diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 66a0de7ce27..cce17b4c7fd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-3.3.0 (unreleased)
-------------------
+Unreleased
+----------
 
-- Support new locations of unix, str, dynlink in OCaml >= 5.0
-  (#5582, @dra27)
+- Set the exit code to 130 when dune is terminated with a signal (#5769, fixes
+  #5757)
+
+- Support new locations of unix, str, dynlink in OCaml >= 5.0 (#5582, @dra27)
 
 3.2.0 (17-05-2022)
 ------------------
diff --git a/bin/main.ml b/bin/main.ml
index 0bbdec878d5..f16cd067410 100644
--- a/bin/main.ml
+++ b/bin/main.ml
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ let () =
     | `Error _ -> exit 1
     | _ -> exit 0
   with
-  | Scheduler.Run.Shutdown_requested -> exit 0
+  | Scheduler.Run.Shutdown.E Requested -> exit 0
+  | Scheduler.Run.Shutdown.E (Signal _) -> exit 130
   | exn ->
     let exn = Exn_with_backtrace.capture exn in
     Dune_util.Report_error.report exn;
diff --git a/src/dune_engine/scheduler.ml b/src/dune_engine/scheduler.ml
index 7656ac707d5..5b636beae07 100644
--- a/src/dune_engine/scheduler.ml
+++ b/src/dune_engine/scheduler.ml
@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ module Signal = struct
   let name t = Signal.name (to_int t)
 end
 
+module Shutdown = struct
+  module Signal = Signal
+
+  module Reason = struct
+    type t =
+      | Requested
+      | Signal of Signal.t
+  end
+
+  exception E of Reason.t
+end
+
 module Thread : sig
   val spawn : (unit -> 'a) -> unit
 
@@ -993,7 +1005,7 @@ let prepare (config : Config.t) ~(handler : Handler.t) =
 module Run_once : sig
   type run_error =
     | Already_reported
-    | Shutdown_requested
+    | Shutdown_requested of Shutdown.Reason.t
     | Exn of Exn_with_backtrace.t
 
   (** Run the build and clean up after it (kill any stray processes etc). *)
@@ -1001,7 +1013,7 @@ module Run_once : sig
 end = struct
   type run_error =
     | Already_reported
-    | Shutdown_requested
+    | Shutdown_requested of Shutdown.Reason.t
     | Exn of Exn_with_backtrace.t
 
   exception Abort of run_error
@@ -1081,11 +1093,14 @@ end = struct
       filesystem_watcher_terminated ();
       raise (Abort Already_reported)
     | Yield ivar -> [ Fill (ivar, ()) ]
-    | Shutdown signal -> (
+    | Shutdown signal ->
       got_signal signal;
-      match signal with
-      | Shutdown -> raise (Abort Shutdown_requested)
-      | _ -> raise (Abort Already_reported))
+      raise
+      @@ Abort
+           (Shutdown_requested
+              (match signal with
+              | Shutdown -> Requested
+              | Signal s -> Signal s))
 
   let run t f : _ result =
     let fiber =
@@ -1177,6 +1192,8 @@ let wait_for_build_input_change t =
 module Run = struct
   exception Build_cancelled = Build_cancelled
 
+  module Shutdown = Shutdown
+
   type file_watcher =
     | Automatic
     | No_watcher
@@ -1271,8 +1288,6 @@ module Run = struct
     in
     loop ()
 
-  exception Shutdown_requested
-
   let go config ?timeout ?(file_watcher = No_watcher)
       ~(on_event : Config.t -> Handler.Event.t -> unit) run =
     let events, prepare = prepare config ~handler:on_event in
@@ -1312,7 +1327,7 @@ module Run = struct
       in
       match Run_once.run_and_cleanup t run with
       | Ok a -> Result.Ok a
-      | Error Shutdown_requested -> Error (Shutdown_requested, None)
+      | Error (Shutdown_requested reason) -> Error (Shutdown.E reason, None)
       | Error Already_reported ->
         Error (Dune_util.Report_error.Already_reported, None)
       | Error (Exn exn_with_bt) ->
diff --git a/src/dune_engine/scheduler.mli b/src/dune_engine/scheduler.mli
index f320d3b7cf8..24cdb4bc9fa 100644
--- a/src/dune_engine/scheduler.mli
+++ b/src/dune_engine/scheduler.mli
@@ -53,10 +53,26 @@ module Run : sig
     | Automatic
     | No_watcher
 
-  (** Raised when [go] terminates due to the user requesting a shutdown via rpc.
-      The caller needs to know about this to set the exit code to 0 for such
-      cases *)
-  exception Shutdown_requested
+  module Shutdown : sig
+    module Signal : sig
+      (* TODO move this stuff into stdune? *)
+      type t =
+        | Int
+        | Quit
+        | Term
+    end
+
+    module Reason : sig
+      type t =
+        | Requested
+        | Signal of Signal.t
+    end
+
+    (** Raised when [go] terminates due to the user requesting a shutdown via
+        rpc or raising a signal. The caller needs to know about this to set the
+        exit code correctly *)
+    exception E of Reason.t
+  end
 
   exception Build_cancelled
 
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/signal-exit-code.t b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/signal-exit-code.t
index b401ca89f20..a81ee4bdc1b 100644
--- a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/signal-exit-code.t
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/signal-exit-code.t
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Demonstrate the exit code once dune is interrupted by a signal
   > EOF
 
   $ dune build @all
-  [1]
+  [130]
diff --git a/test/expect-tests/dune_rpc_e2e/dune_rpc_registry_test.ml b/test/expect-tests/dune_rpc_e2e/dune_rpc_registry_test.ml
index ba6fb06f63f..9f02b233769 100644
--- a/test/expect-tests/dune_rpc_e2e/dune_rpc_registry_test.ml
+++ b/test/expect-tests/dune_rpc_e2e/dune_rpc_registry_test.ml
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@ let%expect_test "turn on dune watch and wait until the connection is listed" =
   run case;
   [%expect
     {|
-    $PATH/dune build --passive-watch-mode --root . returned 1
+    $PATH/dune build --passive-watch-mode --root . returned 130
     [PASS] found . at unix:path=%24CWD/_build/.rpc/dune |}]
diff --git a/test/expect-tests/scheduler_tests.ml b/test/expect-tests/scheduler_tests.ml
index 2926d63dfc1..374fb3ea51a 100644
--- a/test/expect-tests/scheduler_tests.ml
+++ b/test/expect-tests/scheduler_tests.ml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let go f =
   in
   try
     Scheduler.Run.go config ~file_watcher:No_watcher ~on_event:(fun _ _ -> ()) f
-  with Scheduler.Run.Shutdown_requested -> ()
+  with Scheduler.Run.Shutdown.E Requested -> ()
 
 let true_ = Bin.which "true" ~path:(Env.path Env.initial) |> Option.value_exn