diff --git a/src/agent/ConsoleInput.cc b/src/agent/ConsoleInput.cc
index 497b1493..9a7549b3 100644
--- a/src/agent/ConsoleInput.cc
+++ b/src/agent/ConsoleInput.cc
@@ -375,7 +375,14 @@ int ConsoleInput::scanInput(std::vector<INPUT_RECORD> &records,
 {
     ASSERT(inputSize >= 1);
 
-    // Ctrl-C.
+    // Ctrl-C.  We need to use window messages when the console is in
+    // ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT mode so that Ctrl-C interrupts a ReadConsole
+    // call.  In unprocessed mode, we can't use this code path, because it
+    // would produce a KEY_EVENT_RECORD with a NUL UnicodeChar.  We can't use
+    // the ordinary VkKeyScan code path for Ctrl-C, either, because it produces
+    // an unmodified VK_CANCEL.  Instead, there's an entry for Ctrl-C in the
+    // SimpleEncoding table in DefaultInputMap.
+    // See https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/116.
     if (input[0] == '\x03' && (inputConsoleMode() & ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT)) {
         flushInputRecords(records);
         trace("Sending Ctrl-C KEYDOWN/KEYUP messages");
diff --git a/src/agent/DefaultInputMap.cc b/src/agent/DefaultInputMap.cc
index b4dd7b42..e3a4dba1 100644
--- a/src/agent/DefaultInputMap.cc
+++ b/src/agent/DefaultInputMap.cc
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ static void addSimpleEntries(InputMap &inputMap) {
 
         {   "\x7F",         { VK_BACK,  '\x08', 0,                                  } },
         {   ESC "\x7F",     { VK_BACK,  '\x08', LEFT_ALT_PRESSED,                   } },
+        {   "\x03",         { 'C',      '\x03', LEFT_CTRL_PRESSED,                  } },
 
         // Handle special F1-F5 for TERM=linux and TERM=cygwin.
         {   ESC "[[A",      { VK_F1,    '\0',   0                                   } },