diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java
index fdff4dc7..185cc070 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangDaemon.java
@@ -140,11 +140,27 @@ public class MultiLangDaemon implements Callable<Integer> {
         ExecutorService executorService = config.getExecutorService();
 
         // Daemon
-        MultiLangDaemon daemon = new MultiLangDaemon(
+        final MultiLangDaemon daemon = new MultiLangDaemon(
                 config.getKinesisClientLibConfiguration(),
                 config.getRecordProcessorFactory(),
                 executorService);
 
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void run()
+            {
+                LOG.info("Process terminanted, will initiate shutdown.");
+                try {
+                    Future<Void> fut = daemon.worker.requestShutdown();
+                    fut.get();
+                    LOG.info("Process shutdown is complete.");
+                } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+                    LOG.error("Encountered an error during shutdown.", e);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
         Future<Integer> future = executorService.submit(daemon);
         try {
             System.exit(future.get());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangRecordProcessor.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangRecordProcessor.java
index 9d76af54..76db52c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangRecordProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/MultiLangRecordProcessor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.exceptions.InvalidStateException;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.exceptions.ShutdownException;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.interfaces.IRecordProcessorCheckpointer;
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.interfaces.v2.IShutdownNotificationAware;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -29,13 +33,14 @@ import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.types.ProcessRecordsInput;
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.types.ShutdownInput;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
+
 /**
  * A record processor that manages creating a child process that implements the multi language protocol and connecting
  * that child process's input and outputs to a {@link MultiLangProtocol} object and calling the appropriate methods on
  * that object when its corresponding {@link #initialize}, {@link #processRecords}, and {@link #shutdown} methods are
  * called.
  */
-public class MultiLangRecordProcessor implements IRecordProcessor {
+public class MultiLangRecordProcessor implements IRecordProcessor, IShutdownNotificationAware {
 
     private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(MultiLangRecordProcessor.class);
     private static final int EXIT_VALUE = 1;
@@ -136,6 +141,24 @@ public class MultiLangRecordProcessor implements IRecordProcessor {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void shutdownRequested(IRecordProcessorCheckpointer checkpointer) {
+        LOG.info("Shutdown is requested.");
+        if (!initialized) {
+            LOG.info("Record processor was not initialized so no need to initiate a final checkpoint.");
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            LOG.info("Requesting a checkpoint on shutdown notification.");
+            checkpointer.checkpoint();
+        } catch (InvalidStateException e) {
+            LOG.error("Checkpoint triggered during shutdown encountered InvalidStateException: " + e.toString());
+        } catch (ShutdownException e) {
+            LOG.error("Checkpoint triggered during shutdown encountered ShutdownException: " + e.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Used to tell whether the processor has been shutdown already.
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/StreamingRecordProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/StreamingRecordProcessorTest.java
index 2c02b5e9..b645af9b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/StreamingRecordProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/multilang/StreamingRecordProcessorTest.java
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ public class StreamingRecordProcessorTest {
         recordProcessor.initialize(new InitializationInput().withShardId(shardId));
         recordProcessor.processRecords(new ProcessRecordsInput().withRecords(testRecords).withCheckpointer(unimplementedCheckpointer));
         recordProcessor.processRecords(new ProcessRecordsInput().withRecords(testRecords).withCheckpointer(unimplementedCheckpointer));
+        recordProcessor.shutdownRequested(Mockito.mock(IRecordProcessorCheckpointer.class));
         recordProcessor.shutdown(new ShutdownInput().withCheckpointer(unimplementedCheckpointer).withShutdownReason(ShutdownReason.ZOMBIE));
     }