diff --git a/CLI/Repl.cpp b/CLI/Repl.cpp
index ab66d1df..7e0c059b 100644
--- a/CLI/Repl.cpp
+++ b/CLI/Repl.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <csignal>
+#endif
+
 #include <locale.h>
 
 LUAU_FASTFLAG(DebugLuauTimeTracing)
@@ -42,6 +46,12 @@ enum class CompileFormat
 
 constexpr int MaxTraversalLimit = 50;
 
+// Ctrl-C handling
+volatile sig_atomic_t sigint_received = 0;
+static void handle_sig(int signum) {
+    sigint_received = 1;
+}
+
 struct GlobalOptions
 {
     int optimizationLevel = 1;
@@ -489,12 +499,27 @@ static void runReplImpl(lua_State* L)
     }
 }
 
+void ihandler(lua_State* L, int k) {
+    if (sigint_received) {
+        // when VM_INTERRUPT sees that the status is non-zero it will
+        // exit the interpreter loop
+        lua_setstatus(L,LUA_SIGINT);
+    }
+};
+
 static void runRepl()
 {
     std::unique_ptr<lua_State, void (*)(lua_State*)> globalState(luaL_newstate(), lua_close);
     lua_State* L = globalState.get();
 
     setupState(L);
+
+    // FIXME: add corresponding windows functionality
+    #ifndef _WIN32
+    signal(SIGINT, handle_sig);
+    lua_setinterrupt(L, &ihandler);
+    #endif
+
     luaL_sandboxthread(L);
     runReplImpl(L);
 }
diff --git a/VM/include/lua.h b/VM/include/lua.h
index ad07ca75..eb0be8df 100644
--- a/VM/include/lua.h
+++ b/VM/include/lua.h
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ LUA_API void lua_rawset(lua_State* L, int idx);
 LUA_API void lua_rawseti(lua_State* L, int idx, int n);
 LUA_API int lua_setmetatable(lua_State* L, int objindex);
 LUA_API int lua_setfenv(lua_State* L, int idx);
+LUA_API void lua_setstatus(lua_State* L, int status);
+LUA_API void lua_setinterrupt(lua_State* L, void (*interrupt)(lua_State* Lp, int k));
 
 /*
 ** `load' and `call' functions (load and run Luau bytecode)
diff --git a/VM/src/lapi.cpp b/VM/src/lapi.cpp
index 3c3b7bd0..fd8646b3 100644
--- a/VM/src/lapi.cpp
+++ b/VM/src/lapi.cpp
@@ -811,6 +811,16 @@ void lua_getfenv(lua_State* L, int idx)
 ** set functions (stack -> Lua)
 */
 
+void lua_setstatus(lua_State* L, int status) {
+    L->status = status;
+    return;
+}
+
+void lua_setinterrupt(lua_State* L, void (*interrupt)(lua_State* Lp, int k)) {
+    L->global->cb.interrupt = interrupt;
+    return;
+}
+
 void lua_settable(lua_State* L, int idx)
 {
     api_checknelems(L, 2);
diff --git a/VM/src/lvmexecute.cpp b/VM/src/lvmexecute.cpp
index a8797d5d..40e63717 100644
--- a/VM/src/lvmexecute.cpp
+++ b/VM/src/lvmexecute.cpp
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@
 #else
 #define VM_INTERRUPT() \
     { \
-        if (sigint_received)\
-        { \
-            sigint_received = 0; \
-            L->status = LUA_SIGINT; \
-            goto exit; \
-        } \
         void (*interrupt)(lua_State*, int) = L->global->cb.interrupt; \
         if (LUAU_UNLIKELY(!!interrupt)) \
         { /* the interrupt hook is called right before we advance pc */ \
@@ -131,10 +125,6 @@
  * VM_CONTINUE() Use an opcode override to dispatch with computed goto or
  * switch statement to skip a LOP_BREAK instruction.
  */
-volatile sig_atomic_t sigint_received = 0;
-static void handle_sig(int signum) {
-    sigint_received = 1;
-}
 #if VM_USE_CGOTO
 #define VM_CASE(op) CASE_##op:
 
@@ -332,8 +322,6 @@ static void luau_execute(lua_State* L)
     base = L->base;
     k = cl->l.p->k;
 
-    signal(SIGINT, handle_sig);
-
     VM_NEXT(); // starts the interpreter "loop"
 
     {