--- /dev/null
+--- a/networking/telnetd.c
++++ b/networking/telnetd.c
+@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ make_new_session(
+
+ /* Restore default signal handling ASAP */
+ bb_signals((1 << SIGCHLD) + (1 << SIGPIPE), SIG_DFL);
++ signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
+
+ pid = getpid();
+