diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 48e4b047c8..4bc4d69977 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1947,8 +1947,10 @@ virSysinfoSetup;
 
 # util/virsystemd.h
 virSystemdCreateMachine;
+virSystemdMakeMachineName;
 virSystemdMakeScopeName;
 virSystemdMakeSliceName;
+virSystemdTerminateMachine;
 
 
 # util/virthread.h
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
index 4835bd5003..f92c613293 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "virstring.h"
 #include "viratomic.h"
 #include "virprocess.h"
+#include "virsystemd.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_LXC
 
@@ -210,6 +211,13 @@ static void virLXCProcessCleanup(virLXCDriverPtr driver,
         virCgroupFree(&priv->cgroup);
     }
 
+    /* Get machined to terminate the machine as it may not have cleaned it
+     * properly. See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68370 for
+     * the bug we are working around here.
+     */
+    virSystemdTerminateMachine(vm->def->name, "lxc", true);
+
+
     /* now that we know it's stopped call the hook if present */
     if (virHookPresent(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_LXC)) {
         char *xml = virDomainDefFormat(vm->def, 0);
diff --git a/src/util/virsystemd.c b/src/util/virsystemd.c
index e72b7f0276..1ba37ccdfe 100644
--- a/src/util/virsystemd.c
+++ b/src/util/virsystemd.c
@@ -116,6 +116,27 @@ char *virSystemdMakeSliceName(const char *partition)
     return virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
 }
 
+char *virSystemdMakeMachineName(const char *name,
+                                const char *drivername,
+                                bool privileged)
+{
+    char *machinename = NULL;
+    char *username = NULL;
+    if (privileged) {
+        if (virAsprintf(&machinename, "%s-%s", drivername, name) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+    } else {
+        if (!(username = virGetUserName(geteuid())))
+            goto cleanup;
+        if (virAsprintf(&machinename, "%s-%s-%s", username, drivername, name) < 0)
+            goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+cleanup:
+    VIR_FREE(username);
+
+    return machinename;
+}
 
 /**
  * virSystemdCreateMachine:
@@ -142,7 +163,6 @@ int virSystemdCreateMachine(const char *name,
     DBusConnection *conn;
     char *machinename = NULL;
     char *creatorname = NULL;
-    char *username = NULL;
     char *slicename = NULL;
 
     ret = virDBusIsServiceEnabled("org.freedesktop.machine1");
@@ -152,15 +172,8 @@ int virSystemdCreateMachine(const char *name,
     conn = virDBusGetSystemBus();
 
     ret = -1;
-    if (privileged) {
-        if (virAsprintf(&machinename, "%s-%s", drivername, name) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-    } else {
-        if (!(username = virGetUserName(geteuid())))
-            goto cleanup;
-        if (virAsprintf(&machinename, "%s-%s-%s", username, drivername, name) < 0)
-            goto cleanup;
-    }
+    if (!(machinename = virSystemdMakeMachineName(name, drivername, privileged)))
+        goto cleanup;
 
     if (virAsprintf(&creatorname, "libvirt-%s", drivername) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
@@ -236,9 +249,54 @@ int virSystemdCreateMachine(const char *name,
     ret = 0;
 
 cleanup:
-    VIR_FREE(username);
     VIR_FREE(creatorname);
     VIR_FREE(machinename);
     VIR_FREE(slicename);
     return ret;
 }
+
+int virSystemdTerminateMachine(const char *name,
+                               const char *drivername,
+                               bool privileged)
+{
+    int ret;
+    DBusConnection *conn;
+    char *machinename = NULL;
+
+    ret = virDBusIsServiceEnabled("org.freedesktop.machine1");
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
+
+    conn = virDBusGetSystemBus();
+
+    ret = -1;
+    if (!(machinename = virSystemdMakeMachineName(name, drivername, privileged)))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    /*
+     * The systemd DBus API we're invoking has the
+     * following signature
+     *
+     * TerminateMachine(in  s name);
+     *
+     * @name a host unique name for the machine. shows up
+     * in 'ps' listing & similar
+     */
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("Attempting to terminate machine via systemd");
+    if (virDBusCallMethod(conn,
+                          NULL,
+                          "org.freedesktop.machine1",
+                          "/org/freedesktop/machine1",
+                          "org.freedesktop.machine1.Manager",
+                          "TerminateMachine",
+                          "s",
+                          machinename) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+    VIR_FREE(machinename);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/virsystemd.h b/src/util/virsystemd.h
index 414ae5ac9f..d9845e14c2 100644
--- a/src/util/virsystemd.h
+++ b/src/util/virsystemd.h
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ char *virSystemdMakeScopeName(const char *name,
                               const char *slicename);
 char *virSystemdMakeSliceName(const char *partition);
 
+char *virSystemdMakeMachineName(const char *name,
+                                const char *drivername,
+                                bool privileged);
+
 int virSystemdCreateMachine(const char *name,
                             const char *drivername,
                             bool privileged,
@@ -38,4 +42,8 @@ int virSystemdCreateMachine(const char *name,
                             bool iscontainer,
                             const char *partition);
 
+int virSystemdTerminateMachine(const char *name,
+                               const char *drivername,
+                               bool privileged);
+
 #endif /* __VIR_SYSTEMD_H__ */
diff --git a/tests/virsystemdtest.c b/tests/virsystemdtest.c
index e68b3ac664..e6efebf3a8 100644
--- a/tests/virsystemdtest.c
+++ b/tests/virsystemdtest.c
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ static int testCreateContainer(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int testTerminateContainer(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    if (virSystemdTerminateMachine("demo",
+                                   "lxc",
+                                   true) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", "Failed to terminate LXC machine\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int testCreateMachine(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN] = {
@@ -77,6 +89,18 @@ static int testCreateMachine(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int testTerminateMachine(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    if (virSystemdTerminateMachine("demo",
+                                   "qemu",
+                                   false) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", "Failed to terminate KVM machine\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int testCreateNoSystemd(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN] = {
@@ -184,8 +208,12 @@ mymain(void)
 
     if (virtTestRun("Test create container ", 1, testCreateContainer, NULL) < 0)
         ret = -1;
+    if (virtTestRun("Test terminate container ", 1, testTerminateContainer, NULL) < 0)
+        ret = -1;
     if (virtTestRun("Test create machine ", 1, testCreateMachine, NULL) < 0)
         ret = -1;
+    if (virtTestRun("Test terminate machine ", 1, testTerminateMachine, NULL) < 0)
+        ret = -1;
     if (virtTestRun("Test create no systemd ", 1, testCreateNoSystemd, NULL) < 0)
         ret = -1;
     if (virtTestRun("Test create bad systemd ", 1, testCreateBadSystemd, NULL) < 0)