diff --git a/src/include/private/switch_core_pvt.h b/src/include/private/switch_core_pvt.h
index 388813701f..a69c3173cc 100644
--- a/src/include/private/switch_core_pvt.h
+++ b/src/include/private/switch_core_pvt.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ struct switch_runtime {
 	uint32_t port_alloc_flags;
 	char *event_channel_key_separator;
 	uint32_t max_audio_channels;
+	switch_call_cause_t shutdown_cause;
 };
 
 extern struct switch_runtime runtime;
diff --git a/src/include/switch_types.h b/src/include/switch_types.h
index 4757ed1c3a..7217a207a4 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_types.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_types.h
@@ -2292,7 +2292,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	SCSC_SPS_PEAK_FIVEMIN,
 	SCSC_SESSIONS_PEAK,
 	SCSC_SESSIONS_PEAK_FIVEMIN,
-	SCSC_MDNS_RESOLVE
+	SCSC_MDNS_RESOLVE,
+	SCSC_SHUTDOWN_CAUSE
 } switch_session_ctl_t;
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 81b6de762b..c3ddc5124e 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -1857,6 +1857,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_init(switch_core_flag_t flags, switc
 	memset(&runtime, 0, sizeof(runtime));
 	gethostname(runtime.hostname, sizeof(runtime.hostname));
 
+	runtime.shutdown_cause = SWITCH_CAUSE_SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN;
 	runtime.max_db_handles = 50;
 	runtime.db_handle_timeout = 5000000;
 	runtime.event_heartbeat_interval = 20;
@@ -3013,6 +3014,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int32_t) switch_core_session_ctl(switch_session_ctl_t cmd, void *
 	case SCSC_MDNS_RESOLVE:
 		switch_core_media_set_resolveice(!!oldintval);
 		break;
+	case SCSC_SHUTDOWN_CAUSE:
+		runtime.shutdown_cause = oldintval;
+		break;
 	}
 
 	if (intval) {
@@ -3068,7 +3072,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_destroy(void)
 	switch_set_flag((&runtime), SCF_SHUTTING_DOWN);
 
 	switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CONSOLE, "End existing sessions\n");
-	switch_core_session_hupall(SWITCH_CAUSE_SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN);
+	switch_core_session_hupall(runtime.shutdown_cause);
 	switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CONSOLE, "Clean up modules.\n");
 
 	switch_loadable_module_shutdown();