diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a621e25d..951c402e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctrlc"
+version = "3.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d91974fbbe88ec1df0c24a4f00f99583667a7e2e6272b2b92d294d81e462173"
+dependencies = [
+ "nix",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "3.0.2"
@@ -452,6 +462,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e322c04a9e3440c327fca7b6c8a63e6890a32fa2ad689db972425f07e0d22abb"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -623,6 +645,7 @@ name = "rubyfmt-main"
 version = "0.8.0-pre"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "ctrlc",
  "dirs",
  "filetime",
  "glob",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f12d9870..81977f53 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "3.2.16", features = ["derive"] }
+ctrlc = { version = "3.2", features = ["termination"] }
 dirs = "3.0.2"
 filetime = "0.2.14"
 glob = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 21adc0ba..022dd72d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -340,6 +340,12 @@ fn puts_stdout(input: &String) {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
+        eprintln!("`rubyfmt` process was terminated. Exiting...");
+        exit(1);
+    })
+    .expect("Error setting Ctrl-C handler");
+
     updates::begin_checking_for_updates();
 
     let opts = get_command_line_options();