diff --git a/benchmark/vm/run-in-context.js b/benchmark/vm/run-in-context.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..62ebe29146e705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/vm/run-in-context.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common.js');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1],
+  breakOnSigint: [0, 1],
+  withSigintListener: [0, 1]
+});
+
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+function main(conf) {
+  const n = +conf.n;
+  const options = conf.breakOnSigint ? {breakOnSigint: true} : {};
+  const withSigintListener = !!conf.withSigintListener;
+
+  process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT');
+  if (withSigintListener)
+    process.on('SIGINT', () => {});
+
+  var i = 0;
+
+  const contextifiedSandbox = vm.createContext();
+
+  common.v8ForceOptimization(vm.runInContext,
+                             '0', contextifiedSandbox, options);
+  bench.start();
+  for (; i < n; i++)
+    vm.runInContext('0', contextifiedSandbox, options);
+  bench.end(n);
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/vm/run-in-this-context.js b/benchmark/vm/run-in-this-context.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f66fd31a1a949e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/vm/run-in-this-context.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common.js');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1],
+  breakOnSigint: [0, 1],
+  withSigintListener: [0, 1]
+});
+
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+function main(conf) {
+  const n = +conf.n;
+  const options = conf.breakOnSigint ? {breakOnSigint: true} : {};
+  const withSigintListener = !!conf.withSigintListener;
+
+  process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT');
+  if (withSigintListener)
+    process.on('SIGINT', () => {});
+
+  var i = 0;
+
+  common.v8ForceOptimization(vm.runInThisContext, '0', options);
+  bench.start();
+  for (; i < n; i++)
+    vm.runInThisContext('0', options);
+  bench.end(n);
+}
diff --git a/lib/vm.js b/lib/vm.js
index 4869d368807665..cf672fbbc14871 100644
--- a/lib/vm.js
+++ b/lib/vm.js
@@ -17,22 +17,17 @@ const realRunInThisContext = Script.prototype.runInThisContext;
 const realRunInContext = Script.prototype.runInContext;
 
 Script.prototype.runInThisContext = function(options) {
-  if (options && options.breakOnSigint) {
-    const realRunInThisContextScript = () => {
-      return realRunInThisContext.call(this, options);
-    };
-    return sigintHandlersWrap(realRunInThisContextScript);
+  if (options && options.breakOnSigint && process._events.SIGINT) {
+    return sigintHandlersWrap(realRunInThisContext, this, [options]);
   } else {
     return realRunInThisContext.call(this, options);
   }
 };
 
 Script.prototype.runInContext = function(contextifiedSandbox, options) {
-  if (options && options.breakOnSigint) {
-    const realRunInContextScript = () => {
-      return realRunInContext.call(this, contextifiedSandbox, options);
-    };
-    return sigintHandlersWrap(realRunInContextScript);
+  if (options && options.breakOnSigint && process._events.SIGINT) {
+    return sigintHandlersWrap(realRunInContext, this,
+                              [contextifiedSandbox, options]);
   } else {
     return realRunInContext.call(this, contextifiedSandbox, options);
   }
@@ -83,19 +78,20 @@ exports.isContext = binding.isContext;
 
 // Remove all SIGINT listeners and re-attach them after the wrapped function
 // has executed, so that caught SIGINT are handled by the listeners again.
-function sigintHandlersWrap(fn) {
+function sigintHandlersWrap(fn, thisArg, argsArray) {
   // Using the internal list here to make sure `.once()` wrappers are used,
   // not the original ones.
   let sigintListeners = process._events.SIGINT;
-  if (!Array.isArray(sigintListeners))
-    sigintListeners = sigintListeners ? [sigintListeners] : [];
-  else
+
+  if (Array.isArray(sigintListeners))
     sigintListeners = sigintListeners.slice();
+  else
+    sigintListeners = [sigintListeners];
 
   process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT');
 
   try {
-    return fn();
+    return fn.apply(thisArg, argsArray);
   } finally {
     // Add using the public methods so that the `newListener` handler of
     // process can re-attach the listeners.