diff --git a/Sources/Console/Console/Console.swift b/Sources/Console/Console/Console.swift
index f3062c9b..5261a500 100644
--- a/Sources/Console/Console/Console.swift
+++ b/Sources/Console/Console/Console.swift
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ public protocol ConsoleProtocol {
         - returns: The return string from the method
      */
     func backgroundExecute(program: String, arguments: [String]) throws -> String
+
+    /// Upon a console instance being killed for example w/ ctrl+c
+    /// a console should forward the message to kill listeners
+    func registerKillListener(_ listener: @escaping (Int32) -> Void)
 }
 
 extension ConsoleProtocol {
diff --git a/Sources/Console/Terminal/Terminal.swift b/Sources/Console/Terminal/Terminal.swift
index 56453d53..517ceb1a 100644
--- a/Sources/Console/Terminal/Terminal.swift
+++ b/Sources/Console/Terminal/Terminal.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import libc
 import Foundation
 
 private var _pids: [UnsafeMutablePointer<pid_t>] = []
+private var _killListeners: [(Int32) -> Void] = []
 
 public class Terminal: ConsoleProtocol {
     public enum Error: Swift.Error {
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ public class Terminal: ConsoleProtocol {
     }
 
     public let arguments: [String]
-    
+
     /**
         Creates an instance of Terminal.
     */
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ public class Terminal: ConsoleProtocol {
         self.arguments = arguments
 
         func kill(sig: Int32) {
+            _killListeners.forEach { listener in
+                listener(sig)
+            }
+
             for pid in _pids {
                 _ = libc.kill(pid.pointee, sig)
             }
@@ -156,4 +161,8 @@ public class Terminal: ConsoleProtocol {
     private func command(_ command: Command) {
         output(command.ansi, newLine: false)
     }
+
+    public func registerKillListener(_ listener: @escaping (Int32) -> Void) {
+        _killListeners.append(listener)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/ConsoleTests/Utilities.swift b/Tests/ConsoleTests/Utilities.swift
index b6de2f6b..a80d60c1 100644
--- a/Tests/ConsoleTests/Utilities.swift
+++ b/Tests/ConsoleTests/Utilities.swift
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ class TestConsole: ConsoleProtocol {
     var inputBuffer: String = ""
     var outputBuffer: String = ""
 
+    var size: (width: Int, height: Int) {
+        return (0, 0)
+    }
+    
     func output(_ string: String, style: ConsoleStyle, newLine: Bool) {
         outputBuffer += string
         if newLine {
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ class TestConsole: ConsoleProtocol {
 
     }
 
-    var size: (width: Int, height: Int) {
-        return (0, 0)
+    func registerKillListener(_ listener: @escaping (Int32) -> Void) {
+
     }
 }