diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1f0d4f6..fd8ef5d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ DigitalOcean, Inc
 
 Original Authors
 ----------------
-Ben LeMasurier	<blemasurier@digitalocean.com>
-Matt Layher	<mlayher@digitalocean.com>
+Ben LeMasurier	 <blemasurier@digitalocean.com>
+Matt Layher	 <mlayher@digitalocean.com>
 
 Contributors
 ------------
-Justin Kim	<justin@digitalocean.com>
-Ricky Medina	<rm@do.co>
-Charlie Drage <charlie@charliedrage.com>
+Justin Kim	 <justin@digitalocean.com>
+Ricky Medina	 <rm@do.co>
+Charlie Drage 	 <charlie@charliedrage.com>
 Michael Koppmann <me@mkoppmann.at>
+Simarpreet Singh <simar@linux.com>
diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 42d5183..13bd18b 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const (
 	ProcConnectGetLibVersion     = 157
 	ProcDomainMigrateSetMaxSpeed = 207
 	ProcDomainUndefineFlags      = 231
+	ProcDomainDestroyFlags       = 234
 	ProcConnectListAllDomains    = 273
 	ProcMigratePerformParams     = 305
 )
diff --git a/libvirt.go b/libvirt.go
index 24cb5b9..c3833e7 100644
--- a/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirt.go
@@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ const (
 	UndefineFlagNVRAM
 )
 
+// DestroyFlags specifies options available when destroying a domain.
+type DestroyFlags uint32
+
+const (
+	// DestroyFlagDefault default behavior, forcefully terminate the domain.
+	DestroyFlagDefault DestroyFlags = 1 << iota
+
+	// DestroyFlagGraceful only sends a SIGTERM no SIGKILL.
+	DestroyFlagGraceful
+)
+
 // Connect establishes communication with the libvirt server.
 // The underlying libvirt socket connection must be previously established.
 func (l *Libvirt) Connect() error {
@@ -449,6 +460,42 @@ func (l *Libvirt) Undefine(dom string, flags UndefineFlags) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Destroy destroys the domain specified by dom, e.g., 'prod-lb-01'.
+// The flags argument allows additional options to be specified such as
+// allowing a graceful shutdown with SIGTERM than SIGKILL.
+// For more information on available flags, see DestroyFlag*.
+func (l *Libvirt) Destroy(dom string, flags DestroyFlags) error {
+	d, err := l.lookup(dom)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	payload := struct {
+		Domain Domain
+		Flags  DestroyFlags
+	}{
+		Domain: *d,
+		Flags:  flags,
+	}
+
+	buf, err := encode(&payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := l.request(constants.ProcDomainDestroyFlags, constants.ProgramRemote, &buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	r := <-resp
+	if r.Status != StatusOK {
+		return decodeError(r.Payload)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Version returns the version of the libvirt daemon.
 func (l *Libvirt) Version() (string, error) {
 	resp, err := l.request(constants.ProcConnectGetLibVersion, constants.ProgramRemote, nil)
diff --git a/libvirt_test.go b/libvirt_test.go
index 78d9fb5..9cfc241 100644
--- a/libvirt_test.go
+++ b/libvirt_test.go
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ func TestUndefine(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDestroy(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := libvirttest.New()
+	l := New(conn)
+
+	var flags DestroyFlags
+	if err := l.Destroy("test", flags); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected destroy error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	conn := libvirttest.New()
 	l := New(conn)
diff --git a/libvirttest/libvirt.go b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
index a886059..c22aa51 100644
--- a/libvirttest/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ var testUndefineReply = []byte{
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // status
 }
 
+var testDestroyReply = []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
+}
+
 var testVersionReply = []byte{
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x24, // length
 	0x20, 0x00, 0x80, 0x86, // program
@@ -289,6 +299,8 @@ func (m *MockLibvirt) handleRemote(procedure uint32, conn net.Conn) {
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testMigrateReply))
 	case constants.ProcDomainUndefineFlags:
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testUndefineReply))
+	case constants.ProcDomainDestroyFlags:
+		conn.Write(m.reply(testDestroyReply))
 	}
 }