diff --git a/object_creator/creator_main.cpp b/object_creator/creator_main.cpp
index dd85ab9472ee5..6b6235062a10b 100644
--- a/object_creator/creator_main.cpp
+++ b/object_creator/creator_main.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 #include <QtWidgets/qsplashscreen.h>
 #include <QtGui/qpainter.h>
 
+//Required by the sigaction function in the exit_handler
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#include "platform_win.h"
+#else
+#include <csignal>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <QtCore/QtPlugin>
 Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN( QWindowsIntegrationPlugin );
@@ -46,7 +53,20 @@ void exit_handler( int s )
 
         catacurses::endwin();
 
-        exit( exit_status );
+    // As suggested by https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/67893
+    #if !defined(_WIN32)
+        if( s == 2 ) {
+            struct sigaction sigIntHandler;
+            sigIntHandler.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+            sigemptyset( &sigIntHandler.sa_mask );
+            sigIntHandler.sa_flags = 0;
+            sigaction( SIGINT, &sigIntHandler, nullptr );
+            kill( getpid(), s );
+        } else
+    #endif
+        {
+            exit( exit_status );
+        }
     }
     inp_mngr.set_timeout( old_timeout );
 }