diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/env/config/config_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/env/config/config_.rs
index 14c490145c..1c238cdb03 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/env/config/config_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/env/config/config_.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use nu_cmd_base::util::get_editor;
 use nu_engine::{command_prelude::*, env_to_strings, get_full_help};
+use nu_protocol::{process::PostWaitCallback, shell_error::io::IoError};
 use nu_system::ForegroundChild;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ pub(super) fn start_editor(
 ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
     // Find the editor executable.
 
-    use nu_protocol::shell_error::io::IoError;
     let (editor_name, editor_args) = get_editor(engine_state, stack, call.head)?;
     let paths = nu_engine::env::path_str(engine_state, stack, call.head)?;
     let cwd = engine_state.cwd(Some(stack))?;
@@ -119,8 +119,17 @@ pub(super) fn start_editor(
         )
     })?;
 
+    let post_wait_callback = PostWaitCallback::for_job_control(engine_state, None);
+
     // Wrap the output into a `PipelineData::ByteStream`.
-    let child = nu_protocol::process::ChildProcess::new(child, None, false, call.head, None)?;
+    let child = nu_protocol::process::ChildProcess::new(
+        child,
+        None,
+        false,
+        call.head,
+        Some(post_wait_callback),
+    )?;
+
     Ok(PipelineData::ByteStream(
         ByteStream::child(child, call.head),
         None,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/system/run_external.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/system/run_external.rs
index 03e2d3de02..007bfb553b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/system/run_external.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/system/run_external.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ use nu_engine::{command_prelude::*, env_to_strings};
 use nu_path::{dots::expand_ndots_safe, expand_tilde, AbsolutePath};
 use nu_protocol::{
     did_you_mean,
-    engine::{FrozenJob, Job},
     process::{ChildProcess, PostWaitCallback},
     shell_error::io::IoError,
     ByteStream, NuGlob, OutDest, Signals, UseAnsiColoring,
 };
-use nu_system::{kill_by_pid, ForegroundChild, ForegroundWaitStatus};
+use nu_system::{kill_by_pid, ForegroundChild};
 use nu_utils::IgnoreCaseExt;
 use pathdiff::diff_paths;
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -312,9 +311,6 @@ impl Command for External {
                 })?;
         }
 
-        let jobs = engine_state.jobs.clone();
-        let this_job = engine_state.current_thread_job.clone();
-        let is_interactive = engine_state.is_interactive;
         let child_pid = child.pid();
 
         // Wrap the output into a `PipelineData::ByteStream`.
@@ -323,21 +319,10 @@ impl Command for External {
             merged_stream,
             matches!(stderr, OutDest::Pipe),
             call.head,
-            // handle wait statuses for job control
-            Some(PostWaitCallback(Box::new(move |status| {
-                if let Some(this_job) = this_job {
-                    this_job.remove_pid(child_pid);
-                }
-
-                if let ForegroundWaitStatus::Frozen(unfreeze) = status {
-                    let mut jobs = jobs.lock().expect("jobs lock is poisoned!");
-
-                    let job_id = jobs.add_job(Job::Frozen(FrozenJob { unfreeze }));
-                    if is_interactive {
-                        println!("\nJob {} is frozen", job_id.get());
-                    }
-                }
-            }))),
+            Some(PostWaitCallback::for_job_control(
+                engine_state,
+                Some(child_pid),
+            )),
         )?;
 
         if matches!(stdout, OutDest::Pipe | OutDest::PipeSeparate)
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/process/child.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/process/child.rs
index d2f1b6c617..7903c03e03 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/process/child.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/process/child.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-use crate::{byte_stream::convert_file, shell_error::io::IoError, ShellError, Span};
+use crate::{
+    byte_stream::convert_file,
+    engine::{EngineState, FrozenJob, Job},
+    shell_error::io::IoError,
+    ShellError, Span,
+};
 use nu_system::{ExitStatus, ForegroundChild, ForegroundWaitStatus};
 
 use os_pipe::PipeReader;
@@ -166,8 +171,45 @@ pub struct ChildProcess {
     span: Span,
 }
 
+/// A wrapper for a closure that runs once the shell finishes waiting on the process.
 pub struct PostWaitCallback(pub Box<dyn FnOnce(ForegroundWaitStatus) + Send>);
 
+impl PostWaitCallback {
+    pub fn new<F>(f: F) -> Self
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(ForegroundWaitStatus) + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        PostWaitCallback(Box::new(f))
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a PostWaitCallback that checks creates a frozen job in the job table
+    /// if the incoming wait status indicates that the job was frozen.
+    ///
+    /// If `child_pid` is provided, the returned callback will also remove
+    /// it from the pid list of the current running job.
+    pub fn for_job_control(engine_state: &EngineState, child_pid: Option<u32>) -> Self {
+        let this_job = engine_state.current_thread_job.clone();
+        let jobs = engine_state.jobs.clone();
+        let is_interactive = engine_state.is_interactive;
+
+        PostWaitCallback::new(move |status| {
+            if let (Some(this_job), Some(child_pid)) = (this_job, child_pid) {
+                this_job.remove_pid(child_pid);
+            }
+
+            if let ForegroundWaitStatus::Frozen(unfreeze) = status {
+                let mut jobs = jobs.lock().expect("jobs lock is poisoned!");
+
+                let job_id = jobs.add_job(Job::Frozen(FrozenJob { unfreeze }));
+
+                if is_interactive {
+                    println!("\nJob {} is frozen", job_id.get());
+                }
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 impl Debug for PostWaitCallback {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "<wait_callback>")