diff --git a/src/os/signal/doc.go b/src/os/signal/doc.go
index 16f49c7ab8be17..868669cba3e1fc 100644
--- a/src/os/signal/doc.go
+++ b/src/os/signal/doc.go
@@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ Windows
 On Windows a ^C (Control-C) or ^BREAK (Control-Break) normally cause
 the program to exit. If Notify is called for os.Interrupt, ^C or ^BREAK
 will cause os.Interrupt to be sent on the channel, and the program will
-not exit. If Reset is called, or Stop is called on all channels passed
-to Notify, then the default behavior will be restored.
+not exit. Additionally, the "close", "shutdown", and "logoff" events
+typically give an application a chance to exit cleanly before Windows
+terminates them forcefully, and those events will be mapped to SIGTERM.
+If Reset is called, or Stop is called on all channels passed to Notify,
+then the default behavior will be restored.
 
 Plan 9
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/defs_windows.go b/src/runtime/defs_windows.go
index 9bd910747640eb..43f358d56af9f2 100644
--- a/src/runtime/defs_windows.go
+++ b/src/runtime/defs_windows.go
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ const (
 	DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS   = C.DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS
 	THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST = C.THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST
 
-	SIGINT           = C.SIGINT
-	CTRL_C_EVENT     = C.CTRL_C_EVENT
-	CTRL_BREAK_EVENT = C.CTRL_BREAK_EVENT
+	SIGINT              = C.SIGINT
+	SIGTERM             = C.SIGTERM
+	CTRL_C_EVENT        = C.CTRL_C_EVENT
+	CTRL_BREAK_EVENT    = C.CTRL_BREAK_EVENT
+	CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT    = C.CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT
+	CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT   = C.CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT
+	CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT = C.CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT
 
 	CONTEXT_CONTROL = C.CONTEXT_CONTROL
 	CONTEXT_FULL    = C.CONTEXT_FULL
diff --git a/src/runtime/defs_windows_386.go b/src/runtime/defs_windows_386.go
index 8c0d6d8b98fdcc..3c5057b86f0b72 100644
--- a/src/runtime/defs_windows_386.go
+++ b/src/runtime/defs_windows_386.go
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ const (
 	_DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS   = 0x2
 	_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST = 0x2
 
-	_SIGINT           = 0x2
-	_CTRL_C_EVENT     = 0x0
-	_CTRL_BREAK_EVENT = 0x1
+	_SIGINT              = 0x2
+	_SIGTERM             = 0xF
+	_CTRL_C_EVENT        = 0x0
+	_CTRL_BREAK_EVENT    = 0x1
+	_CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT    = 0x2
+	_CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT   = 0x5
+	_CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT = 0x6
 
 	_CONTEXT_CONTROL = 0x10001
 	_CONTEXT_FULL    = 0x10007
diff --git a/src/runtime/defs_windows_amd64.go b/src/runtime/defs_windows_amd64.go
index 42a446d3cdfc7a..ebb1506e2f50cb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/defs_windows_amd64.go
+++ b/src/runtime/defs_windows_amd64.go
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ const (
 	_DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS   = 0x2
 	_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST = 0x2
 
-	_SIGINT           = 0x2
-	_CTRL_C_EVENT     = 0x0
-	_CTRL_BREAK_EVENT = 0x1
+	_SIGINT              = 0x2
+	_SIGTERM             = 0xF
+	_CTRL_C_EVENT        = 0x0
+	_CTRL_BREAK_EVENT    = 0x1
+	_CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT    = 0x2
+	_CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT   = 0x5
+	_CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT = 0x6
 
 	_CONTEXT_CONTROL = 0x100001
 	_CONTEXT_FULL    = 0x10000b
diff --git a/src/runtime/defs_windows_arm.go b/src/runtime/defs_windows_arm.go
index 049f5b613a74d3..b275b0572a7e76 100644
--- a/src/runtime/defs_windows_arm.go
+++ b/src/runtime/defs_windows_arm.go
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ const (
 	_DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS   = 0x2
 	_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST = 0x2
 
-	_SIGINT           = 0x2
-	_CTRL_C_EVENT     = 0x0
-	_CTRL_BREAK_EVENT = 0x1
+	_SIGINT              = 0x2
+	_SIGTERM             = 0xF
+	_CTRL_C_EVENT        = 0x0
+	_CTRL_BREAK_EVENT    = 0x1
+	_CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT    = 0x2
+	_CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT   = 0x5
+	_CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT = 0x6
 
 	_CONTEXT_CONTROL = 0x10001
 	_CONTEXT_FULL    = 0x10007
diff --git a/src/runtime/os_windows.go b/src/runtime/os_windows.go
index 074ae0f40de8a6..9540069e11a75f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/os_windows.go
+++ b/src/runtime/os_windows.go
@@ -894,6 +894,8 @@ func ctrlhandler1(_type uint32) uint32 {
 	switch _type {
 	case _CTRL_C_EVENT, _CTRL_BREAK_EVENT:
 		s = _SIGINT
+	case _CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT, _CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT, _CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT:
+		s = _SIGTERM
 	default:
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/src/syscall/types_windows.go b/src/syscall/types_windows.go
index 0b839339d2f197..0349f3b180dea0 100644
--- a/src/syscall/types_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/types_windows.go
@@ -176,8 +176,11 @@ const (
 	FILE_MAP_READ    = 0x04
 	FILE_MAP_EXECUTE = 0x20
 
-	CTRL_C_EVENT     = 0
-	CTRL_BREAK_EVENT = 1
+	CTRL_C_EVENT        = 0
+	CTRL_BREAK_EVENT    = 1
+	CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT    = 2
+	CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT   = 5
+	CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT = 6
 )
 
 const (