diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
index 01bee37caf..ca72d62a0d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
         protected string m_storageDLL = "OpenSim.DataStore.NullStorage.dll";
 
         protected string m_startupCommandsFile = "";
+        protected string m_shutdownCommandsFile = "";
 
         protected List<UDPServer> m_udpServers = new List<UDPServer>();
         protected List<RegionInfo> m_regionData = new List<RegionInfo>();
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
             m_storageDLL = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetString("storage_plugin", "OpenSim.DataStore.NullStorage.dll");
 
             m_startupCommandsFile = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetString("startup_console_commands_file", "");
+            m_shutdownCommandsFile = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetString("shutdown_console_commands_file", "");
 
             m_scriptEngine = configSource.Configs["Startup"].GetString("script_engine", "DotNetEngine");
 
@@ -343,6 +345,11 @@ namespace OpenSim
         /// </summary>
         public virtual void Shutdown()
         {
+            if (m_startupCommandsFile != "")
+            {
+                RunCommandScript(m_shutdownCommandsFile);
+            }
+
             m_log.Verbose("Closing all threads");
             m_log.Verbose("Killing listener thread");
             m_log.Verbose("Killing clients");
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini b/bin/OpenSim.ini
index f4efeb5469..118c26163c 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ physics = basicphysics
 storage_plugin = "OpenSim.DataStore.MonoSqlite.dll"
 ;storage_plugin = "OpenSim.DataStore.NullStorage.dll"
 startup_console_commands_file = "startup_commands.txt"
+shutdown_console_commands_file = "shutdown_commands.txt"
 serverside_object_permissions = false
 
 ; asset_database = "db4o"
@@ -38,3 +39,4 @@ user_recv_key = "null"
 
 asset_server_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8003"
 
+
diff --git a/bin/shutdown_commands.txt b/bin/shutdown_commands.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ec28f0450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/shutdown_commands.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+backup