--- make-4.4.1-orig/src/commands.c	2023-01-28 16:34:37.000000000 +0300
+++ make-4.4.1/src/commands.c	2024-09-18 08:19:25.692332500 +0300
@@ -472,6 +472,12 @@
   /* Start the commands running.  */
   new_job (file);
 }
+
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+/* defined in job.c */
+extern void wait_until_main_thread_sleeps (void);
+#endif
+
 
 /* This is set while we are inside fatal_error_signal,
    so things can avoid nonreentrant operations.  */
@@ -503,25 +509,12 @@
   exit (10);
 #else /* not Amiga */
 #ifdef WINDOWS32
-  extern HANDLE main_thread;
-
   /* Windows creates a separate thread for handling Ctrl+C, so we need
      to suspend the main thread, or else we will have race conditions
      when both threads call reap_children.  */
-  if (main_thread)
-    {
-      DWORD susp_count = SuspendThread (main_thread);
 
-      if (susp_count != 0)
-        fprintf (stderr, "SuspendThread: suspend count = %lu\n", susp_count);
-      else if (susp_count == (DWORD)-1)
-        {
-          DWORD ierr = GetLastError ();
-
-          fprintf (stderr, "SuspendThread: error %lu: %s\n",
-                   ierr, map_windows32_error_to_string (ierr));
-        }
-    }
+  /* Wait until main thread releases resources and goes to sleep.  */
+  wait_until_main_thread_sleeps ();
 #endif
   handling_fatal_signal = 1;
 
@@ -589,8 +582,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS32
-  if (main_thread)
-    CloseHandle (main_thread);
   /* Cannot call W32_kill with a pid (it needs a handle).  The exit
      status of 130 emulates what happens in Bash.  */
   exit (130);
--- make-4.4.1-orig/src/job.c	2023-02-22 04:53:48.000000000 +0300
+++ make-4.4.1/src/job.c	2024-09-18 08:22:52.069933500 +0300
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 const char *default_shell = "sh.exe";
 int no_default_sh_exe = 1;
 int batch_mode_shell = 1;
-HANDLE main_thread;
 
 #elif defined (_AMIGA)
 
@@ -620,6 +619,77 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+
+/* If non-zero, then Main thread should release resources and go to sleep.  */
+int main_thread_should_sleep = 0;
+
+/* Event object on which Ctrl-C handler thread will wait
+   until Main thread unlocks resources.  */
+static HANDLE susp_main_event = NULL;
+
+void create_susp_main_event (void)
+{
+  susp_main_event = CreateEvent(
+    NULL,  /* The handle cannot be inherited by child processes */
+    FALSE, /* Manual-reset */
+    FALSE, /* Initial state */
+    NULL   /* Name of the event object */
+  );
+
+  if (susp_main_event == NULL)
+    {
+      DWORD e = GetLastError ();
+      fprintf (stderr,
+               "Failed to create event object (Error %ld: %s)\n",
+               e, map_windows32_error_to_string (e));
+    }
+}
+
+void delete_susp_main_event (void)
+{
+  CloseHandle(susp_main_event);
+}
+
+/* If Main thread needs to be suspended, by calling this function, it
+   will wakeup Ctrl-C handler thread and then will go to infinite sleep.  */
+static void check_need_sleep (void)
+{
+  /* Ctrl-C handler thread sets this flag only after suspending Main thread,
+     so if flag is set, then calling thread is not the Main thread.  */
+  if (handling_fatal_signal)
+    return;
+
+  /* Check if Ctrl-C handler thread waits to suspend main thread.  */
+  if (main_thread_should_sleep)
+    {
+      SetEvent (susp_main_event);
+      Sleep (INFINITE);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Called by Ctrl-C handler thread:
+  wait until main thread releases resources and goes to sleep.  */
+void wait_until_main_thread_sleeps (void)
+{
+  DWORD result;
+
+  /* Tell Main thread that it should go to sleep.  */
+  main_thread_should_sleep = 1;
+
+  /* And wait for it */
+  result = WaitForSingleObject(susp_main_event, INFINITE);
+  if (WAIT_OBJECT_0 != result)
+    {
+      DWORD e = GetLastError ();
+      fprintf (stderr,
+               "Failed to wait to suspend main thread (Error %ld: %s)\n",
+               e, map_windows32_error_to_string (e));
+    }
+}
+
+#endif /* WINDOWS32 */
+
 extern pid_t shell_function_pid;
 
 /* Reap all dead children, storing the returned status and the new command
@@ -663,6 +733,11 @@
       int any_remote, any_local;
       int dontcare;
 
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+      /* Check if Main thread should go to sleep.  */
+      check_need_sleep ();
+#endif
+
       if (err && block)
         {
           static int printed = 0;
@@ -826,24 +901,6 @@
             exit_sig = 0;
             coredump = 0;
 
-            /* Record the thread ID of the main process, so that we
-               could suspend it in the signal handler.  */
-            if (!main_thread)
-              {
-                hcTID = GetCurrentThread ();
-                hcPID = GetCurrentProcess ();
-                if (!DuplicateHandle (hcPID, hcTID, hcPID, &main_thread, 0,
-                                      FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS))
-                  {
-                    DWORD e = GetLastError ();
-                    fprintf (stderr,
-                             "Determine main thread ID (Error %ld: %s)\n",
-                             e, map_windows32_error_to_string (e));
-                  }
-                else
-                  DB (DB_VERBOSE, ("Main thread handle = %p\n", main_thread));
-              }
-
             /* wait for anything to finish */
             hPID = process_wait_for_any (block, &dwWaitStatus);
             if (hPID)
@@ -1010,7 +1067,13 @@
           /* If there are more commands to run, try to start them.  */
           if (job_next_command (c))
             {
-              if (handling_fatal_signal)
+              int dying = handling_fatal_signal;
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+              /* Check if Ctrl-C handler thread waits to kill jobs.  */
+              if (main_thread_should_sleep)
+                dying = 1;
+#endif
+              if (dying)
                 {
                   /* Never start new commands while we are dying.
                      Since there are more commands that wanted to be run,
--- make-4.4.1-orig/src/main.c	2023-02-21 08:03:51.000000000 +0300
+++ make-4.4.1/src/main.c	2024-09-18 08:53:02.804603700 +0300
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@
 
 static char *shuffle_mode = NULL;
 
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+/* defined in job.c */
+extern void create_susp_main_event (void);
+extern void delete_susp_main_event (void);
+#endif
+
 /* Handle for the mutex to synchronize output of our children under -O.  */
 
 static char *sync_mutex = NULL;
@@ -1183,6 +1210,7 @@
   const char *windows32_path = NULL;
 
   SetUnhandledExceptionFilter (handle_runtime_exceptions);
+  create_susp_main_event ();
 
   /* start off assuming we have no shell */
   unixy_shell = 0;
@@ -3863,6 +3892,10 @@
           int _x UNUSED;
           _x = chdir (directory_before_chdir);
         }
+
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+      delete_susp_main_event ();
+#endif
     }
 
   exit (status);
--- make-4.4.1-orig/src/output.c	2023-01-02 01:05:12.000000000 +0300
+++ make-4.4.1/src/output.c	2024-09-18 08:28:02.662720300 +0300
@@ -176,6 +176,19 @@
           break;
         }
       fflush (to);
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+      /* Check if Make was interrupted.  */
+      {
+        extern int main_thread_should_sleep;
+        if (main_thread_should_sleep)
+          {
+            /* If output is not redirected to file - stop writing,
+               because writing to windows console is too slow.  */
+            if (-1l == ftell (to))
+              break;
+          }
+      }
+#endif
     }
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS32