diff --git a/src/basic/btrfs-util.c b/src/basic/btrfs-util.c
index 1ee0110e2ff..540a1990ce0 100644
--- a/src/basic/btrfs-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/btrfs-util.c
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ int btrfs_subvol_snapshot_fd_full(
                 } else if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 
-                r = copy_directory_fd_full(old_fd, new_path, COPY_MERGE|COPY_REFLINK|COPY_SAME_MOUNT, progress_path, progress_bytes, userdata);
+                r = copy_directory_fd_full(old_fd, new_path, COPY_MERGE|COPY_REFLINK|COPY_SAME_MOUNT|(FLAGS_SET(flags, BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_SIGINT) ? COPY_SIGINT : 0), progress_path, progress_bytes, userdata);
                 if (r < 0)
                         goto fallback_fail;
 
diff --git a/src/basic/btrfs-util.h b/src/basic/btrfs-util.h
index 7d848a75d36..b15667bf2f8 100644
--- a/src/basic/btrfs-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/btrfs-util.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef enum BtrfsSnapshotFlags {
         BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_QUOTA              = 1 << 3,
         BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_FALLBACK_DIRECTORY = 1 << 4, /* If the destination doesn't support subvolumes, reflink/copy instead */
         BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_FALLBACK_IMMUTABLE = 1 << 5, /* When we can't create a subvolume, use the FS_IMMUTABLE attribute for indicating read-only */
+        BTRFS_SNAPSHOT_SIGINT             = 1 << 6, /* Check for SIGINT regularly, and return EINTR if seen */
 } BtrfsSnapshotFlags;
 
 typedef enum BtrfsRemoveFlags {