diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
index 1689c11776..a11518a7f9 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
@@ -32,5 +32,7 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
+    progress "stopping ATVclient"
+      killall atvclient
     ;;
 esac