diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.cpp
index 8dccf16fca2a..2d54921d323c 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.cpp
@@ -435,3 +435,15 @@ CMICmnStreamStdin::SetOSStdinHandler(IOSStdinHandler &vrHandler)
     return MIstatus::success;
 }
 
+//++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Details: Do some actions before exiting.
+// Type:    Method.
+// Args:    None.
+// Return:  None.
+// Throws:  None.
+//--
+void
+CMICmnStreamStdin::OnExitHandler(void)
+{
+    m_pStdinReadHandler->InterruptReadLine();
+}
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.h b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.h
index 7b31a644103a..a6779d531669 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.h
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdin.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class CMICmnStreamStdin : public CMICmnBase, public CMIUtilThreadActiveObjBase,
       public:
         virtual bool InputAvailable(bool &vwbAvail) = 0;
         virtual const MIchar *ReadLine(CMIUtilString &vwErrMsg) = 0;
+        virtual void InterruptReadLine(void){};
 
         /* dtor */ virtual ~IOSStdinHandler(void){};
     };
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ class CMICmnStreamStdin : public CMICmnBase, public CMIUtilThreadActiveObjBase,
     void SetCtrlCHit(void);
     bool SetVisitor(IStreamStdin &vrVisitor);
     bool SetOSStdinHandler(IOSStdinHandler &vrHandler);
+    void OnExitHandler(void);
 
     // Overridden:
   public:
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.cpp
index ef9030b21826..07e652d84c19 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.cpp
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@
 //--
 
 // Third Party Headers:
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <sys/select.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <termios.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#endif              // !defined( _MSC_VER )
+#include <unistd.h> // For STDIN_FILENO
+#endif              // defined( __APPLE__ )
 #include <string.h> // For std::strerror()
 
 // In-house headers:
@@ -155,20 +153,27 @@ CMICmnStreamStdinLinux::Shutdown(void)
 bool
 CMICmnStreamStdinLinux::InputAvailable(bool &vwbAvail)
 {
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
     // The code below is needed on OSX where lldb-mi hangs when doing -exec-run.
     // The hang seems to come from calling fgets and fileno from different thread.
     // Although this problem was not observed on Linux.
-    // A solution based on 'select' was also proposed but it seems to slow things down
-    // a lot.
-    int nBytesWaiting;
-    if (::ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, FIONREAD, &nBytesWaiting) == -1)
+    // A solution based on 'ioctl' was initially committed but it seems to make
+    // lldb-mi takes much more processor time. The solution based on 'select' works
+    // well but it seems to slow the execution of lldb-mi tests a lot on Linux.
+    // As a result, this code is #defined to run only on OSX.
+    fd_set setOfStdin;
+    FD_ZERO(&setOfStdin);
+    FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &setOfStdin);
+
+    // Wait while input would be available
+    if (::select(STDIN_FILENO + 1, &setOfStdin, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr) == -1)
     {
         vwbAvail = false;
-        return MIstatus::failure;;
+        return MIstatus::failure;
     }
-    vwbAvail = (nBytesWaiting > 0);
-#endif // !defined( _WIN32 )
+
+#endif // defined( __APPLE__ )
+    vwbAvail = true;
     return MIstatus::success;
 }
 
@@ -206,3 +211,15 @@ CMICmnStreamStdinLinux::ReadLine(CMIUtilString &vwErrMsg)
     return pText;
 }
 
+//++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Details: Interrupt current and prevent new ReadLine operations.
+// Type:    Method.
+// Args:    None.
+// Return:  None.
+// Throws:  None.
+//--
+void
+CMICmnStreamStdinLinux::InterruptReadLine(void)
+{
+    fclose(stdin);
+}
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.h b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.h
index 34717225eba0..edac94034f57 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.h
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MICmnStreamStdinLinux.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class CMICmnStreamStdinLinux : public CMICmnBase, public CMICmnStreamStdin::IOSS
     // From CMICmnStreamStdin::IOSpecificReadStreamStdin
     virtual bool InputAvailable(bool &vwbAvail);
     virtual const MIchar *ReadLine(CMIUtilString &vwErrMsg);
+    virtual void InterruptReadLine(void);
 
     // Methods:
   private:
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MIDriver.cpp b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MIDriver.cpp
index a16c62f773ac..accde1c7cde7 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MIDriver.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-mi/MIDriver.cpp
@@ -1075,6 +1075,7 @@ CMIDriver::SetExitApplicationFlag(const bool vbForceExit)
     {
         CMIUtilThreadLock lock(m_threadMutex);
         m_bExitApp = true;
+        m_rStdin.OnExitHandler();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1089,6 +1090,7 @@ CMIDriver::SetExitApplicationFlag(const bool vbForceExit)
     }
 
     m_bExitApp = true;
+    m_rStdin.OnExitHandler();
 }
 
 //++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------