diff --git a/src/async_std.rs b/src/async_std.rs
index d8eae2b..dece1fc 100644
--- a/src/async_std.rs
+++ b/src/async_std.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use async_std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
 
-use super::{IoResult, DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, END_OF_STREAM, INSTREAM, PING, PONG, VERSION};
+use super::{IoResult, DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, END_OF_STREAM, INSTREAM, PING, PONG, SHUTDOWN, VERSION};
 
 async fn send_command<RW: ReadExt + WriteExt + Unpin>(
     mut stream: RW,
@@ -473,3 +473,22 @@ pub async fn scan_stream<
     let output_stream = connection.connect().await?;
     _scan_stream(input_stream, chunk_size, output_stream).await
 }
+
+/// Shuts down a ClamAV server
+///
+/// This function establishes a connection to a ClamAV server and sends the
+/// SHUTDOWN command to it. If the server is available, it will perform a clean
+/// exit and shut itself down. The response will be empty.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `connection`: The connection type to use - either TCP or a Unix socket connection
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// An [`IoResult`] containing the server's response
+///
+pub async fn shutdown<T: TransportProtocol>(connection: T) -> IoResult {
+    let stream = connection.connect().await?;
+    send_command(stream, SHUTDOWN, None).await
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 38c220d..52de451 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 4096;
 /// ClamAV commands
 const PING: &[u8; 6] = b"zPING\0";
 const VERSION: &[u8; 9] = b"zVERSION\0";
+const SHUTDOWN: &[u8; 10] = b"zSHUTDOWN\0";
 const INSTREAM: &[u8; 10] = b"zINSTREAM\0";
 const END_OF_STREAM: &[u8; 4] = &[0, 0, 0, 0];
 
@@ -467,3 +468,22 @@ pub fn scan_buffer<T: TransportProtocol>(
     let stream = connection.connect()?;
     scan(buffer, chunk_size, stream)
 }
+
+/// Shuts down a ClamAV server
+///
+/// This function establishes a connection to a ClamAV server and sends the
+/// SHUTDOWN command to it. If the server is available, it will perform a clean
+/// exit and shut itself down. The response will be empty.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `connection`: The connection type to use - either TCP or a Unix socket connection
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// An [`IoResult`] containing the server's response
+///
+pub fn shutdown<T: TransportProtocol>(connection: T) -> IoResult {
+    let stream = connection.connect()?;
+    send_command(stream, SHUTDOWN, None)
+}
diff --git a/src/tokio.rs b/src/tokio.rs
index 43b5d76..538d9c4 100644
--- a/src/tokio.rs
+++ b/src/tokio.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use tokio::net::UnixStream;
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio-stream")]
 use tokio_stream::{Stream, StreamExt};
 
-use super::{IoResult, DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, END_OF_STREAM, INSTREAM, PING, PONG, VERSION};
+use super::{IoResult, DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, END_OF_STREAM, INSTREAM, PING, PONG, SHUTDOWN, VERSION};
 
 async fn send_command<RW: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin>(
     mut stream: RW,
@@ -486,3 +486,22 @@ pub async fn scan_stream<
     let output_stream = connection.connect().await?;
     _scan_stream(input_stream, chunk_size, output_stream).await
 }
+
+/// Shuts down a ClamAV server
+///
+/// This function establishes a connection to a ClamAV server and sends the
+/// SHUTDOWN command to it. If the server is available, it will perform a clean
+/// exit and shut itself down. The response will be empty.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `connection`: The connection type to use - either TCP or a Unix socket connection
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// An [`IoResult`] containing the server's response
+///
+pub async fn shutdown<T: TransportProtocol>(connection: T) -> IoResult {
+    let stream = connection.connect().await?;
+    send_command(stream, SHUTDOWN, None).await
+}