diff --git a/docs/library/pyb.USB_VCP.rst b/docs/library/pyb.USB_VCP.rst
index 7330640728a9789c04cd94b5e786b3e0f47e2b99..4d87be4a3660c2f23de1512caf1e023e956e5b93 100644
--- a/docs/library/pyb.USB_VCP.rst
+++ b/docs/library/pyb.USB_VCP.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ Constructors
 Methods
 -------
 
+.. method:: usb_vcp.setinterrupt(chr)
+
+   Set the character which interrupts running Python code.  This is set
+   to 3 (CTRL-C) by default, and when a CTRL-C character is received over
+   the USB VCP port, a KeyboardInterrupt exception is raised.
+
+   Set to -1 to disable this interrupt feature.  This is useful when you
+   want to send raw bytes over the USB VCP port.
+
 .. method:: usb_vcp.any()
 
    Return ``True`` if any characters waiting, else ``False``.
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/pass_through.rst b/docs/tutorial/pass_through.rst
index 309ef58e745baf0cb31fecd98251c8072848bd23..a94e7363d2160bae169ac1c852c58b38e21c8632 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/pass_through.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial/pass_through.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ It's as simple as::
     import select
 
     def pass_through(usb, uart):
+        usb.setinterrupt(-1)
         while True:
             select.select([usb, uart], [], [])
             if usb.any():
diff --git a/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h b/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h
index ce09404d3f5aac1b98073c9d4b457ec577611a12..3b89dc9f1a05dd3c49ced8f62b0eefb4936cc1b9 100644
--- a/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h
+++ b/stmhal/qstrdefsport.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Q(tell)
 
 // for USB VCP class
 Q(USB_VCP)
+Q(setinterrupt)
 Q(send)
 Q(recv)
 Q(timeout)
diff --git a/stmhal/usb.c b/stmhal/usb.c
index 0499aaa8d696ed486b18bc178ffba869cf85a283..82f23c26f2b2eea39fea7a25319fd17e109ad986 100644
--- a/stmhal/usb.c
+++ b/stmhal/usb.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t pyb_usb_vcp_make_new(mp_obj_t type_in, mp_uint_t n_args, mp_uint
     return (mp_obj_t)&pyb_usb_vcp_obj;
 }
 
+STATIC mp_obj_t pyb_usb_vcp_setinterrupt(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t int_chr_in) {
+    usb_vcp_set_interrupt_char(mp_obj_get_int(int_chr_in));
+    return mp_const_none;
+}
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(pyb_usb_vcp_setinterrupt_obj, pyb_usb_vcp_setinterrupt);
+
 /// \method any()
 /// Return `True` if any characters waiting, else `False`.
 STATIC mp_obj_t pyb_usb_vcp_any(mp_obj_t self_in) {
@@ -252,6 +258,7 @@ mp_obj_t pyb_usb_vcp___exit__(mp_uint_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(pyb_usb_vcp___exit___obj, 4, 4, pyb_usb_vcp___exit__);
 
 STATIC const mp_map_elem_t pyb_usb_vcp_locals_dict_table[] = {
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_setinterrupt), (mp_obj_t)&pyb_usb_vcp_setinterrupt_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_any), (mp_obj_t)&pyb_usb_vcp_any_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_send), (mp_obj_t)&pyb_usb_vcp_send_obj },
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_recv), (mp_obj_t)&pyb_usb_vcp_recv_obj },
diff --git a/stmhal/usbd_cdc_interface.c b/stmhal/usbd_cdc_interface.c
index c09c970f673b022bda2100756b058dfad02f8bd6..5814da64699fcd1921aa9c48d9c8adde8ebe5248 100644
--- a/stmhal/usbd_cdc_interface.c
+++ b/stmhal/usbd_cdc_interface.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ int USBD_CDC_Rx(uint8_t *buf, uint32_t len, uint32_t timeout) {
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
         // Wait until we have at least 1 byte to read
         uint32_t start = HAL_GetTick();
-        while (!dev_is_connected || UserRxBufLen == UserRxBufCur) {
+        while (UserRxBufLen == UserRxBufCur) {
             // Wraparound of tick is taken care of by 2's complement arithmetic.
             if (HAL_GetTick() - start >= timeout) {
                 // timeout