diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aad5ca73d9..7eed912ed9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4075,6 +4075,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-rpc-builder",
  "reth-staged-sync",
  "reth-stages",
+ "reth-tasks",
  "reth-tracing",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
  "serde",
diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index c9338ea5ff..d4a91404d4 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ reth-network = {path = "../../crates/net/network", features = ["serde"] }
 reth-network-api = {path = "../../crates/net/network-api" }
 reth-downloaders = {path = "../../crates/net/downloaders", features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-tracing = { path = "../../crates/tracing" }
+reth-tasks = { path = "../../crates/tasks" }
 reth-net-nat = { path = "../../crates/net/nat" }
 reth-discv4 = { path = "../../crates/net/discv4" }
 
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/cli.rs b/bin/reth/src/cli.rs
index 944849dc81..ed9d0f9d5b 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/cli.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/cli.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use crate::{
     chain, db,
     dirs::{LogsDir, PlatformPath},
-    node, p2p, stage, test_eth_chain, test_vectors,
+    node, p2p,
+    runner::CliRunner,
+    stage, test_eth_chain, test_vectors,
 };
 use clap::{ArgAction, Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 use reth_tracing::{
@@ -14,21 +16,23 @@ use reth_tracing::{
 };
 
 /// Parse CLI options, set up logging and run the chosen command.
-pub async fn run() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+pub fn run() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     let opt = Cli::parse();
 
     let (layer, _guard) = opt.logs.layer();
     reth_tracing::init(vec![layer, reth_tracing::stdout(opt.verbosity.directive())]);
 
+    let runner = CliRunner::default();
+
     match opt.command {
-        Commands::Node(command) => command.execute().await,
-        Commands::Init(command) => command.execute().await,
-        Commands::Import(command) => command.execute().await,
-        Commands::Db(command) => command.execute().await,
-        Commands::Stage(command) => command.execute().await,
-        Commands::P2P(command) => command.execute().await,
-        Commands::TestVectors(command) => command.execute().await,
-        Commands::TestEthChain(command) => command.execute().await,
+        Commands::Node(command) => runner.run_command_until_exit(|ctx| command.execute(ctx)),
+        Commands::Init(command) => runner.run_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
+        Commands::Import(command) => runner.run_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
+        Commands::Db(command) => runner.run_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
+        Commands::Stage(command) => runner.run_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
+        Commands::P2P(command) => runner.run_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
+        Commands::TestVectors(command) => runner.run_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
+        Commands::TestEthChain(command) => runner.run_until_ctrl_c(command.execute()),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/lib.rs b/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
index 7bcd3a499c..244d5ef62f 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub mod dirs;
 pub mod node;
 pub mod p2p;
 pub mod prometheus_exporter;
+pub mod runner;
 pub mod stage;
 pub mod test_eth_chain;
 pub mod test_vectors;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/main.rs b/bin/reth/src/main.rs
index 11ac01de69..87198347e4 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    if let Err(err) = reth::cli::run().await {
+fn main() {
+    if let Err(err) = reth::cli::run() {
         eprintln!("Error: {err:?}");
         std::process::exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
index d6533ef64b..271acb8656 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     args::{NetworkArgs, RpcServerArgs},
     dirs::{ConfigPath, DbPath, PlatformPath},
     prometheus_exporter,
+    runner::CliContext,
 };
 use clap::{crate_version, Parser};
 use eyre::Context;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ pub struct Command {
 impl Command {
     /// Execute `node` command
     // TODO: RPC
-    pub async fn execute(self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    pub async fn execute(self, _ctx: CliContext) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         info!(target: "reth::cli", "reth {} starting", crate_version!());
 
         // Raise the fd limit of the process.
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/runner.rs b/bin/reth/src/runner.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e6fe7ae1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/reth/src/runner.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+//! Entrypoint for running commands.
+
+use futures::pin_mut;
+use reth_tasks::{TaskExecutor, TaskManager};
+use std::{future::Future, time::Duration};
+use tracing::trace;
+
+/// Used to execute cli commands
+#[derive(Default, Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct CliRunner;
+
+// === impl CliRunner ===
+
+impl CliRunner {
+    /// Executes the given _async_ command on the tokio runtime until the command future resolves or
+    /// until the process receives a `SIGINT` or `SIGTERM` signal.
+    ///
+    /// Tasks spawned by the command via the [TaskExecutor] are shut down and an attempt is made to
+    /// drive their shutdown to completion after the command has finished.
+    pub fn run_command_until_exit<F, E>(
+        self,
+        command: impl FnOnce(CliContext) -> F,
+    ) -> Result<(), E>
+    where
+        F: Future<Output = Result<(), E>>,
+        E: Send + Sync + From<std::io::Error> + 'static,
+    {
+        let AsyncCliRunner { context, task_manager, tokio_runtime } = AsyncCliRunner::new()?;
+
+        // Executes the command until it finished or ctrl-c was fired
+        tokio_runtime.block_on(run_until_ctrl_c(command(context)))?;
+        // after the command has finished or exit signal was received we drop the task manager which
+        // fires the shutdown signal to all tasks spawned via the task executor
+        drop(task_manager);
+
+        // give all tasks that are now being shut down some time to finish before tokio leaks them
+        // see [Runtime::shutdown_timeout](tokio::runtime::Runtime::shutdown_timeout)
+        tokio_runtime.shutdown_timeout(Duration::from_secs(30));
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Executes a regular future until completion or until external signal received.
+    pub fn run_until_ctrl_c<F, E>(self, fut: F) -> Result<(), E>
+    where
+        F: Future<Output = Result<(), E>>,
+        E: Send + Sync + From<std::io::Error> + 'static,
+    {
+        let tokio_runtime = tokio_runtime()?;
+        tokio_runtime.block_on(run_until_ctrl_c(fut))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// [CliRunner] configuration when executing commands asynchronously
+struct AsyncCliRunner {
+    context: CliContext,
+    task_manager: TaskManager,
+    tokio_runtime: tokio::runtime::Runtime,
+}
+
+// === impl AsyncCliRunner ===
+
+impl AsyncCliRunner {
+    /// Attempts to create a tokio Runtime and additional context required to execute commands
+    /// asynchronously.
+    fn new() -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
+        let tokio_runtime = tokio_runtime()?;
+        let task_manager = TaskManager::new(tokio_runtime.handle().clone());
+        let task_executor = task_manager.executor();
+        Ok(Self { context: CliContext { task_executor }, task_manager, tokio_runtime })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Additional context provided by the [CliRunner] when executing commands
+pub struct CliContext {
+    /// Used to execute/spawn tasks
+    pub task_executor: TaskExecutor,
+}
+
+/// Creates a new default tokio multi-thread [Runtime](tokio::runtime::Runtime) with all features
+/// enabled
+pub fn tokio_runtime() -> Result<tokio::runtime::Runtime, std::io::Error> {
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread().enable_all().build()
+}
+
+/// Runs the future to completion or until a `ctrl-c` was received.
+async fn run_until_ctrl_c<F, E>(fut: F) -> Result<(), E>
+where
+    F: Future<Output = Result<(), E>>,
+    E: Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    let ctrl_c = tokio::signal::ctrl_c();
+
+    pin_mut!(ctrl_c, fut);
+
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = ctrl_c => {
+            trace!(target: "reth::cli",  "Received ctrl-c");
+        },
+        res = fut => res?,
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}