diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0adc50d4b..a17aedc1e2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Sep  4 11:05:59 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/xend_internal.c src/xs_internal.c: use poweroff instead of halt
+	  when shutting down a xen domain, patch by John Levon
+
 Thu Sep  4 10:13:43 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/qemu_driver.c: switch flags to unsigned by James Morris
diff --git a/src/xend_internal.c b/src/xend_internal.c
index 124ee8b5fc..20162d8bee 100644
--- a/src/xend_internal.c
+++ b/src/xend_internal.c
@@ -2884,7 +2884,7 @@ xenDaemonDomainShutdown(virDomainPtr domain)
     }
     if (domain->id < 0)
         return(-1);
-    return xend_op(domain->conn, domain->name, "op", "shutdown", "reason", "halt", NULL);
+    return xend_op(domain->conn, domain->name, "op", "shutdown", "reason", "poweroff", NULL);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/xs_internal.c b/src/xs_internal.c
index 551d904627..316604a979 100644
--- a/src/xs_internal.c
+++ b/src/xs_internal.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ xenStoreDomainShutdown(virDomainPtr domain)
      * this is very hackish, the domU kernel probes for a special
      * node in the xenstore and launch the shutdown command if found.
      */
-    return(virDomainDoStoreWrite(domain, "control/shutdown", "halt"));
+    return(virDomainDoStoreWrite(domain, "control/shutdown", "poweroff"));
 }
 
 /**