diff --git a/cdist/config.py b/cdist/config.py
index ca8dcfec..d6f8a482 100644
--- a/cdist/config.py
+++ b/cdist/config.py
@@ -124,6 +124,27 @@ class Config(object):
     def commandline(cls, args):
         """Configure remote system"""
 
+        # No new child process if only one host at a time.
+        if args.parallel == 1:
+            log.debug("Only 1 parallel process, doing it sequentially")
+            args.parallel = 0
+
+        if args.parallel or args.jobs:
+            # If parallel execution then also log process id
+            del logging.getLogger().handlers[:]
+            log_format = '%(levelname)s: [%(process)d]: %(message)s'
+            logging.basicConfig(format=log_format)
+
+        if args.parallel:
+            import signal
+
+            def sigterm_handler(signum, frame):
+                log.trace("signal %s, killing whole process group", signum)
+                os.killpg(os.getpgrp(), signal.SIGKILL)
+
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm_handler)
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, sigterm_handler)
+
         # FIXME: Refactor relict - remove later
         log = logging.getLogger("cdist")
 
@@ -154,10 +175,6 @@ class Config(object):
                                  cls.hosts(args.hostfile))
 
         process_args = []
-        # No new child process if only one host at a time.
-        if args.parallel == 1:
-            log.debug("Only 1 parallel process, doing it sequentially")
-            args.parallel = 0
         if args.parallel:
             log.trace("Processing hosts in parallel")
         else:
@@ -216,8 +233,8 @@ class Config(object):
                                   jobs=args.parallel)
             log.trace(("Multiprocessing for parallel host operation "
                        "finished"))
-            log.trace(("Multiprocessing for parallel host operation "
-                       "results: {}", results))
+            log.trace("Multiprocessing for parallel host operation "
+                      "results: %s", results)
 
             failed_hosts = [host for host, result in results if not result]
 
@@ -301,13 +318,6 @@ class Config(object):
             else:
                 raise
 
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            # Ignore in parallel mode, we are existing anyway
-            if parallel:
-                sys.exit(0)
-            # Pass back to controlling code in sequential mode
-            else:
-                raise
         if parallel:
             return (host, True, )
 
diff --git a/cdist/mputil.py b/cdist/mputil.py
index e564d749..d823e192 100644
--- a/cdist/mputil.py
+++ b/cdist/mputil.py
@@ -21,14 +21,21 @@
 
 
 import multiprocessing
+import concurrent.futures as cf
 import itertools
+import os
+import signal
+import logging
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger("cdist-mputil")
 
 
 def mp_pool_run(func, args=None, kwds=None, jobs=multiprocessing.cpu_count()):
-    """ Run func using multiprocessing.Pool with jobs jobs and supplied
-        iterable of args and kwds with one entry for each parallel func
-        instance.
-        Return list of results.
+    """Run func using concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor with jobs jobs
+       and supplied iterables of args and kwds with one entry for each
+       parallel func instance.
+       Return list of results.
     """
     if args and kwds:
         fargs = zip(args, kwds)
@@ -39,10 +46,18 @@ def mp_pool_run(func, args=None, kwds=None, jobs=multiprocessing.cpu_count()):
     else:
         return [func(), ]
 
-    with multiprocessing.Pool(jobs) as pool:
-        results = [
-            pool.apply_async(func, a, k)
-            for a, k in fargs
-        ]
-        retval = [r.get() for r in results]
-    return retval
+    retval = []
+    with cf.ProcessPoolExecutor(jobs) as executor:
+        try:
+            results = [
+                executor.submit(func, *a, **k) for a, k in fargs
+            ]
+            for f in cf.as_completed(results):
+                retval.append(f.result())
+            return retval
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            log.trace("KeyboardInterrupt, killing process group")
+            # When Ctrl+C in terminal then kill whole process group.
+            # Otherwise there remain processes in sleeping state.
+            os.killpg(os.getpgrp(), signal.SIGKILL)
+            raise