1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
index 0f1bb4947d34..77fbedd119c7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace nix {
         }
         /* Sleep for a while since retrying the transaction right away
            is likely to fail again. */
+        checkInterrupt();
 #if HAVE_NANOSLEEP
         struct timespec t;
         t.tv_sec = 0;