diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 70799fb..680712e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 *Release date: XX-XXX-200X*
 
+- Allow keyboard interrupt only when user code is executing in subprocess.
+  Patch 1225 Tal Einat (reworked from IDLE-Spoon).
+
 - configDialog cleanup. Patch 1730217 Tal Einat.
 
 - textView cleanup. Patch 1718043 Tal Einat.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/run.py b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
index ae810c4..4eb64d6 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/run.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@
 
 # Thread shared globals: Establish a queue between a subthread (which handles
 # the socket) and the main thread (which runs user code), plus global
-# completion and exit flags:
+# completion, exit and interruptable (the main thread) flags:
 
 exit_now = False
 quitting = False
+interruptable = False
 
 def main(del_exitfunc=False):
     """Start the Python execution server in a subprocess
@@ -280,9 +281,14 @@
         self.autocomplete = AutoComplete.AutoComplete()
 
     def runcode(self, code):
+        global interruptable
         try:
             self.usr_exc_info = None
-            exec code in self.locals
+            interruptable = True
+            try:
+                exec code in self.locals
+            finally:
+                interruptable = False
         except:
             self.usr_exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             if quitting:
@@ -296,7 +302,8 @@
             flush_stdout()
 
     def interrupt_the_server(self):
-        thread.interrupt_main()
+        if interruptable:
+            thread.interrupt_main()
 
     def start_the_debugger(self, gui_adap_oid):
         return RemoteDebugger.start_debugger(self.rpchandler, gui_adap_oid)