diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 9499451..c1579ad 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const (
 	ProcDomainGetState             = 212
 	ProcDomainUndefineFlags        = 231
 	ProcDomainDestroyFlags         = 234
+	ProcDomainShutdownFlags        = 258
 	ProcConnectListAllDomains      = 273
 	ProcConnectListAllStoragePools = 281
 	ProcConnectListAllSecrets      = 287
diff --git a/libvirt.go b/libvirt.go
index d2609fa..1c775e4 100644
--- a/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirt.go
@@ -191,6 +191,25 @@ const (
 	DestroyFlagGraceful
 )
 
+// ShutdownFlags specifies options available when shutting down a domain.
+type ShutdownFlags uint32
+const (
+	// ShutdownAcpiPowerBtn - send ACPI event
+	ShutdownAcpiPowerBtn ShutdownFlags = 1 << iota
+
+	// ShutdownGuestAgent - use guest agent
+	ShutdownGuestAgent
+
+	// ShutdownInitctl - use initctl
+	ShutdownInitctl
+
+	// ShutdownSignal - use signal
+	ShutdownSignal
+
+	// ShutdownParavirt - use paravirt guest control
+	ShutdownParavirt
+)
+
 // DomainState specifies state of the domain
 type DomainState uint32
 
@@ -967,6 +986,40 @@ func (l *Libvirt) Version() (string, error) {
 	return versionString, nil
 }
 
+// Shutdown shuts down a domain. Note that the guest OS may ignore the request.
+// If flags is set to 0 then the hypervisor will choose the method of shutdown it considers best.
+func (l *Libvirt) Shutdown(dom string, flags ShutdownFlags) error {
+	d, err := l.lookup(dom)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	payload := struct {
+		Domain Domain
+		Flags  ShutdownFlags
+	}{
+		Domain: *d,
+		Flags:  flags,
+	}
+
+	buf, err := encode(&payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := l.request(constants.ProcDomainShutdownFlags, constants.ProgramRemote, &buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	r := <-resp
+	if r.Status != StatusOK {
+		return decodeError(r.Payload)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // lookup returns a domain as seen by libvirt.
 func (l *Libvirt) lookup(name string) (*Domain, error) {
 	payload := struct {
diff --git a/libvirt_test.go b/libvirt_test.go
index c9a9e56..47d8f96 100644
--- a/libvirt_test.go
+++ b/libvirt_test.go
@@ -380,3 +380,13 @@ func TestDomainCreateWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected create error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestShutdown(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := libvirttest.New()
+	l := New(conn)
+
+	var flags ShutdownFlags
+	if err := l.Shutdown("test", flags); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected shutdown error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libvirttest/libvirt.go b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
index a410949..f0bf087 100644
--- a/libvirttest/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
@@ -359,6 +359,16 @@ var testCreateWithFlags = []byte{
 	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, // id
 }
 
+var testShutdownReply = []byte{
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1c, // length
+	0x20, 0x00, 0x80, 0x86, // program
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // version
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xea, // procedure
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // type
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // serial
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // status
+}
+
 // MockLibvirt provides a mock libvirt server for testing.
 type MockLibvirt struct {
 	net.Conn
@@ -438,6 +448,8 @@ func (m *MockLibvirt) handleRemote(procedure uint32, conn net.Conn) {
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testDefineXML))
 	case constants.ProcDomainCreateWithFlags:
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testCreateWithFlags))
+	case constants.ProcDomainShutdownFlags:
+		conn.Write(m.reply(testShutdownReply))
 	default:
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "unknown procedure", procedure)
 	}