diff --git a/lxd.changes b/lxd.changes
index 8c0fb3f..ee66209 100644
--- a/lxd.changes
+++ b/lxd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec 25 19:01:56 UTC 2022 - Kostas Papadakis <papadakis.k@yandex.com>
+
+- Add stop entry to systemd service file so the lxc containers shutdown
+  gracefully
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 12 04:12:54 UTC 2022 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/lxd.service b/lxd.service
index d515f5c..ef99bf3 100644
--- a/lxd.service
+++ b/lxd.service
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Documentation=man:lxd(1)
 Environment=LXD_OVMF_PATH=/usr/share/lxd/ovmf
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/lxd --group=lxd --logfile=/var/log/lxd/lxd.log
 ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/lxd waitready --timeout=600
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/lxd shutdown --timeout=600
 TimeoutStartSec=600s
 TimeoutStopSec=30s
 Restart=on-failure