diff --git a/.changes/fix-before-dev-command.md b/.changes/fix-before-dev-command.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d91cee75d795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-before-dev-command.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"cli.rs": patch
+---
+
+Properly terminate the `beforeDevCommand` process.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock b/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock
index 76fc89c99ea1..b80fd3249f66 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -501,6 +501,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cipher",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctrlc"
+version = "3.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a19c6cedffdc8c03a3346d723eb20bd85a13362bb96dc2ac000842c6381ec7bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "nix",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -1546,6 +1556,19 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e4a24736216ec316047a1fc4252e27dabb04218aa4a3f37c6e7ddbf1f9782b54"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.23.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9f866317acbd3a240710c63f065ffb1e4fd466259045ccb504130b7f668f35c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nodrop"
 version = "0.1.14"
@@ -2707,6 +2730,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "clap",
  "colored",
+ "ctrlc",
  "dialoguer",
  "encode_unicode",
  "glob",
diff --git a/tooling/cli/Cargo.toml b/tooling/cli/Cargo.toml
index 06f0908bcd6e..f6285af6ca4b 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tooling/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ dialoguer = "0.10"
 url = { version = "2.2", features = [ "serde" ] }
 os_pipe = "1"
 ignore = "0.4"
+ctrlc = "3.2"
 
 [target."cfg(windows)".dependencies]
 encode_unicode = "0.3"
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/dev.rs b/tooling/cli/src/dev.rs
index 587cd0b6bfb6..78ce65edae1b 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/dev.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/dev.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use std::{
   ffi::OsStr,
   process::{exit, Command},
   sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
     mpsc::{channel, Receiver},
     Arc, Mutex,
   },
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 static BEFORE_DEV: OnceCell<Mutex<Arc<SharedChild>>> = OnceCell::new();
+static KILL_BEFORE_DEV_FLAG: OnceCell<AtomicBool> = OnceCell::new();
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 #[clap(about = "Tauri dev", trailing_var_arg(true))]
@@ -116,13 +118,19 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
         let status = child_
           .wait()
           .expect("failed to wait on \"beforeDevCommand\"");
-        if !status.success() {
+        if !(status.success() || KILL_BEFORE_DEV_FLAG.get().unwrap().load(Ordering::Relaxed)) {
           logger_.error("The \"beforeDevCommand\" terminated with a non-zero status code.");
           exit(status.code().unwrap_or(1));
         }
       });
 
       BEFORE_DEV.set(Mutex::new(child)).unwrap();
+      KILL_BEFORE_DEV_FLAG.set(AtomicBool::default()).unwrap();
+
+      let _ = ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
+        kill_before_dev_process();
+        exit(130);
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -280,11 +288,15 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
 fn kill_before_dev_process() {
   if let Some(child) = BEFORE_DEV.get() {
     let child = child.lock().unwrap();
+    KILL_BEFORE_DEV_FLAG
+      .get()
+      .unwrap()
+      .store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
     #[cfg(windows)]
       let _ = Command::new("powershell")
         .arg("-NoProfile")
         .arg("-Command")
-        .arg(format!("function Kill-Tree {{ Param([int]$ppid); Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | Where-Object {{ $_.ParentProcessId -eq $ppid }} | ForEach-Object {{ Kill-Tree $_.ProcessId }}; Stop-Process -Id $ppid }}; Kill-Tree {}", child.id()))
+        .arg(format!("function Kill-Tree {{ Param([int]$ppid); Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | Where-Object {{ $_.ParentProcessId -eq $ppid }} | ForEach-Object {{ Kill-Tree $_.ProcessId }}; Stop-Process -Id $ppid -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }}; Kill-Tree {}", child.id()))
         .status();
     #[cfg(not(windows))]
     let _ = Command::new("pkill")