diff --git a/brush-core/src/builtins/exit.rs b/brush-core/src/builtins/exit.rs
index 9c5b9d02..a57c3bb8 100644
--- a/brush-core/src/builtins/exit.rs
+++ b/brush-core/src/builtins/exit.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 
+use std::io::Write;
+
 use crate::{builtins, commands};
 
 /// Exit the shell.
@@ -14,6 +16,18 @@ impl builtins::Command for ExitCommand {
         &self,
         context: commands::ExecutionContext<'_>,
     ) -> Result<crate::builtins::ExitCode, crate::error::Error> {
+        if !context.shell.jobs.jobs.is_empty() && context.shell.user_tried_exiting == 0 {
+            writeln!(context.stdout(), "brush: You have suspended jobs.")?;
+
+            context.shell.user_tried_exiting = 2; // get's decreased this input too so next input will be 1
+
+            return Ok(builtins::ExitCode::Custom(1))
+        }
+
+        for job in &mut context.shell.jobs.jobs {
+            job.kill(Some(nix::sys::signal::SIGHUP))?;
+        }
+
         let code_8bit: u8;
 
         #[allow(clippy::cast_sign_loss)]
diff --git a/brush-core/src/builtins/kill.rs b/brush-core/src/builtins/kill.rs
index 3a134104..b73c4d99 100644
--- a/brush-core/src/builtins/kill.rs
+++ b/brush-core/src/builtins/kill.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl builtins::Command for KillCommand {
             if pid_or_job_spec.starts_with('%') {
                 // It's a job spec.
                 if let Some(job) = context.shell.jobs.resolve_job_spec(pid_or_job_spec) {
-                    job.kill()?;
+                    job.kill(None)?;
                 } else {
                     writeln!(
                         context.stderr(),
diff --git a/brush-core/src/jobs.rs b/brush-core/src/jobs.rs
index 65f573b8..c511b056 100644
--- a/brush-core/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/brush-core/src/jobs.rs
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ impl Job {
     }
 
     /// Kills the job.
-    pub fn kill(&mut self) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
+    pub fn kill(&mut self, signal: Option<nix::sys::signal::Signal>) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
         if let Some(pid) = self.get_process_group_id() {
-            sys::signal::kill_process(pid)
+            sys::signal::kill_process(pid, signal)
         } else {
             Err(error::Error::FailedToSendSignal)
         }
diff --git a/brush-core/src/shell.rs b/brush-core/src/shell.rs
index 7e5db481..97feed9e 100644
--- a/brush-core/src/shell.rs
+++ b/brush-core/src/shell.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ pub struct Shell {
     // Additional state
     /// The status of the last completed command.
     pub last_exit_status: u8,
+    
+    /// User tried exiting in the previous/current input if != 0.
+    pub user_tried_exiting: u8,
 
     /// Clone depth from the original ancestor shell.
     pub depth: usize,
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ impl Clone for Shell {
             builtins: self.builtins.clone(),
             program_location_cache: self.program_location_cache.clone(),
             depth: self.depth + 1,
+            user_tried_exiting: self.user_tried_exiting
         }
     }
 }
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ impl Shell {
             builtins: builtins::get_default_builtins(options),
             program_location_cache: pathcache::PathCache::default(),
             depth: 0,
+            user_tried_exiting: 0
         };
 
         // TODO: Without this a script that sets extglob will fail because we
diff --git a/brush-core/src/sys/unix/signal.rs b/brush-core/src/sys/unix/signal.rs
index 67cb1a6d..1e859c1e 100644
--- a/brush-core/src/sys/unix/signal.rs
+++ b/brush-core/src/sys/unix/signal.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ pub(crate) fn continue_process(pid: sys::process::ProcessId) -> Result<(), error
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn kill_process(pid: sys::process::ProcessId) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
-    nix::sys::signal::kill(nix::unistd::Pid::from_raw(pid), nix::sys::signal::SIGKILL)
+pub(crate) fn kill_process(pid: sys::process::ProcessId, signal: Option<nix::sys::signal::Signal>) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
+    nix::sys::signal::kill(nix::unistd::Pid::from_raw(pid), signal.unwrap_or_else(|| nix::sys::signal::SIGKILL))
         .map_err(|_errno| error::Error::FailedToSendSignal)?;
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/brush-interactive/src/interactive_shell.rs b/brush-interactive/src/interactive_shell.rs
index cfe0a360..bc6d6565 100644
--- a/brush-interactive/src/interactive_shell.rs
+++ b/brush-interactive/src/interactive_shell.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ pub trait InteractiveShell {
                 ReadResult::Input(read_result) => {
                     let mut shell_mut = self.shell_mut();
 
+                    if shell_mut.as_mut().user_tried_exiting > 0 && !read_result.is_empty() {
+                        shell_mut.as_mut().user_tried_exiting -= 1;
+                    }
+
                     let precmd_prompt = shell_mut.as_mut().compose_precmd_prompt().await?;
                     if !precmd_prompt.is_empty() {
                         print!("{precmd_prompt}");