diff -uNr ipmitool-1.8.17/lib/ipmi_main.c ipmitool-1.8.17-signal/lib/ipmi_main.c
--- ipmitool-1.8.17/lib/ipmi_main.c	2016-05-06 10:48:54.000000000 -0400
+++ ipmitool-1.8.17-signal/lib/ipmi_main.c	2016-11-03 22:38:41.868914065 -0400
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 
 extern int verbose;
 extern int csv_output;
+extern int sol_activated;
 extern const struct valstr ipmi_privlvl_vals[];
 extern const struct valstr ipmi_authtype_session_vals[];
 
@@ -271,24 +272,30 @@
 	if (cmdlist != NULL)
 		ipmi_cmd_print(cmdlist);
 }
-/* ipmi_catch_sigint  -  Handle the interrupt signal (Ctrl-C), close the
- *                       interface, and exit ipmitool with error (-1)
+ /* ipmi_catch_sig  - Handle the interrupt signal (Ctrl-C),TERM signal,
+ *                    and HUP signal. Close the interface, and exit
+ *                    ipmitool with error (-1)
  *
- *                       This insures that the IOL session gets freed
- *                       for other callers.
+ *                    This insures that the IOL session gets freed
+ *                    for other callers.
  *
  * returns -1
  */
-void ipmi_catch_sigint()
+void ipmi_catch_sig(const int sig)
 {
-	if (ipmi_main_intf != NULL) {
-		printf("\nSIGN INT: Close Interface %s\n",ipmi_main_intf->desc);
-		/* reduce retry count to a single retry */
-		ipmi_main_intf->ssn_params.retry = 1;
-		/* close interface */
-		ipmi_main_intf->close(ipmi_main_intf);
-	}
-	exit(-1);
+    if (sol_activated == 1) {
+        printf("\nSIGN %s: Deactivate sol session\r\n",strsignal(sig));
+        sol_activated = 0;
+    } else {
+        if (ipmi_main_intf != NULL) {
+            printf("\nSIGN %s: Close Interface %s\n",strsignal(sig), ipmi_main_intf->desc);
+            /* reduce retry count to a single retry */
+            ipmi_main_intf->ssn_params.retry = 1;
+            /* close interface */
+            ipmi_main_intf->close(ipmi_main_intf);
+        }
+        exit(-1);
+    }
 }
 
 /* ipmi_parse_hex - convert hexadecimal numbers to ascii string
@@ -420,7 +427,9 @@
 	/* save program name */
 	progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
 	progname = ((progname == NULL) ? argv[0] : progname+1);
-	signal(SIGINT, ipmi_catch_sigint);
+	signal(SIGINT, ipmi_catch_sig);
+	signal(SIGTERM, ipmi_catch_sig);
+	signal(SIGHUP, ipmi_catch_sig);
 
 	while ((argflag = getopt(argc, (char **)argv, OPTION_STRING)) != -1)
 	{
diff -uNr ipmitool-1.8.17/lib/ipmi_sol.c ipmitool-1.8.17-signal/lib/ipmi_sol.c
--- ipmitool-1.8.17/lib/ipmi_sol.c	2016-11-03 22:31:55.998893852 -0400
+++ ipmitool-1.8.17-signal/lib/ipmi_sol.c	2016-11-04 01:18:45.669370142 -0400
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #if defined(HAVE_CONFIG_H)
 # include <config.h>
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
 static int            _use_sol_for_keepalive = 0;
 
 extern int verbose;
-
+int sol_activated = 0;
 /*
  * ipmi_sol_payload_access
  */
@@ -1556,6 +1557,11 @@
 		FD_SET(0, &read_fds);
 		FD_SET(intf->fd, &read_fds);
 
+                if (sol_activated == 0) {
+                    bBmcClosedSession = 0;
+                    keepAliveRet = 0;
+                    break;
+                }
 		if (!ipmi_oem_active(intf,"i82571spt"))
 		{
 			/* Send periodic keepalive packet */
@@ -1584,6 +1590,11 @@
 		{
 			if (retval == -1)
 			{
+                                if (errno == EINTR) {
+                                    bBmcClosedSession = 0;
+                                    keepAliveRet = 0;
+                                    break;
+                                }
 				/* ERROR */
 				perror("select");
 				return -1;
@@ -1629,6 +1640,10 @@
 				{
 					output(rs);
 				}
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    bShouldExit = bBmcClosedSession = 1;
+                                }
 				/*
 				 * Should recv_sol come back null, the incoming packet was not ours.
 				 * Just fall through, the keepalive logic will determine if
@@ -1647,24 +1662,23 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	leave_raw_mode();
-
-	if (keepAliveRet != 0)
-	{
-		lprintf(LOG_ERR, "Error: No response to keepalive - Terminating session");
-		/* attempt to clean up anyway */
-		ipmi_sol_deactivate(intf, instance);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	if (bBmcClosedSession)
-	{
-		lprintf(LOG_ERR, "SOL session closed by BMC");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	else
-		ipmi_sol_deactivate(intf, instance);
+ 
+        leave_raw_mode();
+        ipmi_sol_deactivate(intf, instance);
+        if (keepAliveRet != 0)
+        {
+            lprintf(LOG_ERR, "Error: No response to keepalive - Terminating session");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (bBmcClosedSession)
+        {
+            lprintf(LOG_ERR, "SOL session closed by BMC");
+            return -1;
+        } else if (sol_activated == 0)
+        {
+            lprintf(LOG_ERR, "SOL session closed by signal");
+            return -1;
+        }
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1748,7 +1762,8 @@
 	data[3] = 0x00; /* reserved */
 	data[4] = 0x00; /* reserved */
 	data[5] = 0x00; /* reserved */
-
+        /* Make sure deactivate code sent to BMC no matter what the status is */
+        sol_activated = 1;
 	rsp = intf->sendrecv(intf, &req);
 
 	if (NULL != rsp) {