diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index b84ee38..e7e1af5 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+^renv$
+^renv\.lock$
 ^\.github$
 ^CODE_OF_CONDUCT\.md$
 ^CRAN-RELEASE$
diff --git a/inst/julia/setup.jl b/inst/julia/setup.jl
index 69b7a93..5efe9c7 100644
--- a/inst/julia/setup.jl
+++ b/inst/julia/setup.jl
@@ -162,7 +162,50 @@ function call_decompose(call1)
     (fname, named_args, unamed_args, need_return, show_value)
 end
 
+const _interrupt_timer = Ref{Union{Timer, Nothing}}(nothing)
+const _main_task = Ref{Union{Task, Nothing}}(nothing)
+
+function _r_interrupt_ptr()
+    @static if Sys.iswindows()
+        cglobal((:UserBreak, RCall.libR), Cint)
+    else
+        cglobal((:R_interrupts_pending, RCall.libR), Cint)
+    end
+end
+
+function r_interrupt_pending()
+    return unsafe_load(_r_interrupt_ptr()) != 0
+end
+
+function clear_r_interrupt_pending()
+    unsafe_store!(_r_interrupt_ptr(), Cint(0))
+end
+
+function start_interrupt_monitor(; interval = 0.2)
+    stop_interrupt_monitor()
+    _main_task[] = current_task()
+    maintask = _main_task[]
+    _interrupt_timer[] = Timer(0.0; interval = interval) do t
+        if r_interrupt_pending()
+            close(t)
+            # Throw the InterruptException into the main task so the
+            # actual computation (not just the timer) gets interrupted.
+            Base.throwto(maintask, InterruptException())
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function stop_interrupt_monitor()
+    timer = _interrupt_timer[]
+    if timer !== nothing
+        close(timer)
+        _interrupt_timer[] = nothing
+    end
+    _main_task[] = nothing
+end
+
 function docall(call1)
+    start_interrupt_monitor()
     try
         fname, named_args, unamed_args, need_return, show_value = call_decompose(call1);
         if endswith(fname, ".")
@@ -189,7 +232,16 @@ function docall(call1)
             sexp(nothing);
         end;
     catch e
-        Rerror(e, stacktrace(catch_backtrace())).p;
+        if e isa InterruptException
+            # Clear the flag so subsequent Julia calls are not
+            # immediately interrupted again.
+            clear_r_interrupt_pending()
+            sexp(nothing);
+        else
+            Rerror(e, stacktrace(catch_backtrace())).p;
+        end;
+    finally
+        stop_interrupt_monitor()
     end;
 end
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_interrupt.R b/tests/testthat/test_interrupt.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..394f8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_interrupt.R
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+context("Interrupt handling")
+
+test_that("R interrupt flag aborts long-running Julia computation", {
+  skip_on_cran()
+  julia <- julia_setup(installJulia = TRUE)
+
+  # Define a Julia function that:
+  # 1. Schedules a task to set R_interrupts_pending after a short delay
+  # 2. Runs a long loop with yield points (sleep)
+  # 3. Returns how many iterations completed (which is never reached if interrupt works)
+  julia_command('
+    function _test_interrupt(n, delay_before_interrupt)
+        # Schedule a task that sets R_interrupts_pending after a delay,
+        # simulating the user pressing Ctrl+C / Stop.
+        @async begin
+            sleep(delay_before_interrupt)
+            if Sys.iswindows()
+                ptr = cglobal((:UserBreak, RCall.libR), Cint)
+            else
+                ptr = cglobal((:R_interrupts_pending, RCall.libR), Cint)
+            end
+            unsafe_store!(ptr, Cint(1))
+        end
+        count = 0
+        for i in 1:n
+            sleep(0.05)  # yield point so timer is triggered
+            count += 1
+        end
+        return count
+    end
+  ')
+
+  time_in_R <- system.time({
+      # Run 200 iterations (would take ~10s), but set interrupt after 0.5s.
+      result <- julia_call("_test_interrupt", 200L, 0.5)
+  })
+
+  # check 1: this did not take 200 * 0.05 = 10 seconds.
+  expect_lt(time_in_R[["elapsed"]], 2.5) # should be around 0.5, but in practice it takes a little longer
+
+  # check 2: return value is NULL
+  expect_null(result)
+
+  # check 3: the julia session is still alive
+  expect_equal(julia_eval("1 + 1"), 2)
+
+  # check 4: docall's catch block cleared R_interrupts_pending
+  flag <- julia_eval("begin
+      ptr = @static if Sys.iswindows()
+          cglobal((:UserBreak, RCall.libR), Cint)
+      else
+          cglobal((:R_interrupts_pending, RCall.libR), Cint)
+      end
+      Int(unsafe_load(ptr))
+  end")
+  expect_equal(flag, 0L)
+
+  # Unconditionally clear the flag to avoid affecting any subsequent tests.
+  julia_command("unsafe_store!(ptr, Cint(0))")
+})