diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index b40656cf..7415bc83 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #if defined( Q_OS_UNIX )
   #include <clocale>
+  #include "unix/ksignalhandler.hh"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
@@ -590,6 +591,12 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
   if ( gdcl.needTranslateWord() )
     m.wordReceived( gdcl.wordToTranslate() );
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
+  // handle Unix's shutdown signals for graceful exit
+  KSignalHandler::self()->watchSignal( SIGINT );
+  KSignalHandler::self()->watchSignal( SIGTERM );
+  QObject::connect( KSignalHandler::self(), &KSignalHandler::signalReceived, &m, &MainWindow::quitApp );
+#endif
   int r = app.exec();
 
   app.removeDataCommiter( m );
diff --git a/src/unix/ksignalhandler.cc b/src/unix/ksignalhandler.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6c48c88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unix/ksignalhandler.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+    Copied from KDE's KCoreAddons with minor modifications
+*/
+#include <QtGlobal>
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
+
+  #include "ksignalhandler.hh"
+  #include <QSocketNotifier>
+  #include <QTimer>
+  #include <QDebug>
+  #include <cerrno>
+  #include <fcntl.h>
+  #include <signal.h>
+  #include <sys/socket.h>
+  #include <unistd.h>
+
+class KSignalHandlerPrivate: public QObject
+{
+public:
+  static void signalHandler( int signal );
+  void handleSignal();
+
+  QSet< int > m_signalsRegistered;
+  static int signalFd[ 2 ];
+  QSocketNotifier * m_handler = nullptr;
+
+  KSignalHandler * q;
+};
+
+int KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 2 ];
+
+KSignalHandler::KSignalHandler():
+  d( new KSignalHandlerPrivate )
+{
+  d->q = this;
+  if ( ::socketpair( AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd ) ) {
+    qDebug() << "Couldn't create a socketpair";
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // ensure the sockets are not leaked to child processes, SOCK_CLOEXEC not supported on macOS
+  fcntl( KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 0 ], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC );
+  fcntl( KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 1 ], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC );
+
+  QTimer::singleShot( 0, [ this ] {
+    d->m_handler = new QSocketNotifier( KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 1 ], QSocketNotifier::Read, this );
+    connect( d->m_handler, &QSocketNotifier::activated, d.get(), &KSignalHandlerPrivate::handleSignal );
+  } );
+}
+
+KSignalHandler::~KSignalHandler()
+{
+  for ( int sig : std::as_const( d->m_signalsRegistered ) ) {
+    signal( sig, nullptr );
+  }
+  close( KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 0 ] );
+  close( KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 1 ] );
+}
+
+void KSignalHandler::watchSignal( int signalToTrack )
+{
+  d->m_signalsRegistered.insert( signalToTrack );
+  signal( signalToTrack, KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalHandler );
+}
+
+void KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalHandler( int signal )
+{
+  const int ret = ::write( signalFd[ 0 ], &signal, sizeof( signal ) );
+  if ( ret != sizeof( signal ) ) {
+    qDebug() << "signalHandler couldn't write for signal" << strsignal( signal ) << " Got error:" << strerror( errno );
+  }
+}
+
+void KSignalHandlerPrivate::handleSignal()
+{
+  m_handler->setEnabled( false );
+  int signal;
+  const int ret = ::read( KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 1 ], &signal, sizeof( signal ) );
+  if ( ret != sizeof( signal ) ) {
+    qDebug() << "handleSignal couldn't read signal for fd" << KSignalHandlerPrivate::signalFd[ 1 ]
+             << " Got error:" << strerror( errno );
+    return;
+  }
+  m_handler->setEnabled( true );
+
+  Q_EMIT q->signalReceived( signal );
+}
+
+KSignalHandler * KSignalHandler::self()
+{
+  static KSignalHandler s_self;
+  return &s_self;
+}
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/src/unix/ksignalhandler.hh b/src/unix/ksignalhandler.hh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1de838b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unix/ksignalhandler.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+    Copied from KDE's KCoreAddons with minor modifications
+*/
+#pragma once
+#include <QtGlobal>
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
+  #include <QObject>
+  #include <signal.h>
+
+class KSignalHandlerPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * Allows getting ANSI C signals and forward them onto the Qt eventloop.
+ *
+ * It's a singleton as it relies on static data getting defined.
+ *
+ * \code
+ * {
+ *   KSignalHandler::self()->watchSignal(SIGTERM);
+ *   connect(KSignalHandler::self(), &KSignalHandler::signalReceived,
+ *           this, &SomeClass::handleSignal);
+ *   job->start();
+ * }
+ * \endcode
+ *
+ * @since 5.92
+ */
+class KSignalHandler: public QObject
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+  ~KSignalHandler() override;
+
+  /**
+   * Adds @p signal to be watched for. Once the process is notified about this signal, @m signalReceived will be emitted with the same @p signal as an
+   * argument.
+   *
+   * @see signalReceived
+   */
+  void watchSignal( int signal );
+
+  /**
+   * Fetches an instance we can use to register our signals.
+   */
+  static KSignalHandler * self();
+
+Q_SIGNALS:
+  /**
+   * Notifies that @p signal is emitted.
+   *
+   * To catch a signal, we need to make sure it's registered using @m watchSignal.
+   *
+   * @see watchSignal
+   */
+  void signalReceived( int signal );
+
+private:
+  KSignalHandler();
+
+  QScopedPointer< KSignalHandlerPrivate > d;
+};
+
+#endif
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