diff --git a/init/README.md b/init/README.md
index 72b6c6bdd..422fdad5a 100644
--- a/init/README.md
+++ b/init/README.md
@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@ runs the service.
 > Sets the child's /proc/self/oom\_score\_adj to the specified value,
   which must range from -1000 to 1000.
 
+`shutdown <shutdown_behavior>`
+> Set shutdown behavior of the service process. When this is not specified,
+  the service is killed during shutdown process by using SIGTERM and SIGKILL.
+  The service with shutdown_behavior of "critical" is not killed during shutdown
+  until shutdown times out. When shutdown times out, even services tagged with
+  "shutdown critical" will be killed. When the service tagged with "shutdown critical"
+  is not running when shut down starts, it will be started.
+
 
 Triggers
 --------
diff --git a/init/reboot.cpp b/init/reboot.cpp
index ec1ddd6f3..38d603ad5 100644
--- a/init/reboot.cpp
+++ b/init/reboot.cpp
@@ -365,13 +365,15 @@ void DoReboot(unsigned int cmd, const std::string& reason, const std::string& re
     // keep debugging tools until non critical ones are all gone.
     const std::set<std::string> kill_after_apps{"tombstoned", "logd", "adbd"};
     // watchdogd is a vendor specific component but should be alive to complete shutdown safely.
-    const std::set<std::string> to_starts{"watchdogd", "vold", "ueventd"};
+    const std::set<std::string> to_starts{"watchdogd"};
     ServiceManager::GetInstance().ForEachService([&kill_after_apps, &to_starts](Service* s) {
         if (kill_after_apps.count(s->name())) {
             s->SetShutdownCritical();
         } else if (to_starts.count(s->name())) {
             s->Start();
             s->SetShutdownCritical();
+        } else if (s->IsShutdownCritical()) {
+            s->Start();  // start shutdown critical service if not started
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/init/service.cpp b/init/service.cpp
index a2c4b50f1..6b36526ed 100644
--- a/init/service.cpp
+++ b/init/service.cpp
@@ -501,6 +501,14 @@ bool Service::ParseSetenv(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err
     return true;
 }
 
+bool Service::ParseShutdown(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err) {
+    if (args[1] == "critical") {
+        flags_ |= SVC_SHUTDOWN_CRITICAL;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 template <typename T>
 bool Service::AddDescriptor(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err) {
     int perm = args.size() > 3 ? std::strtoul(args[3].c_str(), 0, 8) : -1;
@@ -604,6 +612,7 @@ const Service::OptionParserMap::Map& Service::OptionParserMap::map() const {
         {"namespace",   {1,     2,    &Service::ParseNamespace}},
         {"seclabel",    {1,     1,    &Service::ParseSeclabel}},
         {"setenv",      {2,     2,    &Service::ParseSetenv}},
+        {"shutdown",    {1,     1,    &Service::ParseShutdown}},
         {"socket",      {3,     6,    &Service::ParseSocket}},
         {"file",        {2,     2,    &Service::ParseFile}},
         {"user",        {1,     1,    &Service::ParseUser}},
diff --git a/init/service.h b/init/service.h
index 0cc16839b..40b4745d9 100644
--- a/init/service.h
+++ b/init/service.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class Service {
     bool ParseNamespace(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err);
     bool ParseSeclabel(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err);
     bool ParseSetenv(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err);
+    bool ParseShutdown(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err);
     bool ParseSocket(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err);
     bool ParseFile(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err);
     bool ParseUser(const std::vector<std::string>& args, std::string* err);
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index ae8683420..3893722a8 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ service ueventd /sbin/ueventd
     class core
     critical
     seclabel u:r:ueventd:s0
+    shutdown critical
 
 service healthd /sbin/healthd
     class core