diff --git a/contrib/systemd-updates/pk-offline-update.c b/contrib/systemd-updates/pk-offline-update.c
index 47871e348..65bd7ec81 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd-updates/pk-offline-update.c
+++ b/contrib/systemd-updates/pk-offline-update.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib-unix.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include <gio/gio.h>
@@ -526,6 +527,18 @@ pk_offline_update_loop_quit_cb (gpointer user_data)
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * pk_offline_update_sigint_cb:
+ **/
+static gboolean
+pk_offline_update_sigint_cb (gpointer user_data)
+{
+	PkOfflineUpdateHelper *helper = (PkOfflineUpdateHelper *) user_data;
+	pk_log_warning (helper, "Handling SIGINT");
+	pk_log_write (helper);
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 /**
  * main:
  **/
@@ -562,6 +575,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	helper->log = g_string_new ("started\n");
 	helper->time_started = g_get_real_time ();
 
+	/* do stuff on ctrl-c */
+	g_unix_signal_add_full (G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
+				SIGINT,
+				pk_offline_update_sigint_cb,
+				helper,
+				NULL);
+
 	/* get the list of packages to update */
 	ret = g_file_get_contents (PK_OFFLINE_PREPARED_UPDATE_FILENAME,
 				   &packages_data,