diff --git a/jobs/prometheus/monit b/jobs/prometheus/monit
index db389a43..71f6b947 100644
--- a/jobs/prometheus/monit
+++ b/jobs/prometheus/monit
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 check process prometheus
   with pidfile /var/vcap/sys/run/prometheus/prometheus.pid
   start program "/var/vcap/jobs/prometheus/bin/prometheus_ctl start"
-  stop program "/var/vcap/jobs/prometheus/bin/prometheus_ctl stop"
+  stop program "/var/vcap/jobs/prometheus/bin/prometheus_ctl stop" with timeout <%= p('prometheus.stop_timeout') + 10 %> seconds
   group vcap
diff --git a/jobs/prometheus/spec b/jobs/prometheus/spec
index 62a5ad57..da5fa6e4 100644
--- a/jobs/prometheus/spec
+++ b/jobs/prometheus/spec
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ properties:
   prometheus.enable_features:
     description: "List of features to enable"
     default: []
+  prometheus.stop_timeout:
+    description: "Seconds to wait for prometheus to shut down gracefully before sending SIGKILL"
+    default: 110
 
   prometheus.alertmanager.notification_queue_capacity:
     description: "The capacity of the queue for pending alert manager notifications"
diff --git a/jobs/prometheus/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl b/jobs/prometheus/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl
index 9155b877..f51569aa 100644
--- a/jobs/prometheus/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl
+++ b/jobs/prometheus/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ case $1 in
     ;;
 
   stop)
-    kill_and_wait ${PIDFILE}
+    kill_and_wait ${PIDFILE} <%= p('prometheus.stop_timeout') %>
     ;;
 
   *)
diff --git a/jobs/prometheus2/monit b/jobs/prometheus2/monit
index 935dbfb4..e1a09113 100644
--- a/jobs/prometheus2/monit
+++ b/jobs/prometheus2/monit
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 check process prometheus2
   with pidfile /var/vcap/sys/run/prometheus2/prometheus.pid
   start program "/var/vcap/jobs/prometheus2/bin/prometheus_ctl start"
-  stop program "/var/vcap/jobs/prometheus2/bin/prometheus_ctl stop"
+  stop program "/var/vcap/jobs/prometheus2/bin/prometheus_ctl stop" with timeout <%= p('prometheus.stop_timeout') + 10 %> seconds
   group vcap
diff --git a/jobs/prometheus2/spec b/jobs/prometheus2/spec
index 709307d9..44db5842 100644
--- a/jobs/prometheus2/spec
+++ b/jobs/prometheus2/spec
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ properties:
   prometheus.enable_features:
     description: "List of features to enable"
     default: []
+  prometheus.stop_timeout:
+    description: "Seconds to wait for prometheus to shut down gracefully before sending SIGKILL"
+    default: 110
 
   prometheus.alertmanager.notification_queue_capacity:
     description: "The capacity of the queue for pending alert manager notifications"
diff --git a/jobs/prometheus2/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl b/jobs/prometheus2/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl
index 5ae20d17..80215dc1 100644
--- a/jobs/prometheus2/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl
+++ b/jobs/prometheus2/templates/bin/prometheus_ctl
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ case $1 in
     ;;
 
   stop)
-    kill_and_wait ${PIDFILE}
+    kill_and_wait ${PIDFILE} <%= p('prometheus.stop_timeout') %>
     ;;
 
   *)