diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-12-23-52-49.bpo-28166.dZ-Mz9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-12-23-52-49.bpo-28166.dZ-Mz9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..85bafc57fa3780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-12-23-52-49.bpo-28166.dZ-Mz9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``WindowsConsoleIO``: Continue to read when interrupted by Ctrl+C if
+``SIGINT`` is ignored or the handler doesn't raise an exception.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c b/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
index 6680488b740cfc..a40deb2818a165 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
@@ -583,14 +583,15 @@ read_console_w(HANDLE handle, DWORD maxlen, DWORD *readlen) {
                 break;
             err = 0;
             HANDLE hInterruptEvent = _PyOS_SigintEvent();
-            if (WaitForSingleObjectEx(hInterruptEvent, 100, FALSE)
-                    == WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
+            DWORD state = WaitForSingleObjectEx(hInterruptEvent, 100, FALSE);
+            if (state == WAIT_OBJECT_0 || state == WAIT_TIMEOUT) {
                 ResetEvent(hInterruptEvent);
                 Py_BLOCK_THREADS
                 sig = PyErr_CheckSignals();
                 Py_UNBLOCK_THREADS
                 if (sig < 0)
                     break;
+                continue;
             }
         }
         *readlen += n;
diff --git a/Parser/myreadline.c b/Parser/myreadline.c
index 1825665354844b..58772eb22304bf 100644
--- a/Parser/myreadline.c
+++ b/Parser/myreadline.c
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ _PyOS_WindowsConsoleReadline(PyThreadState *tstate, HANDLE hStdIn)
                 goto exit;
             err = 0;
             HANDLE hInterruptEvent = _PyOS_SigintEvent();
-            if (WaitForSingleObjectEx(hInterruptEvent, 100, FALSE)
-                    == WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
+            DWORD state = WaitForSingleObjectEx(hInterruptEvent, 100, FALSE);
+            if (state == WAIT_OBJECT_0 || state == WAIT_TIMEOUT) {
                 ResetEvent(hInterruptEvent);
                 PyEval_RestoreThread(tstate);
                 s = PyErr_CheckSignals();
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ _PyOS_WindowsConsoleReadline(PyThreadState *tstate, HANDLE hStdIn)
                 if (s < 0) {
                     goto exit;
                 }
+                continue;
             }
             break;
         }