diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8221625f7..1e24c029d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.1.0.DEV
 - fix issue44: env/username expansion for junitxml file path
 - show releaselevel information in test runs for pypy
 - reworked doc pages for better navigation and PDF generation
+- report KeyboardInterrupt even if interrupted during session startup
 
 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3
 ----------------------------------------------
diff --git a/_pytest/terminal.py b/_pytest/terminal.py
index eaa0ae7d0..03b6e8c83 100644
--- a/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -318,12 +318,17 @@ class TerminalReporter:
             self.config.hook.pytest_terminal_summary(terminalreporter=self)
         if exitstatus == 2:
             self._report_keyboardinterrupt()
+            del self._keyboardinterrupt_memo
         self.summary_deselected()
         self.summary_stats()
 
     def pytest_keyboard_interrupt(self, excinfo):
         self._keyboardinterrupt_memo = excinfo.getrepr(funcargs=True)
 
+    def pytest_unconfigure(self):
+        if hasattr(self, '_keyboardinterrupt_memo'):
+            self._report_keyboardinterrupt()
+
     def _report_keyboardinterrupt(self):
         excrepr = self._keyboardinterrupt_memo
         msg = excrepr.reprcrash.message
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index 9789cb19f..317f2e932 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ class TestTerminal:
             ])
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(['*KeyboardInterrupt*'])
 
+    def test_keyboard_in_sessionstart(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makeconftest("""
+            def pytest_sessionstart():
+                raise KeyboardInterrupt
+        """)
+        p = testdir.makepyfile("""
+            def test_foobar():
+                pass
+        """)
+
+        result = testdir.runpytest()
+        assert result.ret == 2
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(['*KeyboardInterrupt*'])
 
 
 class TestCollectonly: