diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index f8f9e1c..dbafe30 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -284,6 +284,14 @@ pub struct CommonOpts {
     #[clap(long)]
     pub kill_process_tree: bool,
 
+    /// Abort shawl if ctrl-C or ctrl-Break is received unexpectedly.
+    /// Use this when running shawl directly from a terminal so that Ctrl+C stops it.
+    /// Or if you expect shawl to handle those ctrl c.
+    /// Using this as a service means that, when the service or the child receive ctrl c,
+    /// it may throw an STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN error to windows
+    #[clap(long)]
+    pub interactive: bool,
+
     /// Command to run as a service
     #[clap(required(true), last(true))]
     pub command: Vec<String>,
@@ -974,6 +982,23 @@ speculate::speculate! {
             );
         }
 
+        it "accepts --interactive" {
+            check_args(
+                &["shawl", "run", "--interactive", "--", "foo"],
+                Cli {
+                    sub: Subcommand::Run {
+                        name: s("Shawl"),
+                        cwd: None,
+                        common: CommonOpts {
+                            interactive: true,
+                            command: vec![s("foo")],
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            );
+        }
+
         it "accepts --env" {
             check_args(
                 &["shawl", "add", "--env", "FOO=bar", "--name", "foo", "--", "foo"],
diff --git a/src/control.rs b/src/control.rs
index 2255f15..445d62a 100644
--- a/src/control.rs
+++ b/src/control.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ fn construct_shawl_run_args(name: &str, cwd: &Option<String>, opts: &CommonOpts)
     if opts.kill_process_tree {
         shawl_args.push("--kill-process-tree".to_string());
     }
+    if opts.interactive {
+        shawl_args.push("--interactive".to_string());
+    }
     shawl_args
 }
 
@@ -600,6 +603,20 @@ speculate::speculate! {
                 vec!["run", "--name", "shawl", "--kill-process-tree"],
             );
         }
+
+        it "handles --interactive" {
+            assert_eq!(
+                construct_shawl_run_args(
+                    &s("shawl"),
+                    &None,
+                    &CommonOpts {
+                        interactive: true,
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    }
+                ),
+                vec!["run", "--name", "shawl", "--interactive"],
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     describe "prepare_command" {
diff --git a/src/service.rs b/src/service.rs
index 07ed6c2..73bb1f4 100644
--- a/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/service.rs
@@ -88,12 +88,13 @@ pub fn run_service(start_arguments: Vec<std::ffi::OsString>) -> windows_service:
     };
     let pass = &opts.pass.unwrap_or_else(|| vec![0]);
     let stop_timeout = &opts.stop_timeout.unwrap_or(3000_u64);
+    let interactive = opts.interactive;
     let mut service_exit_code = ServiceExitCode::NO_ERROR;
 
     let ignore_ctrlc = std::sync::Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false));
     let ignore_ctrlc2 = ignore_ctrlc.clone();
     ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
-        if !ignore_ctrlc2.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) {
+        if interactive && !ignore_ctrlc2.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) {
             std::process::abort();
         }
     })