diff -ur libvirt-0.9.9/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c libvirt-0.9.9-lxc/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
--- libvirt-0.9.9/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c	2011-12-29 08:26:45.000000000 +0100
+++ libvirt-0.9.9-lxc/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c	2012-01-24 00:37:37.856545745 +0100
@@ -707,6 +707,14 @@
 static bool quit = false;
 static virMutex lock;
 static int sigpipe[2];
+static pid_t initpid = -1;
+
+static void lxcSignalINTHandler(int signum ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    if (initpid <= 0)
+	return;
+    kill(initpid, SIGINT);
+}
 
 static void lxcSignalChildHandler(int signum ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
@@ -1072,6 +1082,12 @@
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    if (signal(SIGINT, lxcSignalINTHandler) == SIG_ERR) {
+        virReportSystemError(errno, "%s",
+                             _("Cannot install signal handler"));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
     VIR_DEBUG("serverFd=%d clientFd=%d",
               serverFd, clientFd);
     virResetLastError();
@@ -1430,6 +1446,7 @@
         goto cleanup;
     VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(control[1]);
     VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(containerhandshake[1]);
+    initpid = container;
 
     if (lxcControllerMoveInterfaces(nveths, veths, container) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
diff -ur libvirt-0.9.9/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c libvirt-0.9.9-lxc/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
--- libvirt-0.9.9/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c	2011-12-29 08:26:45.000000000 +0100
+++ libvirt-0.9.9-lxc/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c	2012-01-24 13:58:05.548702741 +0100
@@ -3732,6 +3732,33 @@
 }
 
 static int
+lxcDomainShutdown (virDomainPtr dom)
+{
+    lxc_driver_t *driver = dom->conn->privateData;
+    virDomainObjPtr vm;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    lxcDriverLock(driver);
+    vm = virDomainFindByUUID(&driver->domains, dom->uuid);
+
+    if (vm->pid <= 0) {
+        lxcError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                 _("Invalid PID %d for container"), vm->pid);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (kill(vm->pid, SIGINT) < -1)
+	goto cleanup;
+    ret = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+    if (vm)
+        virDomainObjUnlock(vm);
+    lxcDriverUnlock(driver);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int
 lxcDomainOpenConsole(virDomainPtr dom,
                       const char *dev_name,
                       virStreamPtr st,
@@ -3847,6 +3874,7 @@
     .domainLookupByName = lxcDomainLookupByName, /* 0.4.2 */
     .domainSuspend = lxcDomainSuspend, /* 0.7.2 */
     .domainResume = lxcDomainResume, /* 0.7.2 */
+    .domainShutdown = lxcDomainShutdown,
     .domainDestroy = lxcDomainDestroy, /* 0.4.4 */
     .domainDestroyFlags = lxcDomainDestroyFlags, /* 0.9.4 */
     .domainGetOSType = lxcGetOSType, /* 0.4.2 */