diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6bebef490..edd3c153b 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ on_finish:
 
 artifacts:
   - path: dist\*
+  - path: TestResult.xml
+    name: TestResult
+    type: xml
 
 notifications:
   - provider: Slack
diff --git a/src/embed_tests/Python.EmbeddingTest.csproj b/src/embed_tests/Python.EmbeddingTest.csproj
index 66e8c7165..7c627327d 100644
--- a/src/embed_tests/Python.EmbeddingTest.csproj
+++ b/src/embed_tests/Python.EmbeddingTest.csproj
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="TestConsoleInterrupt.cs" />
     <Compile Include="dynamic.cs" />
     <Compile Include="pyimport.cs" />
     <Compile Include="pyinitialize.cs" />
diff --git a/src/embed_tests/TestConsoleInterrupt.cs b/src/embed_tests/TestConsoleInterrupt.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b96e9c76
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/embed_tests/TestConsoleInterrupt.cs differ
diff --git a/src/runtime/pythonengine.cs b/src/runtime/pythonengine.cs
index a23c7ac79..b37c91bec 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pythonengine.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/pythonengine.cs
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ public static void Initialize()
             Initialize(setSysArgv: true);
         }
 
-        public static void Initialize(bool setSysArgv = true)
+        public static void Initialize(bool setSysArgv = true, bool initSigs = false)
         {
-            Initialize(Enumerable.Empty<string>(), setSysArgv: setSysArgv);
+            Initialize(Enumerable.Empty<string>(), setSysArgv: setSysArgv, initSigs: initSigs);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ public static void Initialize(bool setSysArgv = true)
         /// more than once, though initialization will only happen on the
         /// first call. It is *not* necessary to hold the Python global
         /// interpreter lock (GIL) to call this method.
+        /// initSigs can be set to 1 to do default python signal configuration. This will override the way signals are handled by the application.
         /// </remarks>
-        public static void Initialize(IEnumerable<string> args, bool setSysArgv = true)
+        public static void Initialize(IEnumerable<string> args, bool setSysArgv = true, bool initSigs = false)
         {
             if (!initialized)
             {
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ public static void Initialize(IEnumerable<string> args, bool setSysArgv = true)
                 // during an initial "import clr", and the world ends shortly thereafter.
                 // This is probably masking some bad mojo happening somewhere in Runtime.Initialize().
                 delegateManager = new DelegateManager();
-                Runtime.Initialize();
+                Runtime.Initialize(initSigs);
                 initialized = true;
                 Exceptions.Clear();
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.cs b/src/runtime/runtime.cs
index b08a56622..b6563c445 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime.cs
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ public class Runtime
         /// <summary>
         /// Initialize the runtime...
         /// </summary>
-        internal static void Initialize()
+        internal static void Initialize(bool initSigs)
         {
             if (Py_IsInitialized() == 0)
             {
-                Py_Initialize();
+                Py_InitializeEx(initSigs ? 1 : 0);
             }
 
             if (PyEval_ThreadsInitialized() == 0)
@@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ internal static unsafe long Refcount(IntPtr op)
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static extern void Py_Initialize();
 
+        [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        internal static extern void Py_InitializeEx(int initsigs);
+
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static extern int Py_IsInitialized();