diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java
index 1c0337379493..dc3245de185c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/CapturingProcessHandler.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class CapturingProcessHandler extends OSProcessHandler {
   public ProcessOutput runProcess() {
     startNotify();
     if (waitFor()) {
-      myOutput.setExitCode(getProcess().exitValue());
+      setErrorCodeIfNotYetSet();
     }
     else {
       LOG.info("runProcess: exit value unavailable");
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ public class CapturingProcessHandler extends OSProcessHandler {
     return myOutput;
   }
 
+  private void setErrorCodeIfNotYetSet() {
+    // if exit code was set on processTerminated, no need to rewrite it
+    // WinPtyProcess returns -2 if pty is already closed
+    if (myOutput.hasErrorExitCode()) {
+      myOutput.setExitCode(getProcess().exitValue());
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Starts process with specified timeout
    *
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ public class CapturingProcessHandler extends OSProcessHandler {
     else {
       startNotify();
       if (waitFor(timeoutInMilliseconds)) {
-        myOutput.setExitCode(getProcess().exitValue());
+        setErrorCodeIfNotYetSet();
       }
       else {
         if (destroyOnTimeout) {
@@ -156,7 +164,7 @@ public class CapturingProcessHandler extends OSProcessHandler {
     }
     if (setExitCode) {
       if (waitFor()) {
-        myOutput.setExitCode(getProcess().exitValue());
+        setErrorCodeIfNotYetSet();
       }
       else {
         LOG.info("runProcess: exit value unavailable");