diff --git a/packages/cli-packages/storybook/src/commands/storybook.ts b/packages/cli-packages/storybook/src/commands/storybook.ts
index 0992905bf73a..1c8afb22582b 100644
--- a/packages/cli-packages/storybook/src/commands/storybook.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-packages/storybook/src/commands/storybook.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ export async function handler(options: StorybookYargsOptions): Promise<void> {
     open: options.open,
     smokeTest: options.smokeTest,
   })
+  // @ts-expect-error - Custom workaround for storybook telemetry
+  process.emit('shutdown-telemetry')
 
   const { handler: storybookHandler } = await import('./storybookHandler.js')
   await storybookHandler(options)
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/telemetry/index.js b/packages/cli/src/telemetry/index.js
index 2eb18672c169..b8160d21e0a5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/telemetry/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/telemetry/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   SimpleSpanProcessor,
   SamplingDecision,
 } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node'
+import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers'
 
 import { spawnBackgroundProcess } from '../lib/background'
 
@@ -72,12 +73,19 @@ export async function startTelemetry() {
     // then we leave it to that handler to handle the signal.
     // See https://nodejs.org/dist/latest/docs/api/process.html#signal-events for more info on the
     // behaviour of nodejs for various signals.
-    for (const signal of ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT', 'SIGHUP']) {
-      process.on(signal, () => {
-        if (process.listenerCount(signal) === 1) {
-          console.log(`Received ${signal} signal, exiting...`)
-          process.exit()
-        }
+    const cleanArgv = hideBin(process.argv)
+    if (!cleanArgv.includes('sb') && !cleanArgv.includes('storybook')) {
+      for (const signal of ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT', 'SIGHUP']) {
+        process.on(signal, () => {
+          if (process.listenerCount(signal) === 1) {
+            console.log(`Received ${signal} signal, exiting...`)
+            process.exit()
+          }
+        })
+      }
+    } else {
+      process.on('shutdown-telemetry', () => {
+        shutdownTelemetry()
       })
     }