diff --git a/mesonbuild/mtest.py b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
index 2caa3678d..59ddec112 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mtest.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
@@ -608,6 +608,13 @@ def load_tests(build_dir: str) -> T.List[TestSerialisation]:
 
 # Custom waiting primitives for asyncio
 
+async def complete(future: asyncio.Future) -> None:
+    """Wait for completion of the given future, ignoring cancellation."""
+    try:
+        await future
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        pass
+
 async def complete_all(futures: T.Iterable[asyncio.Future]) -> None:
     """Wait for completion of all the given futures, ignoring cancellation."""
     while futures:
@@ -1161,10 +1168,11 @@ class TestHarness:
         if self.options.wd:
             os.chdir(self.options.wd)
         self.build_data = build.load(os.getcwd())
+        interrupted = False
 
         async def run_test(test: SingleTestRunner,
                            name: str, index: int) -> None:
-            if self.options.repeat > 1 and self.fail_count:
+            if interrupted or (self.options.repeat > 1 and self.fail_count):
                 return
             res = await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(executor, test.run)
             self.process_test_result(res)
@@ -1175,6 +1183,17 @@ class TestHarness:
                 f.result()
             futures.remove(f)
 
+        def cancel_all_futures() -> None:
+            nonlocal interrupted
+            if interrupted:
+                return
+            interrupted = True
+            mlog.warning('CTRL-C detected, interrupting')
+            for f in futures:
+                f.cancel()
+
+        if sys.platform != 'win32':
+            asyncio.get_event_loop().add_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, cancel_all_futures)
         try:
             for _ in range(self.options.repeat):
                 for i, test in enumerate(tests, 1):
@@ -1183,11 +1202,11 @@ class TestHarness:
 
                     if not test.is_parallel or single_test.options.gdb:
                         await complete_all(futures)
-                        await run_test(single_test, visible_name, i)
-                    else:
-                        future = asyncio.ensure_future(run_test(single_test, visible_name, i))
-                        futures.append(future)
-                        future.add_done_callback(test_done)
+                    future = asyncio.ensure_future(run_test(single_test, visible_name, i))
+                    futures.append(future)
+                    future.add_done_callback(test_done)
+                    if not test.is_parallel or single_test.options.gdb:
+                        await complete(future)
                 if self.options.repeat > 1 and self.fail_count:
                     break
 
@@ -1198,6 +1217,8 @@ class TestHarness:
             if self.logfilename:
                 print('Full log written to {}'.format(self.logfilename))
         finally:
+            if sys.platform != 'win32':
+                asyncio.get_event_loop().remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT)
             os.chdir(startdir)
 
 def list_tests(th: TestHarness) -> bool: