diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index bb43f8631c95..1646af526089 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -4144,6 +4144,16 @@ sub send_email {
     }
 }
 
+sub cancel_test {
+    if ($email_when_canceled) {
+        send_email("KTEST: Your [$test_type] test was cancelled",
+                "Your test started at $script_start_time was cancelled: sig int");
+    }
+    die "\nCaught Sig Int, test interrupted: $!\n"
+}
+
+$SIG{INT} = qw(cancel_test);
+
 # First we need to do is the builds
 for (my $i = 1; $i <= $opt{"NUM_TESTS"}; $i++) {