diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go
index 57d346dc6..7f1b8f9bc 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/keypairs"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/schedulerhints"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/secgroups"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/startstop"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/tenantnetworks"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/volumeattach"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/flavors"
@@ -318,6 +319,11 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceV2() *schema.Resource {
 				},
 				Set: resourceComputeInstancePersonalityHash,
 			},
+			"stop_before_destroy": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  false,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -808,6 +814,27 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceV2Delete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating OpenStack compute client: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	if d.Get("stop_before_destroy").(bool) {
+		err = startstop.Stop(computeClient, d.Id()).ExtractErr()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[WARN] Error stopping OpenStack instance: %s", err)
+		} else {
+			stopStateConf := &resource.StateChangeConf{
+				Pending:    []string{"ACTIVE"},
+				Target:     []string{"SHUTOFF"},
+				Refresh:    ServerV2StateRefreshFunc(computeClient, d.Id()),
+				Timeout:    3 * time.Minute,
+				Delay:      10 * time.Second,
+				MinTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
+			}
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for instance (%s) to stop", d.Id())
+			_, err = stopStateConf.WaitForState()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("[WARN] Error waiting for instance (%s) to stop: %s, proceeding to delete", d.Id(), err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = servers.Delete(computeClient, d.Id()).ExtractErr()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting OpenStack server: %s", err)
@@ -817,7 +844,7 @@ func resourceComputeInstanceV2Delete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Waiting for instance (%s) to delete", d.Id())
 
 	stateConf := &resource.StateChangeConf{
-		Pending:    []string{"ACTIVE"},
+		Pending:    []string{"ACTIVE", "SHUTOFF"},
 		Target:     []string{"DELETED"},
 		Refresh:    ServerV2StateRefreshFunc(computeClient, d.Id()),
 		Timeout:    30 * time.Minute,
diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2_test.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2_test.go
index fd08536a7..cc87bf707 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_compute_instance_v2_test.go
@@ -840,3 +840,31 @@ func testAccCheckComputeV2InstanceInstanceIDsDoNotMatch(
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAccComputeV2Instance_stop_before_destroy(t *testing.T) {
+	var instance servers.Server
+	var testAccComputeV2Instance_stop_before_destroy = fmt.Sprintf(`
+		resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "foo" {
+			name = "terraform-test"
+			security_groups = ["default"]
+			network {
+				uuid = "%s"
+			}
+			stop_before_destroy = true
+		}`,
+		os.Getenv("OS_NETWORK_ID"))
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckComputeV2InstanceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccComputeV2Instance_stop_before_destroy,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckComputeV2InstanceExists(t, "openstack_compute_instance_v2.foo", &instance),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/r/compute_instance_v2.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/r/compute_instance_v2.html.markdown
index af7783122..a14d84ecf 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/r/compute_instance_v2.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/r/compute_instance_v2.html.markdown
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ The following arguments are supported:
     defining one or more files and their contents. The personality structure
     is described below.
 
+* `stop_before_destroy` - (Optional) Whether to try stop instance gracefully
+    before destroying it, thus giving chance for guest OS daemons to stop correctly.
+    If instance doesn't stop within timeout, it will be destroyed anyway.
+
+
 The `network` block supports:
 
 * `uuid` - (Required unless `port`  or `name` is provided) The network UUID to