diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index a279883b3..6d63edc96 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-hash: fd8e1bbabefc71e0fc1551dcf67688d0b5ad1f23168a5c0256b8c98dda1b1fb3
+hash: 5e9aeda91bffc11f916ff6c324b26a02a279ed1d691e7a783ca03dfab584083c
 updated: 2017-08-25T11:52:16.848940186+02:00
 imports:
 - name: cloud.google.com/go
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ testImports:
 - name: github.com/gorilla/mux
   version: e444e69cbd2e2e3e0749a2f3c717cec491552bbf
 - name: github.com/libkermit/compose
-  version: 2048f803f56422a65b455f918d4a61704dc94603
+  version: 6167fd37267d2dfbcbcbee0a321adaa9531f4062
   subpackages:
   - check
 - name: github.com/libkermit/docker
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index 0fda26a56..fd204b587 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ testImport:
 - package: github.com/go-check/check
   version: 11d3bc7aa68e238947792f30573146a3231fc0f1
 - package: github.com/libkermit/compose
-  version: 2048f803f56422a65b455f918d4a61704dc94603
+  version: 6167fd37267d2dfbcbcbee0a321adaa9531f4062
   subpackages:
   - check
 - package: github.com/libkermit/docker
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/libkermit/compose/compose.go b/vendor/github.com/libkermit/compose/compose.go
index cc5d00dce..fb722f385 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/libkermit/compose/compose.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/libkermit/compose/compose.go
@@ -75,13 +75,20 @@ func CreateProject(name string, composeFiles ...string) (*Project, error) {
 }
 
 // Start creates and starts the compose project.
-func (p *Project) Start() error {
+func (p *Project) Start(services ...string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	err := p.composeProject.Create(ctx, options.Create{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	err = p.composeProject.Start(ctx)
+
+	return p.StartOnly(services...)
+}
+
+// StartOnly only starts created services which are stopped.
+func (p *Project) StartOnly(services ...string) error {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	err := p.composeProject.Start(ctx, services...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -91,18 +98,27 @@ func (p *Project) Start() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Stop shuts down and clean the project
-func (p *Project) Stop() error {
-	// FIXME(vdemeester) handle timeout
+// StopOnly only stop services without delete them.
+func (p *Project) StopOnly(services ...string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	err := p.composeProject.Stop(ctx, 10)
+	err := p.composeProject.Stop(ctx, 10, services...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	<-p.stopped
 	close(p.stopped)
+	return nil
+}
 
-	err = p.composeProject.Delete(ctx, options.Delete{})
+// Stop shuts down and clean the project
+func (p *Project) Stop(services ...string) error {
+	// FIXME(vdemeester) handle timeout
+	err := p.StopOnly(services...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	err = p.composeProject.Delete(ctx, options.Delete{}, services...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}