diff --git a/tests/test_integrations.py b/tests/test_integrations.py
index bab7ae4a0..9386deefd 100644
--- a/tests/test_integrations.py
+++ b/tests/test_integrations.py
@@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ def test_catching_system_exit():
 
 
 @skip_if_on_windows
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=3, reruns_delay=1)
 def test_catching_exit_signal():
     stdin_cmd = "kill -SIGHUP @(__import__('os').getpid())\n"
     out, err, ret = run_xonsh(
diff --git a/xonsh/main.py b/xonsh/main.py
index 00ee5e5e8..cb710e692 100644
--- a/xonsh/main.py
+++ b/xonsh/main.py
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ def main_xonsh(args):
             ignore_sigtstp()
             if (
                 env["XONSH_INTERACTIVE"]
+                and sys.stdin.isatty()  # In case the interactive mode is forced but no tty (input from pipe).
                 and not any(os.path.isfile(i) for i in env["XONSHRC"])
                 and not any(os.path.isdir(i) for i in env["XONSHRC_DIR"])
             ):