diff --git a/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba b/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
index 88c45c4061..897b261b68 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
+++ b/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
@@ -52,5 +52,8 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
+    progress  "Stopping Samba server"
+      killall nmbd
+      killall smbd
     ;;
 esac