diff --git a/src/datachain/catalog/catalog.py b/src/datachain/catalog/catalog.py
index e893d860e..9a8ee8c40 100644
--- a/src/datachain/catalog/catalog.py
+++ b/src/datachain/catalog/catalog.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import os.path
 import posixpath
+import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
@@ -97,6 +98,46 @@ def noop(_: str):
     pass
 
 
+class TerminationSignal(RuntimeError):  # noqa: N818
+    def __init__(self, signal):
+        self.signal = signal
+        super().__init__("Received termination signal", signal)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({self.signal})"
+
+
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    SIGINT = signal.CTRL_C_EVENT
+else:
+    SIGINT = signal.SIGINT
+
+
+def graceful_shutdown(
+    proc: subprocess.Popen,
+    interrupt: bool = True,
+    interrupt_timeout: Optional[int] = None,
+    terminate_timeout: Optional[int] = None,
+) -> None:
+    if interrupt:
+        logger.info("sending interrupt signal to the process %s", proc.pid)
+        proc.send_signal(SIGINT)
+
+    logger.info("waiting for the process %s to finish", proc.pid)
+    try:
+        proc.wait(interrupt_timeout)
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        logger.info(
+            "timed out waiting, sending terminate signal to the process %s", proc.pid
+        )
+        proc.terminate()
+        try:
+            proc.wait(terminate_timeout)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            logger.info("timed out waiting, killing the process %s", proc.pid)
+            proc.kill()
+
+
 def _process_stream(stream: "IO[bytes]", callback: Callable[[str], None]) -> None:
     buffer = b""
     while byt := stream.read(1):  # Read one byte at a time
@@ -1493,6 +1534,9 @@ def query(
         output_hook: Callable[[str], None] = noop,
         params: Optional[dict[str, str]] = None,
         job_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        interrupt_timeout: Optional[int] = None,
+        terminate_timeout: Optional[int] = None,
+        send_interrupt: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         cmd = [python_executable, "-c", query_script]
         env = dict(env or os.environ)
@@ -1506,13 +1550,48 @@ def query(
         if capture_output:
             popen_kwargs = {"stdout": subprocess.PIPE, "stderr": subprocess.STDOUT}
 
+        def signal_handler(sig: int, frame: Any) -> NoReturn:
+            raise TerminationSignal(sig)
+
+        orig_handler = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGTERM)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
+
+        thread = None
         with subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=env, **popen_kwargs) as proc:  # noqa: S603
-            if capture_output:
-                args = (proc.stdout, output_hook)
-                thread = Thread(target=_process_stream, args=args, daemon=True)
-                thread.start()
-                thread.join()  # wait for the reader thread
+            logger.info("Running script with PID %s", proc.pid)
+            try:
+                if capture_output:
+                    args = (proc.stdout, output_hook)
+                    thread = Thread(target=_process_stream, args=args, daemon=True)
+                    thread.start()
+
+                proc.wait()
+            except (KeyboardInterrupt, TerminationSignal) as exc:
+                if orig_handler is not None:
+                    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, orig_handler)
+
+                logging.info("Terminating process %s, received %r", proc.pid, exc)
+
+                # If process is running in the foreground, TTY sends signals to all
+                # processes in the process group. So, by default, we don't send
+                # interrupt signal to the child process again.
+                # If interrupt needs to be sent, this can be enabled by setting
+                # send_interrupt to True.
+                graceful_shutdown(
+                    proc,
+                    send_interrupt,
+                    interrupt_timeout=interrupt_timeout,
+                    terminate_timeout=terminate_timeout,
+                )
+                if proc.returncode:
+                    raise
+            finally:
+                if orig_handler is not None:
+                    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, orig_handler)
+                if thread:
+                    thread.join()
 
+        logging.info("Process %s exited with return code %s", proc.pid, proc.returncode)
         if proc.returncode == QUERY_SCRIPT_CANCELED_EXIT_CODE:
             raise QueryScriptCancelError(
                 "Query script was canceled by user",