diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
index 6fa870dc329b..072437d9bfcf 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include "cmdline_tm.h"
 #include "bpf_cmd.h"
 
+static struct cmdline *testpmd_cl;
 static cmdline_parse_ctx_t *main_ctx;
 static TAILQ_HEAD(, testpmd_driver_commands) driver_commands_head =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(driver_commands_head);
@@ -13028,26 +13029,26 @@ cmdline_read_from_file(const char *filename)
 	printf("Read CLI commands from %s\n", filename);
 }
 
+void
+prompt_exit(void)
+{
+	cmdline_cancel(testpmd_cl);
+	cmdline_quit(testpmd_cl);
+}
+
 /* prompt function, called from main on MAIN lcore */
 void
 prompt(void)
 {
-	struct cmdline *cl;
-
-	cl = cmdline_stdin_new(main_ctx, "testpmd> ");
-	if (cl == NULL)
+	testpmd_cl = cmdline_stdin_new(main_ctx, "testpmd> ");
+	if (testpmd_cl == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Failed to create stdin based cmdline context\n");
 		return;
-
-	/* loop until signal or quit command */
-	while (f_quit == 0 && cl_quit == 0) {
-		int status = cmdline_poll(cl);
-
-		if (status < 0 || status == RDLINE_EXITED)
-			break;
 	}
 
-	cmdline_quit(cl);
-	cmdline_stdin_exit(cl);
+	cmdline_interact(testpmd_cl);
+	cmdline_stdin_exit(testpmd_cl);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index 2ce19ed47ab4..5cb6f9252395 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -4469,6 +4469,7 @@ static void
 signal_handler(int signum __rte_unused)
 {
 	f_quit = 1;
+	prompt_exit();
 }
 
 int
@@ -4479,8 +4480,18 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	uint16_t count;
 	int ret;
 
+#ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
 	signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
 	signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
+#else
+	/* Want read() not to be restarted on signal */
+	struct sigaction action = {
+		.sa_handler = signal_handler,
+	};
+
+	sigaction(SIGINT, &action, NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGTERM, &action, NULL);
+#endif
 
 	testpmd_logtype = rte_log_register("testpmd");
 	if (testpmd_logtype < 0)
diff --git a/lib/cmdline/cmdline.h b/lib/cmdline/cmdline.h
index b14355ef5121..2a1721cf9712 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline/cmdline.h
+++ b/lib/cmdline/cmdline.h
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ int cmdline_poll(struct cmdline *cl);
 void cmdline_interact(struct cmdline *cl);
 void cmdline_quit(struct cmdline *cl);
 
+
+/**
+ * This function causes the read() in cmdline_interact to exit.
+ *
+ * @param cl
+ *   The command line object.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+void cmdline_cancel(struct cmdline *cl);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_unix.c b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_unix.c
index 64a945a34fb3..5f9839a15f98 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_unix.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_unix.c
@@ -51,3 +51,8 @@ cmdline_vdprintf(int fd, const char *format, va_list op)
 {
 	return vdprintf(fd, format, op);
 }
+
+void
+cmdline_cancel(__rte_unused struct cmdline *cl)
+{
+}
diff --git a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_windows.c b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_windows.c
index 73ed9ba290b8..80863bfc8a00 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_windows.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_os_windows.c
@@ -203,3 +203,17 @@ cmdline_vdprintf(int fd, const char *format, va_list op)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void
+cmdline_cancel(struct cmdline *cl)
+{
+	if (!cl)
+		return;
+
+	/* force the outstanding read on console to exit */
+	if (cl->oldterm.is_console_input) {
+		HANDLE handle = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(cl->s_in);
+
+		CancelIoEx(handle, NULL);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_private.h b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_private.h
index a3271c76934a..7ec42ac3c78f 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline/cmdline_private.h
+++ b/lib/cmdline/cmdline_private.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #define RDLINE_HISTORY_MAX_LINE 64
 
 struct rdline {
-	enum rdline_status status;
+	volatile enum rdline_status status;
 	/* rdline bufs */
 	struct cirbuf left;
 	struct cirbuf right;
diff --git a/lib/cmdline/version.map b/lib/cmdline/version.map
index e3d59aaf8d61..a8a417cd6ff1 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline/version.map
+++ b/lib/cmdline/version.map
@@ -84,5 +84,8 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	# added in 22.07
 	cmdline_parse_check;
 
+	# added in 23.03
+	cmdline_cancel;
+
 	local: *;
 };
