diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 3d0c68f..aa7e624 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 int Py_DebugFlag; /* Needed by parser.c */
 int Py_VerboseFlag; /* Needed by import.c */
 int Py_InteractiveFlag; /* Needed by Py_FdIsInteractive() below */
+int Py_InspectFlag; /* Needed to determine whether to exit at SystemError */
 int Py_NoSiteFlag; /* Suppress 'import site' */
 int Py_UseClassExceptionsFlag = 1; /* Needed by bltinmodule.c: deprecated */
 int Py_FrozenFlag; /* Needed by getpath.c */
@@ -1019,6 +1020,11 @@
 	PyObject *exception, *value, *tb;
 	int exitcode = 0;
 
+	if (Py_InspectFlag)
+		/* Don't exit if -i flag was given. This flag is set to 0
+		 * when entering interactive mode for inspecting. */
+		return;
+
 	PyErr_Fetch(&exception, &value, &tb);
 	if (Py_FlushLine())
 		PyErr_Clear();