diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions/HostingAbstractionsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions/HostingAbstractionsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
index 31bf39f009..76bb2fec1a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions/HostingAbstractionsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions/HostingAbstractionsWebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server;
@@ -158,6 +159,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
             return hostBuilder.UseSetting(WebHostDefaults.PreferHostingUrlsKey, preferHostingUrls ? "true" : "false");
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Specify the amount of time to wait for the web host to shutdown.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="hostBuilder">The <see cref="IWebHostBuilder"/> to configure.</param>
+        /// <param name="timeout">The amount of time to wait for server shutdown.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="IWebHostBuilder"/>.</returns>
+        public static IWebHostBuilder UseShutdownTimeout(this IWebHostBuilder hostBuilder, TimeSpan timeout)
+        {
+            return hostBuilder.UseSetting(WebHostDefaults.ShutdownTimeoutKey, ((int)timeout.TotalSeconds).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Start the web host and listen on the specified urls.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs
index be0e86c57f..9e33f7822d 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Tests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs
@@ -1036,6 +1036,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => new HostingStartupAttribute(typeof(WebHostTests)));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void UseShutdownTimeoutConfiguresShutdownTimeout()
+        {
+            var builder = CreateWebHostBuilder()
+                .CaptureStartupErrors(false)
+                .UseShutdownTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(102))
+                .Configure(app => { })
+                .UseServer(new TestServer());
+
+            using (var host = (WebHost)builder.Build())
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(102), host.Options.ShutdownTimeout);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static void StaticConfigureMethod(IApplicationBuilder app) { }
 
         private IWebHostBuilder CreateWebHostBuilder()