diff --git a/ssm b/ssm
index 3610c65..7843e0b 100755
--- a/ssm
+++ b/ssm
@@ -414,11 +414,20 @@ stop() {
 
 		# Cgroup stuff
 		if cgroups; then
+			if service_cgroup_kill; then
+				service_cgroup_wait = 1
+
+				for p in "${service_cgroup_procs[@]}"; do
+					nullexec kill -n "$service_cgroup_kill_signal" "$p"
+				done
+			fi
+
 			if service_cgroup_wait; then
 				for p in "${service_cgroup_procs[@]}"; do
 					anywait "$p" "$service_stop_timeout" &
-					wait || return 5
 				done
+
+				wait || return 5
 			fi
 		fi
 
@@ -553,6 +562,8 @@ var service_stop_signal = 15
 var service_cgroup_exclusive = 0 # Refuse to start the service if its cgroup is not empty
 var service_cgroup_wait = 0 # Wait on all the members of the cgroup to exit when stopping the service.
 var service_cgroup_strict = 1 # Enable checking if the main service PID is in the correct cgroup before doing anythin with the service
+var service_cgroup_kill = 0 # Kill the entire cgroup when stopping the service.
+var service_cgroup_kill_signal = 15 # The signal to send to the stray cgroup members.
 var service_success_exit = 0 # Array, takes exit codes that are to be treated as successful termination.
 var service_pidfile_timeout = 15 # How long to wait for unmanaged services to create their pidfiles.
 
diff --git a/ssm.conf b/ssm.conf
index 3f9757f..41a67c4 100644
--- a/ssm.conf
+++ b/ssm.conf
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@
 ## These only work with cgroups = 1:
 
 ## Check if the recorded PID of the service is in the correct cgroup.
-## Only works with cgroups = 1
 #service_cgroup_strict = 1
 
 ## Refuse to start the service if its cgroup is not empty
-## Only works with cgroups = 1
 #service_cgroup_exclusive = 0
 
 ## Wait on all the members of the cgroup to exit when stopping the service.
-## Only works with cgroups = 1
 #service_cgroup_wait = 0
+
+## Send a kill signal to the members of cgroup when
+## stopping the service, and the signal to send:
+#service_cgroup_kill = 0
+#service_cgroup_kill_signal = 15