diff --git a/lib/std/Progress.zig b/lib/std/Progress.zig
index 9c34cbbec99d..4c21a12f0b9a 100644
--- a/lib/std/Progress.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Progress.zig
@@ -417,6 +417,17 @@ pub fn start(options: Options) Node {
                 posix.sigaction(posix.SIG.WINCH, &act, null);
             }
 
+            std.io.tty.setInterruptSignalHandler(struct {
+                fn interrupt_signal_handler() void {
+                    switch (global_progress.terminal_mode) {
+                        .off => unreachable, // handled a few lines above
+                        .ansi_escape_codes => clearWrittenWithEscapeCodes() catch {},
+                        .windows_api => if (is_windows) clearWrittenWindowsApi() catch {} else unreachable,
+                    }
+                    std.process.exit(1);
+                }
+            }.interrupt_signal_handler) catch {};
+
             if (switch (global_progress.terminal_mode) {
                 .off => unreachable, // handled a few lines above
                 .ansi_escape_codes => std.Thread.spawn(.{}, updateThreadRun, .{}),
diff --git a/lib/std/io/tty.zig b/lib/std/io/tty.zig
index 83206a6a677d..7bb3ffd9edba 100644
--- a/lib/std/io/tty.zig
+++ b/lib/std/io/tty.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,46 @@ const process = std.process;
 const windows = std.os.windows;
 const native_os = builtin.os.tag;
 
+/// Registers a global handler function to run if an interrupt signal is catched.
+/// An interrupt signal is usually fired if Ctrl+C is pressed in the terminal that controls the process.
+///
+/// Because this handler won't run if Ctrl+C isn't pressed by the user, registering this handler failed,
+/// or the handler was overwritten by another setInterruptSignalHandler call,
+/// this should be used only for non-critical cleanups or resets of terminal state and such.
+///
+/// A program can only have one handler at a time.
+///
+/// The handler will not exit the program after it runs.
+pub fn setInterruptSignalHandler(comptime handler: *const fn () void) error{Unexpected}!void {
+    if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+        const handler_routine = struct {
+            fn handler_routine(dwCtrlType: windows.DWORD) callconv(windows.WINAPI) windows.BOOL {
+                if (dwCtrlType == windows.CTRL_C_EVENT) {
+                    handler();
+                    return windows.TRUE;
+                } else {
+                    // Ignore this event.
+                    return windows.FALSE;
+                }
+            }
+        }.handler_routine;
+        try windows.SetConsoleCtrlHandler(handler_routine, true);
+    } else {
+        const internal_handler = struct {
+            fn internal_handler(sig: c_int) callconv(.C) void {
+                std.debug.assert(sig == std.posix.SIG.INT);
+                handler();
+            }
+        }.internal_handler;
+        const act = std.posix.Sigaction{
+            .handler = .{ .handler = internal_handler },
+            .mask = std.posix.empty_sigset,
+            .flags = 0,
+        };
+        std.posix.sigaction(std.posix.SIG.INT, &act, null);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Detect suitable TTY configuration options for the given file (commonly stdout/stderr).
 /// This includes feature checks for ANSI escape codes and the Windows console API, as well as
 /// respecting the `NO_COLOR` and `CLICOLOR_FORCE` environment variables to override the default.