diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
index fa7ffb8eab..ec5c1a1fc3 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
@@ -1504,6 +1504,7 @@ func sortKubeKinds(documentList [][]byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 
 	return sortedDocumentList, nil
 }
+
 func imageNamePrefix(imageName string) string {
 	prefix := imageName
 	s := strings.Split(prefix, ":")
@@ -1663,7 +1664,10 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) PlayKubeDown(ctx context.Context, body io.Reader, opt
 	}
 
 	// Add the reports
-	reports.StopReport, err = ic.PodStop(ctx, podNames, entities.PodStopOptions{Ignore: true})
+	reports.StopReport, err = ic.PodStop(ctx, podNames, entities.PodStopOptions{
+		Ignore:  true,
+		Timeout: -1,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index 31ee3e47ce..04d7e5d90c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -273,8 +273,11 @@ spec:
     - name: testctr
       image: ` + CITEST_IMAGE + `
       command:
-        - sleep
-        - inf
+      - /bin/sh
+      - -c
+      - |
+        trap exit SIGTERM
+        while :; do sleep 0.1; done
       volumeMounts:
       - mountPath: /var
         name: testing
@@ -285,6 +288,30 @@ spec:
         claimName: testvol
 `
 
+var signalTest = `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: testpod
+spec:
+    containers:
+    - name: testctr
+      image: ` + CITEST_IMAGE + `
+      command:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - |
+          trap 'echo TERMINATED > /testvol/termfile; exit' SIGTERM
+          while true; do sleep 0.1; done
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /testvol
+        name: testvol
+    volumes:
+    - name: testvol
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: testvol
+`
+
 var checkInfraImagePodYaml = `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
@@ -5569,6 +5596,28 @@ spec:
 		Expect(checkVol.OutputToString()).To(Equal("testvol1"))
 	})
 
+	It("with graceful shutdown", func() {
+
+		volumeCreate := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"volume", "create", "testvol"})
+		volumeCreate.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(volumeCreate).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		err = writeYaml(signalTest, kubeYaml)
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		playKube := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"kube", "play", kubeYaml})
+		playKube.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(playKube).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		teardown := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"kube", "down", kubeYaml})
+		teardown.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(teardown).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--volume", "testvol:/testvol", CITEST_IMAGE, "sh", "-c", "cat /testvol/termfile"})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session.OutputToString()).Should(ContainSubstring("TERMINATED"))
+	})
+
 	It("with hostPath subpaths", func() {
 		if !Containerized() {
 			Skip("something is wrong with file permissions in CI or in the yaml creation. cannot ls or cat the fs unless in a container")