diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PyConsoleProcessHandler.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PyConsoleProcessHandler.java
index b6a0f7b0d932..da16f0f2206d 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PyConsoleProcessHandler.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PyConsoleProcessHandler.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class PyConsoleProcessHandler extends PythonProcessHandler {
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected boolean shouldKillProcessSoftly() {
+  public boolean shouldKillProcessSoftly() {
     return false;
   }