diff --git a/src/one/nio/server/Server.java b/src/one/nio/server/Server.java
index fa3f425..f5256aa 100755
--- a/src/one/nio/server/Server.java
+++ b/src/one/nio/server/Server.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class Server implements ServerMXBean {
     protected boolean useWorkers;
     protected final WorkerPool workers;
     protected final CleanupThread cleanup;
+    protected boolean closeSessions;
 
     public Server(ServerConfig config) throws IOException {
         List<AcceptorThread> acceptors = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ public Server(ServerConfig config) throws IOException {
 
         this.cleanup = new CleanupThread(selectors, config.keepAlive);
 
+        this.closeSessions = config.closeSessions;
+
         this.selectorStats = new SelectorStats();
         this.queueStats = new QueueStats();
     }
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ public synchronized void reconfigure(ServerConfig config) throws IOException {
         }
 
         cleanup.update(this.selectors, config.keepAlive);
+        closeSessions = config.closeSessions;
     }
 
     public synchronized void start() {
@@ -175,6 +179,11 @@ public synchronized void stop() {
         }
 
         for (SelectorThread selector : selectors) {
+            if (closeSessions) {
+                for (Session session : selector.selector) {
+                    session.close();
+                }
+            }
             selector.shutdown();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/one/nio/server/ServerConfig.java b/src/one/nio/server/ServerConfig.java
index fc19955..3fb2334 100644
--- a/src/one/nio/server/ServerConfig.java
+++ b/src/one/nio/server/ServerConfig.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     public int keepAlive;
     public int threadPriority = Thread.NORM_PRIORITY;
     public SchedulingPolicy schedulingPolicy;
+    public boolean closeSessions;
 
     public ServerConfig() {
     }
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ private ServerConfig(ConnectionString conn) {
         this.queueTime = conn.getIntParam("queueTime", 0) / 1000;
         this.threadPriority = conn.getIntParam("threadPriority", Thread.NORM_PRIORITY);
         this.schedulingPolicy = SchedulingPolicy.valueOf(conn.getStringParam("schedulingPolicy", "OTHER"));
+        this.closeSessions = conn.getBooleanParam("closeSessions", false);
     }
 
     // Do not use for new servers! Use ConfigParser instead