diff --git a/backends/apiserver.go b/backends/apiserver.go
index a163657753..4eabc25d81 100644
--- a/backends/apiserver.go
+++ b/backends/apiserver.go
@@ -82,6 +82,25 @@ func postContainersStart(out beam.Sender, version version.Version, w http.Respon
 	return nil
 }
 
+func postContainersStop(out beam.Sender, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
+	if vars == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Missing parameter")
+	}
+
+	name := vars["name"]
+	_, containerOut, err := beam.Obj(out).Attach(name)
+	container := beam.Obj(containerOut)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := container.Stop(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func createRouter(out beam.Sender) (*mux.Router, error) {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	m := map[string]map[string]HttpApiFunc{
@@ -91,6 +110,7 @@ func createRouter(out beam.Sender) (*mux.Router, error) {
 		},
 		"POST": {
 			"/containers/{name:.*}/start": postContainersStart,
+			"/containers/{name:.*}/stop":  postContainersStop,
 		},
 		"DELETE":  {},
 		"OPTIONS": {},
diff --git a/backends/forward.go b/backends/forward.go
index e808228b27..25ad42a184 100644
--- a/backends/forward.go
+++ b/backends/forward.go
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func (f *forwarder) newContainer(id string) beam.Sender {
 	instance := beam.NewServer()
 	instance.OnAttach(beam.Handler(c.attach))
 	instance.OnStart(beam.Handler(c.start))
+	instance.OnStop(beam.Handler(c.stop))
 	return instance
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +178,25 @@ func (c *container) start(ctx *beam.Message) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *container) stop(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("/containers/%s/stop", c.id)
+	resp, err := c.forwarder.client.call("POST", path, "{}")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 204 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected status code 204, got %d:\n%s", resp.StatusCode, respBody)
+	}
+	if _, err := ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type client struct {
 	URL     *url.URL
 	proto   string
diff --git a/beam/object.go b/beam/object.go
index 270eee17ad..7a0e44925d 100644
--- a/beam/object.go
+++ b/beam/object.go
@@ -187,3 +187,18 @@ func (o *Object) Start() error {
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("unexpected verb %v", msg.Verb)
 }
+
+func (o *Object) Stop() error {
+	ret, err := o.Send(&Message{Verb: Stop, Ret: RetPipe})
+	msg, err := ret.Receive(0)
+	if err == io.EOF {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected EOF")
+	}
+	if msg.Verb == Ack {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if msg.Verb == Error {
+		return fmt.Errorf(strings.Join(msg.Args[:1], ""))
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("unexpected verb %v", msg.Verb)
+}