diff --git a/pkg/kando/process_client_output.go b/pkg/kando/process_client_output.go
index 0017bcc20d..110d58e82a 100644
--- a/pkg/kando/process_client_output.go
+++ b/pkg/kando/process_client_output.go
@@ -15,12 +15,23 @@
 package kando
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 	"strconv"
+	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/kanisterio/errkit"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/kanisterio/kanister/pkg/kanx"
+	"github.com/kanisterio/kanister/pkg/log"
+)
+
+const (
+	processSignalProxyFlagName = "signal-proxy"
 )
 
 func newProcessClientOutputCommand() *cobra.Command {
@@ -30,15 +41,49 @@ func newProcessClientOutputCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE:  runProcessClientOutput,
 	}
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP(processSignalProxyFlagName, "p", false, "pass signals from client to server")
 	return cmd
 }
 
+func processSignalProxyFlagValue(cmd *cobra.Command) (bool, error) {
+	return cmd.Flags().GetBool(processSignalProxyFlagName)
+}
+
 func runProcessClientOutput(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	return runProcessClientOutputWithOutput(cmd.OutOrStdout(), cmd, args)
+	return runProcessClientOutputWithOutput(cmd.OutOrStdout(), cmd.ErrOrStderr(), cmd, args)
+}
+
+func proxySetup(ctx context.Context, addr string, pid int64) {
+	log.Info().WithContext(ctx).Print(fmt.Sprintf("signal proxy is running for process %d", pid))
+	signalTermChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(signalTermChan, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	go func() {
+	BREAK:
+		for {
+			select {
+			case sig := <-signalTermChan:
+				ossig, ok := sig.(syscall.Signal)
+				if !ok {
+					log.Info().WithContext(ctx).Print(fmt.Sprintf("signal %v is invalid, ignored for process %d", sig, pid))
+					continue
+				}
+				log.Info().WithContext(ctx).Print(fmt.Sprintf("signal %v received for process %d", sig, pid))
+				_, err := kanx.SignalProcess(ctx, addr, pid, int64(ossig))
+				if err != nil {
+					signal.Reset(ossig)
+					log.Error().WithContext(ctx).WithError(err).Print(fmt.Sprintf("error on signal %v for process %d", sig, pid))
+					break BREAK
+				}
+				log.Info().WithContext(ctx).Print(fmt.Sprintf("signal %v sent for process %d", sig, pid))
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				break BREAK
+			}
+		}
+	}()
 }
 
-func runProcessClientOutputWithOutput(out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	pid, err := strconv.Atoi(args[0])
+func runProcessClientOutputWithOutput(stdout, stderr io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	pid, err := strconv.ParseInt(args[0], 0, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -46,6 +91,24 @@ func runProcessClientOutputWithOutput(out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	proxy, err := processSignalProxyFlagValue(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	ctx, canfn := context.WithCancel(cmd.Context())
+	errc := make(chan error)
+	if proxy {
+		proxySetup(ctx, addr, pid)
+	}
 	cmd.SilenceUsage = true
-	return kanx.Stdout(cmd.Context(), addr, int64(pid), out)
+	go func() { errc <- kanx.Stdout(ctx, addr, pid, stdout) }()
+	go func() { errc <- kanx.Stderr(ctx, addr, pid, stderr) }()
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		err0 := <-errc
+		if err0 != nil {
+			err = errkit.Append(err, err0)
+		}
+	}
+	canfn()
+	return err
 }