1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mongrel.rb b/lib/mongrel.rb
index 1d95714..a320411 100644
--- a/lib/mongrel.rb
+++ b/lib/mongrel.rb
@@ -809,8 +809,12 @@ module Mongrel
  
      # Stops the acceptor thread and then causes the worker threads to finish
      # off the request queue before finally exiting.
-    def stop
+    def stop(synchronous=false)
        @acceptor.raise(StopServer.new)
+
+      if synchronous        
+        sleep(0.5) while @acceptor.alive?
+      end
      end
  
    end