diff --git a/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py b/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py
index 677bf1f1ba..c6c1082892 100644
--- a/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py
+++ b/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class TaskRunner(object):
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print "STOPPING JOBS..."
             self.stopAllJobs()
+            return 1
 
         except:
             print "Unknown exception..."