diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go b/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go
index bd592d01071..5f6c32a0ce3 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func stopFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags.IntVarP(&stopTimeout, timeFlagName, "t", int(containerConfig.Engine.StopTimeout), "Seconds to wait for stop before killing the container")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(timeFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
+	signalFlagName := "signal"
+	flags.StringVarP(&stopOptions.Signal, signalFlagName, "s", "", "Signal to send for the graceful stop, before the timeout (default: the container's stop signal)")
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(signalFlagName, common.AutocompleteStopSignal)
+
 	filterFlagName := "filter"
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(&filters, filterFlagName, "f", []string{}, "Filter output based on conditions given")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(filterFlagName, common.AutocompletePsFilters)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-stop.1.md.in b/docs/source/markdown/podman-stop.1.md.in
index e8a2a3aaa8f..f99363ca99e 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-stop.1.md.in
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-stop.1.md.in
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ Command does not fail when *file* is missing and user specified --ignore.
 
 @@option latest
 
+#### **--signal**, **-s**=*signal*
+
+Signal to send to the container for the graceful stop, before the timeout. For
+more information on Linux signals, refer to *signal(7)*. The default is the
+container's stop signal (see **--stop-signal** in **podman-create(1)**).
+
 @@option time
 
 ## EXAMPLES
diff --git a/libpod/container_api.go b/libpod/container_api.go
index e96cb2e0a25..b688e6f982c 100644
--- a/libpod/container_api.go
+++ b/libpod/container_api.go
@@ -283,24 +283,33 @@ func (c *Container) Stop() error {
 // manually. If timeout is 0, SIGKILL will be used immediately to kill the
 // container.
 func (c *Container) StopWithTimeout(timeout uint) (finalErr error) {
-	return c.StopWithArgs(timeout, true)
+	return c.StopWithArgs(timeout, 0, true)
+}
+
+// StopWithTimeoutAndSignal is like StopWithTimeout but delivers the given signal
+// for the graceful stop instead of the container's configured StopSignal. A
+// signal of 0 means "use the configured StopSignal" (the Docker stop --signal
+// override).
+func (c *Container) StopWithTimeoutAndSignal(timeout uint, signal uint) (finalErr error) {
+	return c.StopWithArgs(timeout, signal, true)
 }
 
 // StopService stops the container without marking it as stopped by user (e.g. for
 // systemd ExecStop). Containers with restart policy unless-stopped will be
 // eligible to start again on next boot.
 func (c *Container) StopService(timeout uint) (finalErr error) {
-	return c.StopWithArgs(timeout, false)
+	return c.StopWithArgs(timeout, 0, false)
 }
 
-// StopWithArgs is a version of Stop that allows a timeout to be specified manually
-// and controls whether to set the StoppedByUser state field. If timeout is 0,
-// SIGKILL will be used immediately to kill the container.
+// StopWithArgs is a version of Stop that allows a timeout and a graceful stop
+// signal to be specified manually, and controls whether to set the StoppedByUser
+// state field. A signal of 0 uses the container's configured StopSignal. If
+// timeout is 0, SIGKILL will be used immediately to kill the container.
 //
 // An explicit stop is treated as a user-driven lifecycle action. Because of
 // that, this path may not trigger automatic restart-policy handling in cleanup,
 // even when stoppedByUser is false.
-func (c *Container) StopWithArgs(timeout uint, stoppedByUser bool) (finalErr error) {
+func (c *Container) StopWithArgs(timeout uint, signal uint, stoppedByUser bool) (finalErr error) {
 	// Have to lock the pod the container is a part of.
 	// This prevents running `podman stop` at the same time a
 	// `podman pod start` is running, which could lead to weird races.
@@ -338,7 +347,7 @@ func (c *Container) StopWithArgs(timeout uint, stoppedByUser bool) (finalErr err
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	return c.stopInternal(timeout, stoppedByUser)
+	return c.stopInternal(timeout, signal, stoppedByUser)
 }
 
 // Kill sends a signal to a container
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index 45984bfee80..e78831b052d 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -1375,12 +1375,12 @@ func (c *Container) stopWithAll() bool {
 
 // Internal, non-locking function to stop container
 func (c *Container) stop(timeout uint) error {
-	return c.stopInternal(timeout, true)
+	return c.stopInternal(timeout, 0, true)
 }
 
 // Internal, non-locking function to stop container
 // stoppedByUser controls whether to set the StoppedByUser state field.
-func (c *Container) stopInternal(timeout uint, stoppedByUser bool) error {
+func (c *Container) stopInternal(timeout uint, signal uint, stoppedByUser bool) error {
 	// This is explicit container stop that flows pass through Running -> Stopping -> Stopped/Exited states.
 	// As a result, this does not satisfy the Running/Paused -> Stopped/Exited
 	// transition that is required to trigger restart policy during cleanup.
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ func (c *Container) stopInternal(timeout uint, stoppedByUser bool) error {
 		c.lock.Unlock()
 	}
 
-	stopErr := c.ociRuntime.StopContainer(c, timeout, all)
+	stopErr := c.ociRuntime.StopContainer(c, timeout, signal, all)
 
 	if !c.batched {
 		c.lock.Lock()
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ func (c *Container) waitForConmonToExitAndSave() error {
 				// this to get the real exit code... But I'm not
 				// that dedicated.
 				all := c.stopWithAll()
-				if err := c.ociRuntime.StopContainer(c, 0, all); err != nil {
+				if err := c.ociRuntime.StopContainer(c, 0, 0, all); err != nil {
 					logrus.Errorf("Error stopping container %s after Conmon exited prematurely: %v", c.ID(), err)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/libpod/oci.go b/libpod/oci.go
index fa7b10dc35a..1074f069e68 100644
--- a/libpod/oci.go
+++ b/libpod/oci.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type OCIRuntime interface { //nolint:interfacebloat
 	// If all is set, we will attempt to use the --all flag will `kill` in
 	// the OCI runtime to kill all processes in the container, including
 	// exec sessions. This is only supported if the container has cgroups.
-	StopContainer(ctr *Container, timeout uint, all bool) error
+	StopContainer(ctr *Container, timeout uint, signal uint, all bool) error
 	// DeleteContainer deletes the given container from the OCI runtime.
 	DeleteContainer(ctr *Container) error
 	// PauseContainer pauses the given container.
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
index ef707238f4e..81031d12e15 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) killContainer(ctr *Container, signal uint, all, captu
 // after to pull the exit code.
 // IMPORTANT: Thus function is called from an unlocked container state in
 // the stop() code path so do not modify the state here.
-func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) StopContainer(ctr *Container, timeout uint, all bool) error {
+func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) StopContainer(ctr *Container, timeout uint, signal uint, all bool) error {
 	logrus.Debugf("Stopping container %s (PID %d)", ctr.ID(), ctr.state.PID)
 
 	// Ping the container to see if it's alive
@@ -366,7 +366,10 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) StopContainer(ctr *Container, timeout uint, all bool)
 	}
 
 	if timeout > 0 {
-		stopSignal := ctr.config.StopSignal
+		stopSignal := signal
+		if stopSignal == 0 {
+			stopSignal = ctr.config.StopSignal
+		}
 		if stopSignal == 0 {
 			stopSignal = uint(syscall.SIGTERM)
 		}
diff --git a/libpod/oci_missing.go b/libpod/oci_missing.go
index 37898e6e9b5..7b39580f008 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_missing.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_missing.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (r *MissingRuntime) KillContainer(_ *Container, _ uint, _ bool) error {
 }
 
 // StopContainer is not available as the runtime is missing
-func (r *MissingRuntime) StopContainer(_ *Container, _ uint, _ bool) error {
+func (r *MissingRuntime) StopContainer(_ *Container, _ uint, _ uint, _ bool) error {
 	return r.printError()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stop.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stop.go
index 0e14596f4ec..c9e14a142d4 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stop.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stop.go
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ func StopContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	// /{version}/containers/(name)/stop
 	query := struct {
-		Ignore        bool `schema:"ignore"`
-		DockerTimeout int  `schema:"t"`
-		LibpodTimeout uint `schema:"timeout"`
+		Ignore        bool   `schema:"ignore"`
+		DockerTimeout int    `schema:"t"`
+		LibpodTimeout uint   `schema:"timeout"`
+		Signal        string `schema:"signal"`
 	}{
 		// override any golang type defaults
 	}
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ func StopContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	name := utils.GetName(r)
 	options := entities.StopOptions{
 		Ignore: query.Ignore,
+		Signal: query.Signal,
 	}
 	if utils.IsLibpodRequest(r) {
 		if _, found := r.URL.Query()["timeout"]; found {
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/containers/types.go b/pkg/bindings/containers/types.go
index 59c322bae33..a435c76b933 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/containers/types.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/containers/types.go
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ type WaitOptions struct {
 //go:generate go run ../generator/generator.go StopOptions
 type StopOptions struct {
 	Ignore  *bool
+	Signal  *string
 	Timeout *uint
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/containers/types_stop_options.go b/pkg/bindings/containers/types_stop_options.go
index 1023a284f15..ffe93339579 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/containers/types_stop_options.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/containers/types_stop_options.go
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ func (o *StopOptions) GetIgnore() bool {
 	return *o.Ignore
 }
 
+// WithSignal set field Signal to given value
+func (o *StopOptions) WithSignal(value string) *StopOptions {
+	o.Signal = &value
+	return o
+}
+
+// GetSignal returns value of field Signal
+func (o *StopOptions) GetSignal() string {
+	if o.Signal == nil {
+		var z string
+		return z
+	}
+	return *o.Signal
+}
+
 // WithTimeout set field Timeout to given value
 func (o *StopOptions) WithTimeout(value uint) *StopOptions {
 	o.Timeout = &value
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go b/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go
index 6b13013fbc5..862549c867c 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ type StopOptions struct {
 	Ignore  bool
 	Latest  bool
 	Timeout *uint
+	// Signal optionally overrides the container's configured StopSignal for the
+	// graceful stop (the Docker `stop --signal` override). Empty means StopSignal.
+	Signal string
 }
 
 type StopReport struct {
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
index 6f8025ccfbb..5859f2e8ac2 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
@@ -387,7 +387,17 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) containerStopImpl(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []s
 }
 
 func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerStop(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []string, options entities.StopOptions) ([]*entities.StopReport, error) {
-	return ic.containerStopImpl(ctx, namesOrIds, options, func(c *libpod.Container, t uint) error { return c.StopWithTimeout(t) })
+	var sig uint // 0 = use the container's configured StopSignal
+	if options.Signal != "" {
+		s, err := signal.ParseSignalNameOrNumber(options.Signal)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		sig = uint(s)
+	}
+	return ic.containerStopImpl(ctx, namesOrIds, options, func(c *libpod.Container, t uint) error {
+		return c.StopWithTimeoutAndSignal(t, sig)
+	})
 }
 
 func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerStopService(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []string, options entities.StopOptions) ([]*entities.StopReport, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
index 6e7be5b1f21..2b69515bdb9 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerStop(_ context.Context, namesOrIds []string,
 		idToRawInput[ctrs[i].ID] = rawInputs[i]
 	}
 	options := new(containers.StopOptions).WithIgnore(opts.Ignore)
+	if opts.Signal != "" {
+		options.WithSignal(opts.Signal)
+	}
 	if to := opts.Timeout; to != nil {
 		options.WithTimeout(*to)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/stop_test.go b/test/e2e/stop_test.go
index aee8913c17d..a75d30991c4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/stop_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/stop_test.go
@@ -161,6 +161,24 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman stop", func() {
 		Expect(strings.TrimSpace(finalCtrs.OutputToString())).To(Equal(""))
 	})
 
+	It("podman stop container --signal", func() {
+		// The container traps SIGUSR1 and exits 42; --signal must deliver that
+		// instead of the container's default stop signal.
+		ctr := "test-stop-signal"
+		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-d", "--name", ctr, ALPINE, "sh", "-c", "trap 'exit 42' USR1; while :; do sleep 0.1; done"})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		stop := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"stop", "--signal", "SIGUSR1", "-t", "20", ctr})
+		stop.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(stop).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		inspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", ctr, "--format", "{{.State.ExitCode}}"})
+		inspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(inspect).Should(ExitCleanly())
+		Expect(inspect.OutputToString()).To(Equal("42"))
+	})
+
 	It("podman stop container --timeout", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-d", "--name", "test5", ALPINE, "sleep", "100"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()