diff --git a/actions/start.action.ts b/actions/start.action.ts
index 93ba6ee82..9e649c833 100644
--- a/actions/start.action.ts
+++ b/actions/start.action.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import * as killProcess from 'tree-kill';
+import { treeKillSync as killProcessSync } from '../lib/utils/tree-kill';
 import { Input } from '../commands';
 import { getValueOrDefault } from '../lib/compiler/helpers/get-value-or-default';
 import { Configuration } from '../lib/configuration';
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ export class StartAction extends BuildAction {
     let childProcessRef: any;
     process.on(
       'exit',
-      () => childProcessRef && killProcess(childProcessRef.pid),
+      () => childProcessRef && killProcessSync(childProcessRef.pid),
     );
 
     return () => {
diff --git a/lib/utils/tree-kill.ts b/lib/utils/tree-kill.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1852f84e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/tree-kill.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+
+export function treeKillSync(pid: number, signal?: string | number): void {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    execSync('taskkill /pid ' + pid + ' /T /F');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const childs = getAllChilds(pid);
+  childs.forEach(function (pid) {
+    killPid(pid, signal);
+  });
+
+  killPid(pid, signal);
+  return;
+}
+
+function getAllPid(): {
+  pid: number;
+  ppid: number;
+}[] {
+  const rows = execSync('ps -A -o pid,ppid')
+    .toString()
+    .trim()
+    .split('\n')
+    .slice(1);
+
+  return rows
+    .map(function (row) {
+      var parts = row.match(/\s*(\d+)\s*(\d+)/);
+
+      if (parts === null) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      return {
+        pid: Number(parts[1]),
+        ppid: Number(parts[2]),
+      };
+    })
+    .filter(<T extends Object>(input: null | undefined | T): input is T => {
+      return input != null;
+    });
+}
+
+function getAllChilds(pid: number) {
+  const allpid = getAllPid();
+
+  let ppidHash: {
+    [key: number]: number[];
+  } = {};
+
+  let result: number[] = [];
+
+  allpid.forEach(function (item) {
+    ppidHash[item.ppid] = ppidHash[item.ppid] || [];
+    ppidHash[item.ppid].push(item.pid);
+  });
+
+  const find = function (pid: number) {
+    ppidHash[pid] = ppidHash[pid] || [];
+    ppidHash[pid].forEach(function (childPid) {
+      result.push(childPid);
+      find(childPid);
+    });
+  };
+
+  find(pid);
+  return result;
+}
+
+function killPid(pid: number, signal?: string | number) {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, signal);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err.code !== 'ESRCH') {
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
+}