diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
index 78796a40b7..9e39b10c09 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
@@ -43,5 +43,7 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
+    progress "Stopping IRtrans daemon"
+      killall irserver
     ;;
 esac