diff --git a/config.md b/config.md
index ae3c8adcf..f40e2be3b 100644
--- a/config.md
+++ b/config.md
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ Note: Any OPTIONAL field MAY also be set to null, which is equivalent to being a
      If there are no labels then this property MAY either be absent or an empty map.
      Implementations that are reading/processing this configuration file MUST NOT generate an error if they encounter an unknown labels key.
 
+  - **StopSignal** *string*, OPTIONAL
+
+    The field contains the system call signal that will be sent to the container to exit. The signal can be a signal name in the format `SIGNAME`, for instance `SIGKILL` or `SIGRTMIN+3`.
+
 - **rootfs** *object*, REQUIRED
 
    The rootfs key references the layer content addresses used by the image.
diff --git a/schema/config-schema.json b/schema/config-schema.json
index dc1bb665e..15bccd04e 100644
--- a/schema/config-schema.json
+++ b/schema/config-schema.json
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
               "type": "null"
             }
           ]
+        },
+        "StopSignal": {
+          "type": "string"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/schema/config_test.go b/schema/config_test.go
index f31d14117..9961e77b9 100644
--- a/schema/config_test.go
+++ b/schema/config_test.go
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
             "/var/job-result-data": {},
             "/var/log/my-app-logs": {}
         },
+        "StopSignal": "SIGKILL",
         "WorkingDir": "/home/alice",
         "Labels": {
             "com.example.project.git.url": "https://example.com/project.git",
diff --git a/specs-go/v1/config.go b/specs-go/v1/config.go
index ddbc58622..4d0c216e0 100644
--- a/specs-go/v1/config.go
+++ b/specs-go/v1/config.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ type ImageConfig struct {
 
 	// Labels contains arbitrary metadata for the container.
 	Labels map[string]string `json:"labels,omitempty"`
+
+	// StopSignal contains the system call signal that will be sent to the container to exit.
+	StopSignal string `json:"StopSignal,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // RootFS describes a layer content addresses