diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
index c584b920409..fc109f3ff6b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import random
 import unittest
 import weakref
 import abc
+import signal
+import errno
 from itertools import cycle, count
 from collections import deque
 from test import support
@@ -2463,6 +2465,75 @@ class CMiscIOTest(MiscIOTest):
 class PyMiscIOTest(MiscIOTest):
     io = pyio
 
+
+@unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt', 'POSIX signals required for this test.')
+class SignalsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.oldalrm = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.alarm_interrupt)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.oldalrm)
+
+    def alarm_interrupt(self, sig, frame):
+        1/0
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(threading, 'Threading required for this test.')
+    def check_interrupted_write(self, item, bytes, **fdopen_kwargs):
+        """Check that a partial write, when it gets interrupted, properly
+        invokes the signal handler."""
+        read_results = []
+        def _read():
+            s = os.read(r, 1)
+            read_results.append(s)
+        t = threading.Thread(target=_read)
+        t.daemon = True
+        r, w = os.pipe()
+        try:
+            wio = self.io.open(w, **fdopen_kwargs)
+            t.start()
+            signal.alarm(1)
+            # Fill the pipe enough that the write will be blocking.
+            # It will be interrupted by the timer armed above.  Since the
+            # other thread has read one byte, the low-level write will
+            # return with a successful (partial) result rather than an EINTR.
+            # The buffered IO layer must check for pending signal
+            # handlers, which in this case will invoke alarm_interrupt().
+            self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError,
+                              wio.write, item * (1024 * 1024))
+            t.join()
+            # We got one byte, get another one and check that it isn't a
+            # repeat of the first one.
+            read_results.append(os.read(r, 1))
+            self.assertEqual(read_results, [bytes[0:1], bytes[1:2]])
+        finally:
+            os.close(w)
+            os.close(r)
+            # This is deliberate. If we didn't close the file descriptor
+            # before closing wio, wio would try to flush its internal
+            # buffer, and block again.
+            try:
+                wio.close()
+            except IOError as e:
+                if e.errno != errno.EBADF:
+                    raise
+
+    def test_interrupted_write_unbuffered(self):
+        self.check_interrupted_write(b"xy", b"xy", mode="wb", buffering=0)
+
+    def test_interrupted_write_buffered(self):
+        self.check_interrupted_write(b"xy", b"xy", mode="wb")
+
+    def test_interrupted_write_text(self):
+        self.check_interrupted_write("xy", b"xy", mode="w", encoding="ascii")
+
+class CSignalsTest(SignalsTest):
+    io = io
+
+class PySignalsTest(SignalsTest):
+    io = pyio
+
+
 def test_main():
     tests = (CIOTest, PyIOTest,
              CBufferedReaderTest, PyBufferedReaderTest,
@@ -2472,7 +2543,9 @@ def test_main():
              StatefulIncrementalDecoderTest,
              CIncrementalNewlineDecoderTest, PyIncrementalNewlineDecoderTest,
              CTextIOWrapperTest, PyTextIOWrapperTest,
-             CMiscIOTest, PyMiscIOTest,)
+             CMiscIOTest, PyMiscIOTest,
+             CSignalsTest, PySignalsTest,
+             )
 
     # Put the namespaces of the IO module we are testing and some useful mock
     # classes in the __dict__ of each test.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 019cd4b9daf..056c05dbce4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Extensions
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #9617: Signals received during a low-level write operation aren't
+  ignored by the buffered IO layer anymore.
+
 - Issue #843590: Make "macintosh" an alias to the "mac_roman" encoding.
 
 - Create os.fsdecode(): decode from the filesystem encoding with
diff --git a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
index 4678da91c97..615e64497fe 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
@@ -1665,6 +1665,11 @@ _bufferedwriter_flush_unlocked(buffered *self, int restore_pos)
         self->write_pos += n;
         self->raw_pos = self->write_pos;
         written += Py_SAFE_DOWNCAST(n, Py_off_t, Py_ssize_t);
+        /* Partial writes can return successfully when interrupted by a
+           signal (see write(2)).  We must run signal handlers before
+           blocking another time, possibly indefinitely. */
+        if (PyErr_CheckSignals() < 0)
+            goto error;
     }
 
     if (restore_pos) {
@@ -1802,6 +1807,11 @@ bufferedwriter_write(buffered *self, PyObject *args)
         }
         written += n;
         remaining -= n;
+        /* Partial writes can return successfully when interrupted by a
+           signal (see write(2)).  We must run signal handlers before
+           blocking another time, possibly indefinitely. */
+        if (PyErr_CheckSignals() < 0)
+            goto error;
     }
     if (self->readable)
         _bufferedreader_reset_buf(self);