diff --git a/lib/src/child-writer/writer-proxy.js b/lib/src/child-writer/writer-proxy.js
index 21bceacd..c8c4fd9c 100644
--- a/lib/src/child-writer/writer-proxy.js
+++ b/lib/src/child-writer/writer-proxy.js
@@ -139,10 +139,20 @@ return isElevated().then((elevated) => {
   return new Bluebird((resolve, reject) => {
     ipc.config.id = process.env.IPC_CLIENT_ID;
     ipc.config.silent = true;
+
+    // > If set to 0, the client will NOT try to reconnect.
+    // See https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/
+    //
+    // The purpose behind this change is for this process
+    // to emit a "disconnect" event as soon as the GUI
+    // process is closed, so we can kill the CLI as well.
+    ipc.config.stopRetrying = 0;
+
     ipc.connectTo(process.env.IPC_SERVER_ID, () => {
       ipc.of[process.env.IPC_SERVER_ID].on('error', reject);
       ipc.of[process.env.IPC_SERVER_ID].on('connect', () => {
         const child = childProcess.spawn(EXECUTABLE, ETCHER_ARGUMENTS);
+        ipc.of[process.env.IPC_SERVER_ID].on('disconnect', _.bind(child.kill, child));
         child.on('error', reject);
         child.on('close', resolve);