diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
index b520b9b5144b46..58aa57db02a3eb 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ cli
     '--force',
     `[boolean] force the optimizer to ignore the cache and re-bundle`,
   )
+  .option('--watchStdin', `[boolean] watch stdin and exit on EOF`)
   .action(async (root: string, options: ServerOptions & GlobalCLIOptions) => {
     filterDuplicateOptions(options)
     // output structure is preserved even after bundling so require()
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ cli
   .option('--strictPort', `[boolean] exit if specified port is already in use`)
   .option('--open [path]', `[boolean | string] open browser on startup`)
   .option('--outDir <dir>', `[string] output directory (default: dist)`)
+  .option('--watchStdin', `[boolean] watch stdin and exit on EOF`)
   .action(
     async (
       root: string,
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ cli
         open?: boolean | string
         strictPort?: boolean
         outDir?: string
+        watchStdin?: boolean
       } & GlobalCLIOptions,
     ) => {
       filterDuplicateOptions(options)
@@ -392,6 +395,7 @@ cli
             strictPort: options.strictPort,
             host: options.host,
             open: options.open,
+            watchStdin: options.watchStdin,
           },
         })
         server.printUrls()
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
index ec1bf5e645641d..89560162811c99 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ export interface CommonServerOptions {
    * Specify server response headers.
    */
   headers?: HttpServerHeaders
+  /**
+   * Watch stdin and exit on EOF
+   */
+  watchStdin?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/preview.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/preview.ts
index 2031538cc5c356..38448c1ca6bb5e 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/preview.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/preview.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export function resolvePreviewOptions(
     proxy: preview?.proxy ?? server.proxy,
     cors: preview?.cors ?? server.cors,
     headers: preview?.headers ?? server.headers,
+    watchStdin: preview?.watchStdin ?? server.watchStdin,
   }
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ export async function preview(
     middlewares: app,
     httpServer,
     async close() {
-      teardownSIGTERMListener(closeServerAndExit)
+      teardownSIGTERMListener(config.preview.watchStdin, closeServerAndExit)
       await closeHttpServer()
       server.resolvedUrls = null
     },
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ export async function preview(
     }
   }
 
-  setupSIGTERMListener(closeServerAndExit)
+  setupSIGTERMListener(config.preview.watchStdin, closeServerAndExit)
 
   // apply server hooks from plugins
   const postHooks: ((() => void) | void)[] = []
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index 32a3371cef527b..207a8d270bed1e 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ export async function _createServer(
     },
     async close() {
       if (!middlewareMode) {
-        teardownSIGTERMListener(closeServerAndExit)
+        teardownSIGTERMListener(config.server.watchStdin, closeServerAndExit)
       }
 
       await Promise.allSettled([
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ export async function _createServer(
   }
 
   if (!middlewareMode) {
-    setupSIGTERMListener(closeServerAndExit)
+    setupSIGTERMListener(config.server.watchStdin, closeServerAndExit)
   }
 
   const onHMRUpdate = async (
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ export const serverConfigDefaults = Object.freeze({
   host: 'localhost',
   https: undefined,
   open: false,
+  watchStdin: false,
   proxy: undefined,
   cors: true,
   headers: {},
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index 233f96810da833..d42fe5d684853c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -1530,19 +1530,23 @@ export function partialEncodeURIPath(uri: string): string {
 }
 
 export const setupSIGTERMListener = (
+  watchStdin: boolean,
   callback: (signal?: 'SIGTERM', exitCode?: number) => Promise<void>,
 ): void => {
   process.once('SIGTERM', callback)
-  if (process.env.CI !== 'true') {
+  if (watchStdin) {
     process.stdin.on('end', callback)
+    // resume stdin to allow the server to exit on EOF
+    process.stdin.resume()
   }
 }
 
 export const teardownSIGTERMListener = (
-  callback: Parameters<typeof setupSIGTERMListener>[0],
+  watchStdin: boolean,
+  callback: Parameters<typeof setupSIGTERMListener>[1],
 ): void => {
   process.off('SIGTERM', callback)
-  if (process.env.CI !== 'true') {
+  if (watchStdin) {
     process.stdin.off('end', callback)
   }
 }