests so the test doesn't finish before we interrupt it
+    benchmark_specs = {"name": env.testName, "args": ['--requests=1000000', '--hide-histogram']}
+    addTLSArgs(benchmark_specs, env)
+    config = get_default_memtier_config(threads=4, clients=50, requests=1000000)
+    master_nodes_list = env.getMasterNodesList()
+
+    add_required_env_arguments(benchmark_specs, config, env, master_nodes_list)
+
+    # Create a temporary directory
+    test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    config = RunConfig(test_dir, env.testName, config, {})
+    ensure_clean_benchmark_folder(config.results_dir)
+
+    benchmark = Benchmark.from_json(config, benchmark_specs)
+
+    # Start the benchmark process manually so we can send SIGINT
+    import logging
+    logging.debug('  Command: %s', ' '.join(benchmark.args))
+
+    stderr_file = open(os.path.join(config.results_dir, 'mb.stderr'), 'wb')
+    process = subprocess.Popen(
+        stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=stderr_file,
+        executable=benchmark.binary, args=benchmark.args)
+
+    # Wait 3 seconds then send SIGINT
+    time.sleep(3)
+    process.send_signal(signal.SIGINT)
+
+    # Wait for process to finish
+    _stdout, _ = process.communicate()
+    stderr_file.close()
+
+    # Write stdout to file
+    benchmark.write_file('mb.stdout', _stdout)
+
+    # Read stderr to check for interrupt message
+    with open(os.path.join(config.results_dir, 'mb.stderr'), 'r') as stderr:
+        stderr_content = stderr.read()
+        # Check that the interrupt message is present and shows elapsed time
+        env.assertTrue("Interrupted by user (Ctrl+C) after" in stderr_content)
+        env.assertTrue("secs, stopping threads..." in stderr_content)
+
+    # Check JSON output
+    json_filename = '{0}/mb.json'.format(config.results_dir)
+    env.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(json_filename))
+
+    with open(json_filename) as results_json:
+        results_dict = json.load(results_json)
+
+        # Check that Runtime section exists and has Interrupted flag
+        env.assertTrue("ALL STATS" in results_dict)
+        env.assertTrue("Runtime" in results_dict["ALL STATS"])
+        runtime = results_dict["ALL STATS"]["Runtime"]
+
+        # Verify interrupted flag is set to "true"
+        env.assertTrue("Interrupted" in runtime)
+        env.assertEqual(runtime["Interrupted"], "true")
+
+        # Verify duration is reasonable (should be around 3 seconds, give or take)
+        env.assertTrue("Total duration" in runtime)
+        duration_ms = runtime["Total duration"]
+        env.assertTrue(duration_ms >= 2000)  # At least 2 seconds
+        env.assertTrue(duration_ms <= 5000)  # At most 5 seconds
+
+        # Verify that throughput metrics are NOT zero
+        totals_metrics = results_dict["ALL STATS"]["Totals"]
+
+        # Check ops/sec is not zero
+        env.assertTrue("Ops/sec" in totals_metrics)
+        total_ops_sec = totals_metrics["Ops/sec"]
+        env.assertTrue(total_ops_sec > 0)
+
+        # Check latency metrics are not zero
+        env.assertTrue("Latency" in totals_metrics)
+        total_latency = totals_metrics["Latency"]
+        env.assertTrue(total_latency > 0)
+
+        # Check that we actually processed some operations
+        env.assertTrue("Count" in totals_metrics)
+        total_count = totals_metrics["Count"]
+        env.assertTrue(total_count > 0)