diff --git a/app/Cardano/Launcher.hs b/app/Cardano/Launcher.hs
index 9aa446daa4a..aaaf81edf23 100644
--- a/app/Cardano/Launcher.hs
+++ b/app/Cardano/Launcher.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
 -- |
 -- Copyright: © 2018-2019 IOHK
 -- License: MIT
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ module Cardano.Launcher
     ( Command (..)
     , ProcessHasExited(..)
     , launch
+    , installSignalHandlers
     ) where
 
 import Prelude
@@ -27,6 +30,13 @@ import System.Exit
 import System.Process
     ( proc, waitForProcess, withCreateProcess )
 
+#ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS
+import Cardano.Launcher.Windows
+    ( installSignalHandlers )
+#else
+import Cardano.Launcher.POSIX
+    ( installSignalHandlers )
+#endif
 
 data Command = Command
     { cmdName :: String
@@ -73,6 +83,6 @@ launch cmds = do
             throwIO $ ProcessHasExited name code
     case res of
         Left e -> return e
-        Right _ -> error
-            "Unreachable. Supervising threads should never finish. \
-            \They should stay running or throw @ProcessHasExited@."
+        Right _ -> error $
+            "Unreachable. Supervising threads should never finish. " <>
+            "They should stay running or throw @ProcessHasExited@."
diff --git a/app/Cardano/Launcher/POSIX.hs b/app/Cardano/Launcher/POSIX.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cee08cd596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Cardano/Launcher/POSIX.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2018-2019 IOHK
+-- License: MIT
+-- Portability: POSIX
+--
+
+module Cardano.Launcher.POSIX
+    ( installSignalHandlers
+    ) where
+
+import Prelude
+
+import Control.Monad
+    ( void )
+import Say
+    ( sayErr )
+import System.Posix.Signals
+    ( Handler (..)
+    , installHandler
+    , keyboardSignal
+    , raiseSignal
+    , softwareTermination
+    )
+
+-- | Convert any SIGTERM received to SIGINT, for which the runtime system has
+-- handlers that will correctly clean up sub-processes.
+installSignalHandlers :: IO ()
+installSignalHandlers = void $
+    installHandler softwareTermination termHandler Nothing
+    where
+        termHandler = CatchOnce $ do
+            sayErr "Terminated by signal."
+            raiseSignal keyboardSignal
diff --git a/app/Cardano/Launcher/Windows.hs b/app/Cardano/Launcher/Windows.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50e0a01e127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Cardano/Launcher/Windows.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2018-2019 IOHK
+-- License: MIT
+-- Portability: Windows
+--
+
+module Cardano.Launcher.Windows
+    ( installSignalHandlers
+    ) where
+
+import Prelude
+
+-- | Stub function for windows.
+installSignalHandlers :: IO ()
+installSignalHandlers = pure ()
diff --git a/app/launcher/Main.hs b/app/launcher/Main.hs
index a1a77c2f8ea..85c9eb495ce 100644
--- a/app/launcher/Main.hs
+++ b/app/launcher/Main.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import Prelude
 import Cardano.CLI
     ( Network, Port, decode, encode, getArg )
 import Cardano.Launcher
-    ( Command (Command), ProcessHasExited (ProcessHasExited), launch )
+    ( Command (Command), ProcessHasExited (ProcessHasExited), launch
+    , installSignalHandlers )
 import Control.Concurrent
     ( threadDelay )
 import Control.Monad
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ main = do
     network <- getArg args cli (longOption "network") decode
 
     sayErr "Starting..."
+    installSignalHandlers
     let commands =
             [ nodeHttpBridgeOn bridgePort
             , walletOn walletPort bridgePort network
diff --git a/cardano-wallet.cabal b/cardano-wallet.cabal
index 8f96943ee52..449ed0fec16 100644
--- a/cardano-wallet.cabal
+++ b/cardano-wallet.cabal
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ executable cardano-wallet-launcher
   other-modules:
       Cardano.CLI
       Cardano.Launcher
+  if os(windows)
+    build-depends: Win32
+    other-modules: Cardano.Launcher.Windows
+  else
+    build-depends: unix
+    other-modules: Cardano.Launcher.POSIX
+
   main-is:
      Main.hs