diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
index 5526bb037f..4fc504e347 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
@@ -1017,6 +1017,32 @@ bhyveDomainDestroy(virDomainPtr dom)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int
+bhyveDomainShutdown(virDomainPtr dom)
+{
+    virDomainObjPtr vm;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (!(vm = bhyveDomObjFromDomain(dom)))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (virDomainShutdownEnsureACL(dom->conn, vm->def) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (!virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID,
+                       "%s", _("Domain is not running"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    ret = virBhyveProcessShutdown(vm);
+
+ cleanup:
+    if (vm)
+        virObjectUnlock(vm);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int
 bhyveDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
                        const char *dev_name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
@@ -1502,6 +1528,7 @@ static virHypervisorDriver bhyveHypervisorDriver = {
     .domainCreateWithFlags = bhyveDomainCreateWithFlags, /* 1.2.3 */
     .domainCreateXML = bhyveDomainCreateXML, /* 1.2.4 */
     .domainDestroy = bhyveDomainDestroy, /* 1.2.2 */
+    .domainShutdown = bhyveDomainShutdown, /* 1.3.3 */
     .domainLookupByUUID = bhyveDomainLookupByUUID, /* 1.2.2 */
     .domainLookupByName = bhyveDomainLookupByName, /* 1.2.2 */
     .domainLookupByID = bhyveDomainLookupByID, /* 1.2.3 */
diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.c
index fe61a9aa30..6db070f6ba 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.c
@@ -308,6 +308,29 @@ virBhyveProcessStop(bhyveConnPtr driver,
     return ret;
 }
 
+int
+virBhyveProcessShutdown(virDomainObjPtr vm)
+{
+    if (vm->pid <= 0) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("Invalid PID %d for VM"),
+                       (int)vm->pid);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Bhyve tries to perform ACPI shutdown when it receives
+     * SIGTERM signal. So we just issue SIGTERM here and rely
+     * on the bhyve monitor to clean things up if process disappears.
+     */
+    if (virProcessKill(vm->pid, SIGTERM) != 0) {
+        VIR_WARN("Failed to terminate bhyve process for VM '%s': %s",
+                 vm->def->name, virGetLastErrorMessage());
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int
 virBhyveGetDomainTotalCpuStats(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                unsigned long long *cpustats)
diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.h b/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.h
index cfa80af6aa..ebabe17d87 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.h
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_process.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ int virBhyveProcessStop(bhyveConnPtr driver,
                         virDomainObjPtr vm,
                         virDomainShutoffReason reason);
 
+int virBhyveProcessShutdown(virDomainObjPtr vm);
+
 int virBhyveGetDomainTotalCpuStats(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                    unsigned long long *cpustats);