diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js
index 5418a14a4410a4..cc557adcc4c88e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/harness.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const {
     ERR_TEST_FAILURE,
   },
 } = require('internal/errors');
+const signalNumbers = internalBinding('constants').os.signals;
 const { exitCodes: { kGenericUserError } } = internalBinding('errors');
 const { kCancelledByParent, Test, Suite } = require('internal/test_runner/test');
 const {
@@ -285,8 +286,8 @@ function setupProcessState(root, globalOptions) {
     process.removeListener('unhandledRejection', rejectionHandler);
     process.removeListener('beforeExit', exitHandler);
     if (globalOptions.isTestRunner) {
-      process.removeListener('SIGINT', terminationHandler);
-      process.removeListener('SIGTERM', terminationHandler);
+      process.removeListener('SIGINT', sigintHandler);
+      process.removeListener('SIGTERM', sigtermHandler);
     }
   };
 
@@ -310,24 +311,27 @@ function setupProcessState(root, globalOptions) {
     return running;
   };
 
-  const terminationHandler = async () => {
+  const terminationHandler = async (signal) => {
     const runningTests = findRunningTests(root);
     if (runningTests.length > 0) {
       root.reporter.interrupted(runningTests);
       // Allow the reporter stream to process the interrupted event
       await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
     }
+    process.exitCode = 128 + signalNumbers[signal];
     await exitHandler(true);
     process.exit();
   };
+  const sigintHandler = FunctionPrototypeBind(terminationHandler, null, 'SIGINT');
+  const sigtermHandler = FunctionPrototypeBind(terminationHandler, null, 'SIGTERM');
 
   process.on('uncaughtException', exceptionHandler);
   process.on('unhandledRejection', rejectionHandler);
   process.on('beforeExit', exitHandler);
   // TODO(MoLow): Make it configurable to hook when isTestRunner === false.
   if (globalOptions.isTestRunner) {
-    process.on('SIGINT', terminationHandler);
-    process.on('SIGTERM', terminationHandler);
+    process.on('SIGINT', sigintHandler);
+    process.on('SIGTERM', sigtermHandler);
   }
 
   root.harness.coverage = FunctionPrototypeBind(collectCoverage, null, root, coverage);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js b/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
index c25becee3f708f..f965b374404d12 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { spawnSync, spawn } = require('child_process');
 const { once } = require('events');
 const { finished } = require('stream/promises');
 
-async function runAndKill(file, expectedTestName) {
+async function runAndKill(file, expectedTestName, killSignal, expectedCode) {
   if (common.isWindows) {
     common.printSkipMessage(`signals are not supported in windows, skipping ${file}`);
     return;
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ async function runAndKill(file, expectedTestName) {
   const child = spawn(process.execPath, ['--test', '--test-reporter=tap', file]);
   child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
   child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
-    if (!stdout.length) child.kill('SIGINT');
+    if (!stdout.length) child.kill(killSignal);
     stdout += chunk;
   });
-  const [code, signal] = await once(child, 'exit');
+  const [code, exitSignal] = await once(child, 'exit');
   await finished(child.stdout);
   assert(stdout.startsWith('TAP version 13\n'));
   // Verify interrupted test message
   assert(stdout.includes(`Interrupted while running: ${expectedTestName}`),
          `Expected output to contain interrupted test name`);
-  assert.strictEqual(signal, null);
-  assert.strictEqual(code, 1);
+  assert.strictEqual(exitSignal, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(code, expectedCode);
 }
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   // because the parent runner only knows about file-level tests
   const neverEndingSync = fixtures.path('test-runner', 'never_ending_sync.js');
   const neverEndingAsync = fixtures.path('test-runner', 'never_ending_async.js');
-  runAndKill(neverEndingSync, neverEndingSync).then(common.mustCall());
-  runAndKill(neverEndingAsync, neverEndingAsync).then(common.mustCall());
+  runAndKill(neverEndingSync, neverEndingSync, 'SIGINT', 130).then(common.mustCall());
+  runAndKill(neverEndingAsync, neverEndingAsync, 'SIGTERM', 143).then(common.mustCall());
 }