diff --git a/glanceclient/common/utils.py b/glanceclient/common/utils.py
index a8c7faa..e51643f 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/utils.py
@@ -234,10 +234,10 @@ def import_versioned_module(version, submodule=None):
     return importutils.import_module(module)
 
 
-def exit(msg=''):
+def exit(msg='', exit_code=1):
     if msg:
         print(encodeutils.safe_decode(msg), file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
+    sys.exit(exit_code)
 
 
 def save_image(data, path):
diff --git a/glanceclient/shell.py b/glanceclient/shell.py
index b19d63b..3ee1c06 100644
--- a/glanceclient/shell.py
+++ b/glanceclient/shell.py
@@ -697,6 +697,6 @@ def main():
     try:
         OpenStackImagesShell().main(map(encodeutils.safe_decode, sys.argv[1:]))
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        utils.exit('... terminating glance client')
+        utils.exit('... terminating glance client', exit_code=130)
     except Exception as e:
         utils.exit(utils.exception_to_str(e))
diff --git a/tests/test_shell.py b/tests/test_shell.py
index 0327db7..2721655 100644
--- a/tests/test_shell.py
+++ b/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -289,6 +289,15 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual('mydomain', kwargs['project_domain_name'])
             self.assertEqual('myid', kwargs['project_domain_id'])
 
+    @mock.patch.object(openstack_shell.OpenStackImagesShell, 'main')
+    def test_shell_keyboard_interrupt(self, mock_glance_shell):
+        # Ensure that exit code is 130 for KeyboardInterrupt
+        try:
+            mock_glance_shell.side_effect = KeyboardInterrupt()
+            openstack_shell.main()
+        except SystemExit as ex:
+            self.assertEqual(130, ex.code)
+
 
 class ShellTestWithKeystoneV3Auth(ShellTest):
     # auth environment to use