diff --git a/cmd/kpod/main.go b/cmd/kpod/main.go
index 7c1e7ac9..ff670824 100644
--- a/cmd/kpod/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kpod/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 		pullCommand,
 		pushCommand,
 		rmiCommand,
+		stopCommand,
 		tagCommand,
 		versionCommand,
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kpod/stop.go b/cmd/kpod/stop.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15e4cc05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/kpod/stop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
+	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/server"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+	pb "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/api/v1alpha1/runtime"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const crioConfigPath = "/etc/crio/crio.conf"
+
+var stopTimeout int64
+var configPath string
+
+var (
+	stopFlags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.Int64Flag{
+			Name:        "timeout, t",
+			Usage:       "Seconds to wait to kill the container after a graceful stop is requested (default 10",
+			Value:       10,
+			Destination: &stopTimeout,
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "config",
+			Usage:       "path to configuration file",
+			Value:       crioConfigPath,
+			Destination: &configPath,
+		},
+	}
+
+	stopDescription = "Stops one or more containers"
+	stopCommand     = cli.Command{
+		Name:        "stop",
+		Usage:       "Stop one or more containers",
+		Description: stopDescription,
+		Flags:       stopFlags,
+		Action:      stopCmd,
+		ArgsUsage:   "CONTAINER-ID [CONTAINER-ID...]",
+	}
+)
+
+func stopCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
+	var hasError bool = false
+	args := c.Args()
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return errors.Errorf("specify one or more container IDs")
+	}
+	config := new(server.Config)
+	if err := config.FromFile(configPath); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if reexec.Init() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	service, err := server.New(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, cid := range args {
+		r, err := service.StopContainer(context.Background(), &pb.StopContainerRequest{
+			ContainerId: cid,
+			Timeout:     stopTimeout,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			hasError = true
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", err)
+		}
+		logrus.Debugf("StopContainerResponse: %+v", r)
+	}
+	if hasError {
+		// mimics docker stop behaviour; errors are put on stdout
+		// but return code needs to 1, so returning a blank error message
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/completions/bash/kpod b/completions/bash/kpod
index 0d5a728b..73e6a03f 100644
--- a/completions/bash/kpod
+++ b/completions/bash/kpod
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ _complete_() {
     esac
 }
 
+_kpod_stop() {
+    local options_with_args="
+    --timeout
+    -t
+    --configfile
+    "
+    local boolean_options="
+    "
+    _complete_ "$options_with_args" "$boolean_options"
+}
+
 _kpod_kpod() {
      local options_with_args="
      "
diff --git a/docs/kpod-stop.1.md b/docs/kpod-stop.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39a1d336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/kpod-stop.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+## kpod-stop"1" "July 2017" "kpod"
+
+## NAME
+kpod stop - Stops one or more containers
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**kpod** **stop** **containerID[...]**
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+Stops one or more containers.
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+**--timeout, -t**
+
+Seconds to wait to kill the container after a graceful stop is requested.  The default is 10.
+
+**--config**
+
+Path to an alternative configuration file.  The default path is */etc/crio/crio.conf*.
+
+## EXAMPLE
+
+kpod stop containerID 
+
+kpod stop containerID1 containerID2
+
+kpod stop -t 3 containerID
+
+kpod stop --config ~/crio.conf containerID
+
+## SEE ALSO
+kpod(1)