diff --git a/src/xpra/platform/win32/gui.py b/src/xpra/platform/win32/gui.py
index 4d637ed72a..ceb2c5dde2 100644
--- a/src/xpra/platform/win32/gui.py
+++ b/src/xpra/platform/win32/gui.py
@@ -535,6 +535,12 @@ def handle_console_event(self, event):
             log.info("received console event %s", str(event_name).replace("_EVENT", ""))
         else:
             log.warn("unknown console event: %s", event_name)
+        if event==win32con.CTRL_C_EVENT:
+            self.client.signal_disconnect_and_quit(0, "CTRL_C")
+            return 1
+        if event==win32con.CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT:
+            self.client.signal_disconnect_and_quit(0, "CTRL_CLOSE")
+            return 1
         return 0