diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
index 374b4ad3a1b..8fd3d94e2d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ bool AndroidDevice::canAutoDetectPorts() const
     return true;
 }
 
+DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr AndroidDevice::signalOperation() const
+{
+    return DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr();
+}
+
 IDevice::Ptr AndroidDevice::clone() const
 {
     return IDevice::Ptr(new AndroidDevice(*this));
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h
index eda23a5dac1..1c08bca8696 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public:
     QString displayNameForActionId(Core::Id actionId) const;
     void executeAction(Core::Id actionId, QWidget *parent = 0);
     bool canAutoDetectPorts() const;
+    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation() const;
 
     ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr clone() const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
index 7c9481cf3fd..343032ea1b2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "deviceprocesslist.h"
 #include "localprocesslist.h"
 #include "desktopdeviceconfigurationwidget.h"
+#include "desktopprocesssignaloperation.h"
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h>
 
 #include <ssh/sshconnection.h>
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ DeviceProcess *DesktopDevice::createProcess(QObject *parent) const
     return new Internal::DesktopDeviceProcess(sharedFromThis(), parent);
 }
 
+DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr DesktopDevice::signalOperation() const
+{
+    return DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr(new DesktopProcessSignalOperation());
+}
+
 IDevice::Ptr DesktopDevice::clone() const
 {
     return Ptr(new DesktopDevice(*this));
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h
index 7ddd35bacc7..1b65f6c49b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public:
     DeviceProcessList *createProcessListModel(QObject *parent) const;
     bool canCreateProcess() const { return true; }
     DeviceProcess *createProcess(QObject *parent) const;
+    DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation() const;
 
     IDevice::Ptr clone() const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdeviceprocess.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdeviceprocess.cpp
index b3cc471f505..eb7f3b4f650 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdeviceprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdeviceprocess.cpp
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "desktopdeviceprocess.h"
+#include "idevice.h"
 
 #include <utils/environment.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
-
-#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
-#include <signal.h>
-#endif
+#include <utils/qtcprocess.h>
 
 namespace ProjectExplorer {
 namespace Internal {
@@ -59,11 +57,7 @@ void DesktopDeviceProcess::start(const QString &executable, const QStringList &a
 
 void DesktopDeviceProcess::interrupt()
 {
-#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
-    ::kill(m_process->pid(), SIGINT);
-#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-    // tbd
-#endif
+    device()->signalOperation()->interruptProcess(Utils::qPidToPid(m_process->pid()));
 }
 
 void DesktopDeviceProcess::terminate()
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..364eaf1f4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#include "desktopprocesssignaloperation.h"
+
+#include "localprocesslist.h"
+
+#include <utils/winutils.h>
+
+#include <QDir>
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0502
+#include <windows.h>
+#ifndef PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME
+#define PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME 0x0800
+#endif // PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME
+#else // Q_OS_WIN
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#endif // else Q_OS_WIN
+
+namespace ProjectExplorer {
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::killProcess(int pid)
+{
+    killProcessSilently(pid);
+    emit finished(m_errorMessage);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::killProcess(const QString &filePath)
+{
+    m_errorMessage.clear();
+    foreach (const DeviceProcessItem &process, Internal::LocalProcessList::getLocalProcesses()) {
+        if (process.cmdLine == filePath)
+            killProcessSilently(process.pid);
+    }
+    emit finished(m_errorMessage);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::interruptProcess(int pid)
+{
+    m_errorMessage.clear();
+    interruptProcessSilently(pid);
+    emit finished(m_errorMessage);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::interruptProcess(const QString &filePath)
+{
+    interruptProcess(filePath, NoSpecialInterrupt);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::interruptProcess(int pid, SpecialInterrupt specialInterrupt)
+{
+    m_errorMessage.clear();
+    interruptProcessSilently(pid, specialInterrupt);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::interruptProcess(const QString &filePath,
+                                                     SpecialInterrupt specialInterrupt)
+{
+    m_errorMessage.clear();
+    foreach (const DeviceProcessItem &process, Internal::LocalProcessList::getLocalProcesses()) {
+        if (process.cmdLine == filePath)
+            interruptProcessSilently(process.pid, specialInterrupt);
+    }
+    emit finished(m_errorMessage);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::appendMsgCannotKill(int pid, const QString &why)
+{
+    if (!m_errorMessage.isEmpty())
+        m_errorMessage += QChar::fromLatin1('\n');
+    m_errorMessage += tr("Cannot kill process with pid %1: %3 ").arg(pid).arg(why);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::appendMsgCannotInterrupt(int pid, const QString &why)
+{
+    if (!m_errorMessage.isEmpty())
+        m_errorMessage += QChar::fromLatin1('\n');
+    m_errorMessage += tr("Cannot interrupt process with pid %1: %3 ").arg(pid).arg(why);
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::killProcessSilently(int pid)
+{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    const DWORD rights = PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION|PROCESS_SET_INFORMATION
+            |PROCESS_VM_OPERATION|PROCESS_VM_WRITE|PROCESS_VM_READ
+            |PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE|PROCESS_TERMINATE|PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD|PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME;
+    if (const HANDLE handle = OpenProcess(rights, FALSE, pid)) {
+        if (!TerminateProcess(handle, UINT(-1)))
+            appendMsgCannotKill(pid, Utils::winErrorMessage(GetLastError()));
+        CloseHandle(handle);
+    } else {
+        appendMsgCannotKill(pid, tr("Cannot open process."));
+    }
+#else
+    if (pid <= 0)
+        appendMsgCannotKill(pid, tr("Invalid process id."));
+    else if (kill(pid, SIGKILL))
+        appendMsgCannotKill(pid, QString::fromLocal8Bit(strerror(errno)));
+#endif // Q_OS_WIN
+}
+
+void DesktopProcessSignalOperation::interruptProcessSilently(
+        int pid, SpecialInterrupt specialInterrupt)
+{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    /*
+    Windows 64 bit has a 32 bit subsystem (WOW64) which makes it possible to run a
+    32 bit application inside a 64 bit environment.
+    When GDB is used DebugBreakProcess must be called from the same system (32/64 bit) running
+    the inferior. If CDB is used we could in theory break wow64 processes,
+    but the break is actually a wow64 breakpoint. CDB is configured to ignore these
+    breakpoints, because they also appear on module loading.
+    Therefore we need helper executables (win(32/64)interrupt.exe) on Windows 64 bit calling
+    DebugBreakProcess from the correct system.
+
+    DebugBreak matrix for windows
+
+    Api = UseDebugBreakApi
+    Win64 = UseWin64InterruptHelper
+    Win32 = UseWin32InterruptHelper
+    N/A = This configuration is not possible
+
+          | Windows 32bit   | Windows 64bit
+          | QtCreator 32bit | QtCreator 32bit                   | QtCreator 64bit
+          | Inferior 32bit  | Inferior 32bit  | Inferior 64bit  | Inferior 32bit  | Inferior 64bit
+----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
+CDB 32bit | Api             | Api             | N/A             | Win32           | N/A
+    64bit | N/A             | Win64           | Win64           | Api             | Api
+----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
+GDB 32bit | Api             | Api             | N/A             | Win32           | N/A
+    64bit | N/A             | N/A             | Win64           | N/A             | Api
+----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------
+
+    */
+    HANDLE inferior = NULL;
+    do {
+        const DWORD rights = PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION|PROCESS_SET_INFORMATION
+                |PROCESS_VM_OPERATION|PROCESS_VM_WRITE|PROCESS_VM_READ
+                |PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE|PROCESS_TERMINATE|PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD|PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME;
+        inferior = OpenProcess(rights, FALSE, pid);
+        if (inferior == NULL) {
+            appendMsgCannotInterrupt(pid, tr("Cannot open process: %1")
+                                     + Utils::winErrorMessage(GetLastError()));
+            break;
+        }
+        bool creatorIs64Bit = Utils::winIs64BitBinary(qApp->applicationFilePath());
+        if (!Utils::winIs64BitSystem() ||
+                specialInterrupt == NoSpecialInterrupt ||
+                specialInterrupt == Win64Interrupt && creatorIs64Bit ||
+                specialInterrupt == Win32Interrupt && !creatorIs64Bit) {
+            if (!DebugBreakProcess(inferior)) {
+                appendMsgCannotInterrupt(pid, tr("DebugBreakProcess failed: ")
+                                         + Utils::winErrorMessage(GetLastError()));
+            }
+        } else if (specialInterrupt == Win32Interrupt
+                   || specialInterrupt == Win64Interrupt) {
+            QString executable = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
+            executable += specialInterrupt == Win32Interrupt
+                    ? QLatin1String("/win32interrupt.exe")
+                    : QLatin1String("/win64interrupt.exe");
+            if (!QFile::exists(executable)) {
+                appendMsgCannotInterrupt(pid, tr( "%1 does not exist. If you have built QtCreator "
+                                                  "on your own ,checkout http://qt.gitorious.org/"
+                                                  "qt-creator/binary-artifacts.").
+                                         arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(executable)));
+            }
+            switch (QProcess::execute(executable, QStringList(QString::number(pid)))) {
+            case -2:
+                appendMsgCannotInterrupt(pid, tr(
+                            "Cannot start %1. Check src\\tools\\win64interrupt\\win64interrupt.c "
+                            "for more information.").arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(executable)));
+                break;
+            case 0:
+                break;
+            default:
+                appendMsgCannotInterrupt(pid, QDir::toNativeSeparators(executable)
+                                         + tr(" could not break the process."));
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    } while (false);
+    if (inferior != NULL)
+        CloseHandle(inferior);
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(specialInterrupt)
+    if (pid <= 0)
+        appendMsgCannotInterrupt(pid, tr("Invalid process id."));
+    else if (kill(pid, SIGINT))
+        appendMsgCannotInterrupt(pid, QString::fromLocal8Bit(strerror(errno)));
+#endif // Q_OS_WIN
+}
+
+} // namespace ProjectExplorer
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.h
similarity index 51%
rename from src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.cpp
rename to src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.h
index 2acce3e5fe6..b6d61f220b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.h
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-/**************************************************************************
+/****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2011 - 2013 Research In Motion
-**
-** Contact: Research In Motion (blackberry-qt@qnx.com)
-** Contact: KDAB (info@kdab.com)
+** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
 **
 ** This file is part of Qt Creator.
 **
@@ -28,29 +26,41 @@
 ** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef WINDOWSPROCESSSIGNALOPERATION_H
+#define WINDOWSPROCESSSIGNALOPERATION_H
 
-#include "blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.h"
+#include "idevice.h"
 
-using namespace Qnx;
-using namespace Qnx::Internal;
+#include <projectexplorer/projectexplorer_export.h>
 
-static QString signalProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath, int signal)
+namespace ProjectExplorer {
+
+class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT DesktopProcessSignalOperation : public DeviceProcessSignalOperation
 {
-    QString executable = filePath;
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    enum SpecialInterrupt { NoSpecialInterrupt, Win32Interrupt, Win64Interrupt };
 
-    return QString::fromLatin1("for PID in $(pidin -F \"%a %A\" | grep \"%1\" | awk '/%1/ {print $1}'); "
-        "do "
-            "kill -%2 $PID; "
-        "done").arg(executable.replace(QLatin1String("/"), QLatin1String("\\/"))).arg(signal);
-}
+    ~DesktopProcessSignalOperation() {}
+    void killProcess(int pid);
+    void killProcess(const QString &filePath);
+    void interruptProcess(int pid);
+    void interruptProcess(const QString &filePath);
+    void interruptProcess(int pid, SpecialInterrupt specialInterrupt);
+    void interruptProcess(const QString &filePath, SpecialInterrupt specialInterrupt);
 
-QString BlackBerryDeviceProcessSupport::killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
-{
-    return QString::fromLatin1("%1; %2").arg(signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 15),
-                                             signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 9));
-}
+private:
+    void killProcessSilently(int pid);
+    void interruptProcessSilently(int pid, SpecialInterrupt = NoSpecialInterrupt);
 
-QString BlackBerryDeviceProcessSupport::interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
-{
-    return signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 2);
-}
+    void appendMsgCannotKill(int pid, const QString &why);
+    void appendMsgCannotInterrupt(int pid, const QString &why);
+
+protected:
+    explicit DesktopProcessSignalOperation() {}
+
+    friend class DesktopDevice;
+};
+
+} // namespace ProjectExplorer
+#endif // WINDOWSPROCESSSIGNALOPERATION_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp
index 5ab8e545473..81328e8f115 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ private:
     QString displayNameForActionId(Core::Id) const { return QString(); }
     void executeAction(Core::Id, QWidget *) { }
     Ptr clone() const { return Ptr(new TestDevice(*this)); }
+    DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation() const
+    {
+        return DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr();
+    }
 };
 
 void ProjectExplorerPlugin::testDeviceManager()
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
index d4ebaf979d9..81a819b7e28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ public:
 } // namespace Internal
 
 PortsGatheringMethod::~PortsGatheringMethod() { }
-DeviceProcessSupport::~DeviceProcessSupport() { }
 DeviceTester::DeviceTester(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent) { }
 
 IDevice::IDevice() : d(new Internal::IDevicePrivate)
@@ -255,11 +254,6 @@ Core::Id IDevice::id() const
     return d->id;
 }
 
-DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr IDevice::processSupport() const
-{
-    return DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr();
-}
-
 PortsGatheringMethod::Ptr IDevice::portsGatheringMethod() const
 {
     return PortsGatheringMethod::Ptr();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
index 8291a6c0091..3da578b90e4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
@@ -55,15 +55,25 @@ namespace Internal { class IDevicePrivate; }
 class IDeviceWidget;
 class DeviceTester;
 
-class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT DeviceProcessSupport
+class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT DeviceProcessSignalOperation : public QObject
 {
+    Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    typedef QSharedPointer<const DeviceProcessSupport> Ptr;
+    ~DeviceProcessSignalOperation() {}
+    typedef QSharedPointer<DeviceProcessSignalOperation> Ptr;
 
-    virtual ~DeviceProcessSupport();
-    virtual QString killProcessByPidCommandLine(int pid) const = 0;
-    virtual QString killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const = 0;
-    virtual QString interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const = 0;
+    virtual void killProcess(int pid) = 0;
+    virtual void killProcess(const QString &filePath) = 0;
+    virtual void interruptProcess(int pid) = 0;
+    virtual void interruptProcess(const QString &filePath) = 0;
+
+signals:
+    // If the error message is empty the operation was successful
+    void finished(const QString &errorMessage);
+
+protected:
+    explicit DeviceProcessSignalOperation() {}
+    QString m_errorMessage;
 };
 
 class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT PortsGatheringMethod
@@ -113,7 +123,6 @@ public:
     virtual QString displayNameForActionId(Core::Id actionId) const = 0;
     virtual void executeAction(Core::Id actionId, QWidget *parent = 0) = 0;
 
-    virtual DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr processSupport() const;
     // Devices that can auto detect ports need not return a ports gathering method. Such devices can
     // obtain a free port on demand. eg: Desktop device.
     virtual bool canAutoDetectPorts() const { return false; }
@@ -125,6 +134,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool canCreateProcess() const { return false; }
     virtual DeviceProcess *createProcess(QObject *parent) const;
+    virtual DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation() const = 0;
 
     enum DeviceState { DeviceReadyToUse, DeviceConnected, DeviceDisconnected, DeviceStateUnknown };
     DeviceState deviceState() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.cpp
index 291f006ca75..963895b4a72 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.cpp
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
 #include <utils/winutils.h>
 #include <tlhelp32.h>
 #include <psapi.h>
-#ifndef PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME
-#define PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME 0x0800
-#endif
 #endif
 
 namespace ProjectExplorer {
@@ -125,28 +122,8 @@ QList<DeviceProcessItem> LocalProcessList::getLocalProcesses()
     return processes;
 }
 
-void LocalProcessList::doKillProcess(const DeviceProcessItem &process)
-{
-    const DWORD rights = PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION|PROCESS_SET_INFORMATION
-            |PROCESS_VM_OPERATION|PROCESS_VM_WRITE|PROCESS_VM_READ
-            |PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE|PROCESS_TERMINATE|PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD|PROCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME;
-    m_error.clear();
-    if (const HANDLE handle = OpenProcess(rights, FALSE, process.pid)) {
-        if (!TerminateProcess(handle, UINT(-1))) {
-          m_error = tr("Cannot terminate process %1: %2").
-                    arg(process.pid).arg(Utils::winErrorMessage(GetLastError()));
-        }
-        CloseHandle(handle);
-    } else {
-        m_error = tr("Cannot open process %1: %2").
-                  arg(process.pid).arg(Utils::winErrorMessage(GetLastError()));
-    }
-    QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(reportDelayedKillStatus()));
-}
-
 #endif //Q_OS_WIN
 
-
 #ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
 LocalProcessList::LocalProcessList(const IDevice::ConstPtr &device, QObject *parent)
     : DeviceProcessList(device, parent)
@@ -258,17 +235,16 @@ QList<DeviceProcessItem> LocalProcessList::getLocalProcesses()
     return procDir.exists() ? getLocalProcessesUsingProc(procDir) : getLocalProcessesUsingPs();
 }
 
+#endif // QT_OS_UNIX
+
 void LocalProcessList::doKillProcess(const DeviceProcessItem &process)
 {
-    if (kill(process.pid, SIGKILL) == -1)
-        m_error = QString::fromLocal8Bit(strerror(errno));
-    else
-        m_error.clear();
-    QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(reportDelayedKillStatus()));
+    DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation = device()->signalOperation();
+    connect(signalOperation.data(), SIGNAL(finished(QString)),
+            SLOT(reportDelayedKillStatus(QString)));
+    signalOperation->killProcess(process.pid);
 }
 
-#endif // QT_OS_UNIX
-
 Qt::ItemFlags LocalProcessList::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const
 {
     Qt::ItemFlags flags = DeviceProcessList::flags(index);
@@ -287,12 +263,12 @@ void LocalProcessList::doUpdate()
     QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(handleUpdate()));
 }
 
-void LocalProcessList::reportDelayedKillStatus()
+void LocalProcessList::reportDelayedKillStatus(const QString &errorMessage)
 {
-    if (m_error.isEmpty())
+    if (errorMessage.isEmpty())
         reportProcessKilled();
     else
-        reportError(m_error);
+        reportError(errorMessage);
 }
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.h
index c1d097ab17a..8588065ca82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/localprocesslist.h
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ private:
 
 private slots:
     void handleUpdate();
-    void reportDelayedKillStatus();
+    void reportDelayedKillStatus(const QString &errorMessage);
 
 private:
     const qint64 m_myPid;
-    QString m_error;
+
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocess.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocess.cpp
index ae9e6614894..af738701d59 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocess.cpp
@@ -295,13 +295,11 @@ void SshDeviceProcess::SshDeviceProcessPrivate::doSignal(QSsh::SshRemoteProcess:
         if (serverSupportsSignals) {
             process->sendSignal(signal);
         } else {
-            const DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr processSupport = q->device()->processSupport();
-            QString signalCommandLine = signal == QSsh::SshRemoteProcess::IntSignal
-                    ? processSupport->interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(executable)
-                    : processSupport->killProcessByNameCommandLine(executable);
-            const QSsh::SshRemoteProcess::Ptr signalProcess
-                    = connection->createRemoteProcess(signalCommandLine.toUtf8());
-            signalProcess->start();
+            DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation = q->device()->signalOperation();
+            if (signal == QSsh::SshRemoteProcess::IntSignal)
+                signalOperation->interruptProcess(executable);
+            else
+                signalOperation->killProcess(executable);
         }
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp
index 56fcbde45ed..1970c588c71 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 #include "sshdeviceprocesslist.h"
 
+#include "idevice.h"
+
 #include <ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ class SshDeviceProcessList::SshDeviceProcessListPrivate
 {
 public:
     SshRemoteProcessRunner process;
+    DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation;
 };
 
 SshDeviceProcessList::SshDeviceProcessList(const IDevice::ConstPtr &device, QObject *parent) :
@@ -53,7 +56,6 @@ SshDeviceProcessList::~SshDeviceProcessList()
 
 void SshDeviceProcessList::doUpdate()
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(device()->processSupport(), return);
     connect(&d->process, SIGNAL(connectionError()), SLOT(handleConnectionError()));
     connect(&d->process, SIGNAL(processClosed(int)), SLOT(handleListProcessFinished(int)));
     d->process.run(listProcessesCommandLine().toUtf8(), device()->sshParameters());
@@ -61,11 +63,11 @@ void SshDeviceProcessList::doUpdate()
 
 void SshDeviceProcessList::doKillProcess(const DeviceProcessItem &process)
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(device()->processSupport(), return);
-    connect(&d->process, SIGNAL(connectionError()), SLOT(handleConnectionError()));
-    connect(&d->process, SIGNAL(processClosed(int)), SLOT(handleKillProcessFinished(int)));
-    d->process.run(device()->processSupport()->killProcessByPidCommandLine(process.pid).toUtf8(),
-                   device()->sshParameters());
+    d->signalOperation = device()->signalOperation();
+    QTC_ASSERT(d->signalOperation, return);
+    connect(d->signalOperation.data(), SIGNAL(finished(QString)),
+            SLOT(handleKillProcessFinished(QString)));
+    d->signalOperation->killProcess(process.pid);
 }
 
 void SshDeviceProcessList::handleConnectionError()
@@ -102,29 +104,13 @@ void SshDeviceProcessList::handleListProcessFinished(int exitStatus)
     }
 }
 
-void SshDeviceProcessList::handleKillProcessFinished(int exitStatus)
+void SshDeviceProcessList::handleKillProcessFinished(const QString &errorString)
 {
+    if (errorString.isEmpty())
+        reportProcessKilled();
+    else
+        reportError(tr("Error: Kill process failed: %1").arg(errorString));
     setFinished();
-    switch (exitStatus) {
-    case SshRemoteProcess::FailedToStart:
-        handleProcessError(tr("Error: Kill process failed to start: %1")
-                .arg(d->process.processErrorString()));
-        break;
-    case SshRemoteProcess::CrashExit:
-        handleProcessError(tr("Error: Kill process crashed: %1")
-                .arg(d->process.processErrorString()));
-        break;
-    case SshRemoteProcess::NormalExit: {
-        const int exitCode = d->process.processExitCode();
-        if (exitCode == 0)
-            reportProcessKilled();
-        else
-            handleProcessError(tr("Kill process failed with exit code %1.").arg(exitCode));
-        break;
-    }
-    default:
-        Q_ASSERT_X(false, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Invalid exit status");
-    }
 }
 
 void SshDeviceProcessList::handleProcessError(const QString &errorMessage)
@@ -139,6 +125,10 @@ void SshDeviceProcessList::handleProcessError(const QString &errorMessage)
 void SshDeviceProcessList::setFinished()
 {
     d->process.disconnect(this);
+    if (d->signalOperation) {
+        d->signalOperation->disconnect(this);
+        d->signalOperation.clear();
+    }
 }
 
 } // namespace ProjectExplorer
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.h
index 4e233aeb868..62d5548f950 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
 private slots:
     void handleConnectionError();
     void handleListProcessFinished(int exitStatus);
-    void handleKillProcessFinished(int exitStatus);
+    void handleKillProcessFinished(const QString &errorString);
 
 private:
     virtual QString listProcessesCommandLine() const = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
index ea124bcf4c7..44009c2c53d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ HEADERS += projectexplorer.h \
     devicesupport/sshdeviceprocess.h \
     devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.h \
     devicesupport/desktopdeviceconfigurationwidget.h \
+    devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.h \
     deploymentdata.h \
     buildtargetinfo.h \
     customtoolchain.h \
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ SOURCES += projectexplorer.cpp \
     devicesupport/sshdeviceprocess.cpp \
     devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp \
     devicesupport/desktopdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp \
+    devicesupport/desktopprocesssignaloperation.cpp \
     deployablefile.cpp \
     customtoolchain.cpp \
     projectmacroexpander.cpp \
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs
index 7b9ba5a07d7..3fd7a478556 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "localprocesslist.cpp", "localprocesslist.h",
             "sshdeviceprocess.cpp", "sshdeviceprocess.h",
             "sshdeviceprocesslist.cpp", "sshdeviceprocesslist.h",
+            "desktopprocesssignaloperation.cpp", "desktopprocesssignaloperation.h",
             "desktopdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp", "desktopdeviceconfigurationwidget.h", "desktopdeviceconfigurationwidget.ui"
         ]
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.cpp
index ace022255c0..f3bd8a7024b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.cpp
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@
 #include "blackberrydeviceconfiguration.h"
 
 #include "qnxconstants.h"
+#include "qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h"
 #include "blackberrydeviceconfigurationwidget.h"
 #include "blackberrydeviceconnectionmanager.h"
-#include "blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.h"
 
 #include <projectexplorer/kitinformation.h>
+#include <ssh/sshconnection.h>
 
 using namespace Qnx;
 using namespace Qnx::Internal;
@@ -111,11 +112,6 @@ BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration::ConstPtr BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration::device(co
     return dev.dynamicCast<const BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration>();
 }
 
-DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration::processSupport() const
-{
-    return ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr(new BlackBerryDeviceProcessSupport);
-}
-
 QString BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration::displayType() const
 {
     return tr("BlackBerry");
@@ -165,3 +161,9 @@ QVariantMap BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration::toMap() const
     map.insert(QLatin1String(Constants::QNX_DEBUG_TOKEN_KEY), m_debugToken);
     return map;
 }
+
+DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration::signalOperation() const
+{
+    return DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr(
+                new BlackBerryDeviceProcessSignalOperation(sshParameters()));
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.h
index 950233637c7..95b58988e50 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceconfiguration.h
@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ public:
     void executeAction(Core::Id actionId, QWidget *parent);
     ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr clone() const;
     bool hasDeviceTester() const;
+    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation() const;
 
     static ConstPtr device(const ProjectExplorer::Kit *k);
 
-    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr processSupport() const;
-
 protected:
     BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration();
     BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration(const QString &name, Core::Id type, MachineType machineType,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrylogprocessrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrylogprocessrunner.cpp
index e324899561b..ecd627998a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrylogprocessrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrylogprocessrunner.cpp
@@ -163,11 +163,10 @@ void BlackBerryLogProcessRunner::killProcessRunner(QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(!command.isEmpty(), return);
 
-    QString killCommand = m_device->processSupport()->killProcessByNameCommandLine(command);
-
-    QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner *slayProcess = new QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner(this);
-    connect(slayProcess, SIGNAL(processClosed(int)), this, SIGNAL(finished()));
-    slayProcess->run(killCommand.toLatin1(), m_sshParams);
+    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation =
+            m_device->signalOperation();
+    connect(signalOperation.data(), SIGNAL(finished(QString)), SIGNAL(finished()));
+    signalOperation->killProcess(command);
 
     processRunner->cancel();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.pro b/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.pro
index fa67ae8d405..ed664b364e7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.pro
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ SOURCES += qnxplugin.cpp \
     blackberrydebugtokenuploader.cpp \
     blackberrydebugtokenreader.cpp \
     blackberryndkprocess.cpp \
-    blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.cpp \
     blackberrycheckdevmodestepfactory.cpp \
     blackberrycheckdevmodestep.cpp \
     blackberrycheckdevmodestepconfigwidget.cpp \
@@ -96,7 +95,8 @@ SOURCES += qnxplugin.cpp \
     qnxdevicetester.cpp \
     blackberryconfigurationmanager.cpp \
     blackberrydevicelistdetector.cpp \
-    blackberrylogprocessrunner.cpp
+    blackberrylogprocessrunner.cpp \
+    qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.cpp
 
 HEADERS += qnxplugin.h\
     qnxconstants.h \
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ HEADERS += qnxplugin.h\
     blackberrydebugtokenuploader.h \
     blackberrydebugtokenreader.h \
     blackberryndkprocess.h \
-    blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.h \
     blackberrycheckdevmodestepfactory.h \
     blackberrycheckdevmodestep.h \
     blackberrycheckdevmodestepconfigwidget.h \
@@ -192,7 +191,8 @@ HEADERS += qnxplugin.h\
     qnxdevicetester.h \
     blackberryconfigurationmanager.h \
     blackberrydevicelistdetector.h \
-    blackberrylogprocessrunner.h
+    blackberrylogprocessrunner.h \
+    qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h
 
 FORMS += \
     blackberrydeviceconfigurationwizardsetuppage.ui \
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.qbs b/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.qbs
index 39a0c59885c..6bfc3e2f1ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnx.qbs
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "blackberrydeviceconnectionmanager.h",
         "blackberrydevicelistdetector.cpp",
         "blackberrydevicelistdetector.h",
-        "blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.h",
-        "blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.cpp",
         "blackberrylogprocessrunner.cpp",
         "blackberrylogprocessrunner.h",
         "blackberryqtversion.cpp",
@@ -215,6 +213,8 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "qnxdeviceconfigurationwizard.h",
         "qnxdeviceconfigurationwizardpages.cpp",
         "qnxdeviceconfigurationwizardpages.h",
+        "qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.cpp",
+        "qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h",
         "qnxdevicetester.cpp",
         "qnxdevicetester.h",
         "qnxplugin.cpp",
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.cpp
index 2f9a5a2571d..cdaea98b345 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 
 #include "qnxdeviceconfiguration.h"
 #include "qnxdevicetester.h"
+#include "qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h"
 
 #include <projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.h>
+#include <ssh/sshconnection.h>
 
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -40,30 +42,6 @@
 using namespace Qnx;
 using namespace Qnx::Internal;
 
-class QnxDeviceProcessSupport : public RemoteLinux::LinuxDeviceProcessSupport
-{
-    static QString signalProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath, int sig)
-    {
-        QString executable = filePath;
-        return QString::fromLatin1("for PID in $(ps -f -o pid,comm | grep %1 | awk '/%1/ {print $1}'); "
-            "do "
-                "kill -%2 $PID; "
-            "done").arg(executable.replace(QLatin1String("/"), QLatin1String("\\/"))).arg(sig);
-    }
-
-    QString killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
-    {
-        return QString::fromLatin1("%1; %2").arg(signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 15),
-                                             signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 9));
-    }
-
-    QString interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
-    {
-        return signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 2);
-    }
-};
-
-
 class QnxPortsGatheringMethod : public ProjectExplorer::PortsGatheringMethod
 {
     // TODO: The command is probably needlessly complicated because the parsing method
@@ -183,11 +161,6 @@ ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr QnxDeviceConfiguration::clone() const
     return Ptr(new QnxDeviceConfiguration(*this));
 }
 
-ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr QnxDeviceConfiguration::processSupport() const
-{
-    return ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr(new QnxDeviceProcessSupport);
-}
-
 ProjectExplorer::PortsGatheringMethod::Ptr QnxDeviceConfiguration::portsGatheringMethod() const
 {
     return ProjectExplorer::PortsGatheringMethod::Ptr(new QnxPortsGatheringMethod);
@@ -202,3 +175,9 @@ ProjectExplorer::DeviceTester *QnxDeviceConfiguration::createDeviceTester() cons
 {
     return new QnxDeviceTester;
 }
+
+ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr QnxDeviceConfiguration::signalOperation() const
+{
+    return ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr(
+                new QnxDeviceProcessSignalOperation(sshParameters()));
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.h
index 5f0ccd9d958..bf713a0f927 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceconfiguration.h
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ public:
                       Origin origin = ManuallyAdded, Core::Id id = Core::Id());
     ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr clone() const;
 
-    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr processSupport() const;
     ProjectExplorer::PortsGatheringMethod::Ptr portsGatheringMethod() const;
     ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessList *createProcessListModel(QObject *parent) const;
+    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation() const;
 
     ProjectExplorer::DeviceTester *createDeviceTester() const;
 
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ protected:
     QnxDeviceConfiguration(const QString &name, Core::Id type, MachineType machineType,
                            Origin origin, Core::Id id);
     QnxDeviceConfiguration(const QnxDeviceConfiguration &other);
+
+    QString interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
+    QString killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
+
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afbb79d125d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2011 - 2013 Research In Motion
+**
+** Contact: Research In Motion (blackberry-qt@qnx.com)
+** Contact: KDAB (info@kdab.com)
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h"
+
+using namespace Qnx;
+using namespace Qnx::Internal;
+
+QnxDeviceProcessSignalOperation::QnxDeviceProcessSignalOperation(
+        const QSsh::SshConnectionParameters sshParameters)
+    : RemoteLinux::RemoteLinuxSignalOperation(sshParameters)
+{
+}
+
+static QString signalProcessByNameBlackBerryCommandLine(const QString &filePath, int sig)
+{
+    QString executable = filePath;
+    return QString::fromLatin1("for PID in $(pidin -F \"%a %A\" | grep \"%1\" | awk '/%1/ {print $1}'); "
+        "do "
+            "kill -%2 $PID; "
+        "done").arg(executable.replace(QLatin1String("/"), QLatin1String("\\/"))).arg(sig);
+}
+
+QString QnxDeviceProcessSignalOperation::killProcessByNameCommandLine(
+        const QString &filePath) const
+{
+    return QString::fromLatin1("%1; %2").arg(signalProcessByNameBlackBerryCommandLine(filePath, 15),
+                                           signalProcessByNameBlackBerryCommandLine(filePath, 9));
+}
+
+QString QnxDeviceProcessSignalOperation::interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(
+        const QString &filePath) const
+{
+    return signalProcessByNameBlackBerryCommandLine(filePath, 2);
+}
+
+
+BlackBerryDeviceProcessSignalOperation::BlackBerryDeviceProcessSignalOperation(
+        const QSsh::SshConnectionParameters sshParameters)
+    : RemoteLinux::RemoteLinuxSignalOperation(sshParameters)
+{
+}
+
+static QString signalProcessByNameQnxCommandLine(const QString &filePath, int sig)
+{
+    QString executable = filePath;
+    return QString::fromLatin1("for PID in $(ps -f -o pid,comm | grep %1 | awk '/%1/ {print $1}'); "
+        "do "
+            "kill -%2 $PID; "
+        "done").arg(executable.replace(QLatin1String("/"), QLatin1String("\\/"))).arg(sig);
+}
+
+QString BlackBerryDeviceProcessSignalOperation::killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
+{
+    return QString::fromLatin1("%1; %2").arg(signalProcessByNameQnxCommandLine(filePath, 15),
+                                           signalProcessByNameQnxCommandLine(filePath, 9));
+}
+
+QString BlackBerryDeviceProcessSignalOperation::interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
+{
+    return signalProcessByNameQnxCommandLine(filePath, 2);
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.h b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h
similarity index 66%
rename from src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.h
rename to src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h
index 656df0c1f1a..a3e86c8ad27 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/blackberrydeviceprocesssupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeviceprocesssignaloperation.h
@@ -29,22 +29,41 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef QNX_INTERNAL_BLACKBERRYDEVICEPROCESSSUPPORT_H
-#define QNX_INTERNAL_BLACKBERRYDEVICEPROCESSSUPPORT_H
+#ifndef QNXDEVICEPROCESSSIGNALOPERATION_H
+#define QNXDEVICEPROCESSSIGNALOPERATION_H
 
-#include <remotelinux/linuxdevice.h>
+#include <remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.h>
 
 namespace Qnx {
 namespace Internal {
 
-class BlackBerryDeviceProcessSupport : public RemoteLinux::LinuxDeviceProcessSupport
+class QnxDeviceProcessSignalOperation : public RemoteLinux::RemoteLinuxSignalOperation
 {
-public:
+    Q_OBJECT
+protected:
+    explicit QnxDeviceProcessSignalOperation(const QSsh::SshConnectionParameters sshParameters);
+
+private:
     QString killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
     QString interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
+
+    friend class QnxDeviceConfiguration;
+};
+
+class BlackBerryDeviceProcessSignalOperation : public RemoteLinux::RemoteLinuxSignalOperation
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+protected:
+    explicit BlackBerryDeviceProcessSignalOperation(const QSsh::SshConnectionParameters sshParameters);
+
+private:
+    QString killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
+    QString interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
+
+    friend class BlackBerryDeviceConfiguration;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace Qnx
 
-#endif // QNX_INTERNAL_BLACKBERRYDEVICEPROCESSSUPPORT_H
+#endif // QNXDEVICEPROCESSSIGNALOPERATION_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index 5d707b23545..b68f6c0c9cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@
 #include "linuxdevicetester.h"
 #include "publickeydeploymentdialog.h"
 #include "remotelinux_constants.h"
+#include "remotelinuxsignaloperation.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/id.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/devicesupport/sshdeviceprocesslist.h>
+#include <ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
+#include <QTimer>
+
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 
 namespace RemoteLinux {
@@ -117,35 +121,6 @@ private:
     }
 };
 
-
-QString LinuxDeviceProcessSupport::killProcessByPidCommandLine(int pid) const
-{
-    return QLatin1String("kill -9 ") + QString::number(pid);
-}
-
-
-static QString signalProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath, int signal)
-{
-    return QString::fromLatin1("cd /proc; for pid in `ls -d [0123456789]*`; "
-            "do "
-                "if [ \"`readlink /proc/$pid/exe`\" = \"%1\" ]; then "
-                "    kill %2 $pid;"
-                "fi; "
-            "done").arg(filePath).arg(signal);
-}
-
-QString LinuxDeviceProcessSupport::killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
-{
-    return QString::fromLatin1("%1; %2").arg(signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 15),
-                                             signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 9));
-}
-
-QString LinuxDeviceProcessSupport::interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
-{
-    return signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 2);
-}
-
-
 class LinuxPortsGatheringMethod : public ProjectExplorer::PortsGatheringMethod
 {
     QByteArray commandLine(QAbstractSocket::NetworkLayerProtocol protocol) const
@@ -252,11 +227,6 @@ ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr LinuxDevice::clone() const
     return Ptr(new LinuxDevice(*this));
 }
 
-DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr LinuxDevice::processSupport() const
-{
-    return DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr(new LinuxDeviceProcessSupport);
-}
-
 DeviceProcess *LinuxDevice::createProcess(QObject *parent) const
 {
     return new LinuxDeviceProcess(sharedFromThis(), parent);
@@ -282,4 +252,9 @@ DeviceTester *LinuxDevice::createDeviceTester() const
     return new GenericLinuxDeviceTester;
 }
 
+DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr LinuxDevice::signalOperation() const
+{
+    return DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr(new RemoteLinuxSignalOperation(sshParameters()));
+}
+
 } // namespace RemoteLinux
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
index f19a2476b2d..8f9d9b1c643 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.h
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ namespace Utils { class PortList; }
 namespace RemoteLinux {
 namespace Internal { class LinuxDevicePrivate; }
 
-class REMOTELINUX_EXPORT LinuxDeviceProcessSupport : public ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSupport
-{
-public:
-    QString killProcessByPidCommandLine(int pid) const;
-    QString killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
-    QString interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
-};
-
 class REMOTELINUX_EXPORT LinuxDevice : public ProjectExplorer::IDevice
 {
     Q_DECLARE_TR_FUNCTIONS(RemoteLinux::Internal::LinuxDevice)
@@ -69,7 +61,6 @@ public:
     void executeAction(Core::Id actionId, QWidget *parent);
     ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr clone() const;
 
-    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSupport::Ptr processSupport() const;
     bool canCreateProcess() const { return true; }
     ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcess *createProcess(QObject *parent) const;
     bool canAutoDetectPorts() const;
@@ -78,6 +69,7 @@ public:
     ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessList *createProcessListModel(QObject *parent) const;
     bool hasDeviceTester() const { return true; }
     ProjectExplorer::DeviceTester *createDeviceTester() const;
+    ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation() const;
 
 protected:
     LinuxDevice() {}
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.pro b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.pro
index 8c4453cabb3..b6d76fc30ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.pro
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     remotelinuxdeploymentdatamodel.h \
     remotelinuxanalyzesupport.h \
     abstractremotelinuxrunsupport.h \
-    linuxdeviceprocess.h
+    linuxdeviceprocess.h \
+    remotelinuxsignaloperation.h
 
 SOURCES += \
     embeddedlinuxqtversion.cpp \
@@ -94,7 +95,8 @@ SOURCES += \
     remotelinuxdeploymentdatamodel.cpp \
     remotelinuxanalyzesupport.cpp \
     abstractremotelinuxrunsupport.cpp \
-    linuxdeviceprocess.cpp
+    linuxdeviceprocess.cpp \
+    remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp
 
 FORMS += \
     genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwizardsetuppage.ui \
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs
index cb610ef7a66..536e9bfcc84 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "remotelinuxruncontrol.h",
         "remotelinuxruncontrolfactory.cpp",
         "remotelinuxruncontrolfactory.h",
+        "remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp",
+        "remotelinuxsignaloperation.h",
         "remotelinuxutils.cpp",
         "remotelinuxutils.h",
         "sshkeydeployer.cpp",
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdfb67a787e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "remotelinuxsignaloperation.h"
+
+#include <ssh/sshremoteprocessrunner.h>
+#include <ssh/sshconnection.h>
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
+
+using namespace RemoteLinux;
+using namespace ProjectExplorer;
+
+RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::RemoteLinuxSignalOperation(
+        const QSsh::SshConnectionParameters sshParameters)
+    : DeviceProcessSignalOperation()
+    , m_sshParameters(sshParameters)
+    , m_runner(0)
+{}
+
+RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::~RemoteLinuxSignalOperation()
+{
+    if (m_runner) {
+        connect(m_runner, SIGNAL(processClosed(int)), m_runner, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+        connect(m_runner, SIGNAL(connectionError()), m_runner, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+    }
+}
+
+static QString signalProcessByPidCommandLine(int pid, int signal)
+{
+    return QString::fromLatin1("kill -%1 %2").arg(signal).arg(pid);
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::run(const QString command)
+{
+    QTC_ASSERT(!m_runner, return);
+    m_runner = new QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner();
+    connect(m_runner, SIGNAL(processClosed(int)), SLOT(runnerProcessFinished()));
+    connect(m_runner, SIGNAL(connectionError()), SLOT(runnerConnectionError()));
+    m_runner->run(command.toLatin1(), m_sshParameters);
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::finish()
+{
+    delete m_runner;
+    m_runner = 0;
+    emit finished(m_errorMessage);
+}
+
+static QString signalProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath, int signal)
+{
+    return QString::fromLatin1(
+                "cd /proc; for pid in `ls -d [0123456789]*`; "
+                "do "
+                "if [ \"`readlink /proc/$pid/exe`\" = \"%1\" ]; then "
+                "    kill %2 $pid;"
+                "fi; "
+                "done").arg(filePath).arg(signal);
+}
+
+QString RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
+{
+    return QString::fromLatin1("%1; %2").arg(signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 15),
+                                             signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 9));
+}
+
+QString RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const
+{
+    return signalProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath, 2);
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::killProcess(int pid)
+{
+    run(signalProcessByPidCommandLine(pid, 9));
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::killProcess(const QString &filePath)
+{
+    run(killProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath));
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::interruptProcess(int pid)
+{
+    run(signalProcessByPidCommandLine(pid, 2));
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::interruptProcess(const QString &filePath)
+{
+    run(interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(filePath));
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::runnerProcessFinished()
+{
+    m_errorMessage.clear();
+    if (m_runner->processExitStatus() != QSsh::SshRemoteProcess::NormalExit) {
+        m_errorMessage = m_runner->processErrorString();
+    } else if (m_runner->processExitCode() != 0) {
+        m_errorMessage = tr("Exit code is %1. stderr: ").arg(m_runner->processExitCode())
+                + QString::fromLatin1(m_runner->readAllStandardError());
+    }
+    finish();
+}
+
+void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::runnerConnectionError()
+{
+    m_errorMessage = m_runner->lastConnectionErrorString();
+    finish();
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e2d9da94b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.h
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef REMOTELINUXSIGNALOPERATION_H
+#define REMOTELINUXSIGNALOPERATION_H
+
+#include "remotelinux_export.h"
+
+#include <projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h>
+#include <ssh/sshconnection.h>
+
+namespace QSsh {
+class SshConnectionParameters;
+class SshRemoteProcessRunner;
+}
+
+namespace RemoteLinux {
+
+class REMOTELINUX_EXPORT RemoteLinuxSignalOperation
+        : public ProjectExplorer::DeviceProcessSignalOperation
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    virtual ~RemoteLinuxSignalOperation();
+
+    void killProcess(int pid);
+    void killProcess(const QString &filePath);
+    void interruptProcess(int pid);
+    void interruptProcess(const QString &filePath);
+
+protected:
+    RemoteLinuxSignalOperation(const QSsh::SshConnectionParameters sshParameters);
+
+private slots:
+    void runnerProcessFinished();
+    void runnerConnectionError();
+
+private:
+    virtual QString killProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
+    virtual QString interruptProcessByNameCommandLine(const QString &filePath) const;
+    void run(const QString command);
+    void finish();
+
+    const QSsh::SshConnectionParameters m_sshParameters;
+    QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner *m_runner;
+
+    friend class LinuxDevice;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // REMOTELINUXSIGNALOPERATION_H