diff --git a/src/cloud/occi/lib/OCCIServer.rb b/src/cloud/occi/lib/OCCIServer.rb
index bb92c9e7e3..8d05620b8a 100755
--- a/src/cloud/occi/lib/OCCIServer.rb
+++ b/src/cloud/occi/lib/OCCIServer.rb
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ class OCCIServer < CloudServer
                 rc = vm.resume
             when "cancel"
                 rc = vm.cancel
+            when "shutdown"
+                rc = vm.shutdown
             when "done"  
                 rc = vm.finalize  
             else