diff --git a/scripts/hookd/hookd.py b/scripts/hookd/hookd.py
index f9c224506..d13798bc4 100755
--- a/scripts/hookd/hookd.py
+++ b/scripts/hookd/hookd.py
@@ -138,10 +138,14 @@ def run_once(stdin: TextIO, stdout: TextIO):
             # Respect SIGTERM and SIGINT
 
             if (
-                isinstance(exc, (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt))
+                isinstance(exc, SystemExit)
+                # setutools will throw `SystemExit` on incorrect usage so do not treat
+                # it as a SIGTERM
                 and build_backend_name != "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__"
             ):
                 raise
+            elif isinstance(exc, KeyboardInterrupt):
+                raise
 
             raise HookRuntimeError(exc) from exc
         else: