diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a822693..5521cea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ Require one of the above 'Environments Supported' in your `Capfile`:
 require 'capistrano/apache/systemd'
 ```
 
-`capistrano/apache` comes with 5 tasks:
+`capistrano/apache` comes with 7 tasks:
 
 * apache:reload
 * apache:force_reload
 * apache:restart
+* apache:graceful
 * apache:stop
+* apache:graceful_stop
 
 You can execute the task on command line:
  
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/systemd.rake b/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/systemd.rake
index 404cb58..9ac6b12 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/systemd.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/systemd.rake
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ namespace :apache do
     end
   end
 
+  desc 'Gracefuly stop apache (requires root access to apache stop)'
+  task :graceful_stop do
+    on release_roles(fetch(:apache_roles)) do
+      fetch(:apache_with_sudo) ? execute(:sudo, fetch(:systemctl_location), "graceful-stop #{fetch(:apache_service_name)}.service") : execute(fetch(:systemctl_location), "graceful-stop #{fetch(:apache_service_name)}.service")
+    end
+  end
+
   desc 'Start apache (requires root access to apache start)'
   task :start do
     on release_roles(fetch(:apache_roles)) do
@@ -33,6 +40,13 @@ namespace :apache do
       fetch(:apache_with_sudo) ? execute(:sudo, fetch(:systemctl_location), "restart #{fetch(:apache_service_name)}.service") : execute(fetch(:systemctl_location), "restart #{fetch(:apache_service_name)}.service")
     end
   end
+
+  desc 'Gracefuly restart apache (requires root access to apache restart)'
+  task :graceful do
+    on release_roles(fetch(:apache_roles)) do
+      fetch(:apache_with_sudo) ? execute(:sudo, fetch(:systemctl_location), "graceful #{fetch(:apache_service_name)}.service") : execute(fetch(:systemctl_location), "graceful #{fetch(:apache_service_name)}.service")
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/sysv_upstart.rake b/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/sysv_upstart.rake
index 4266171..66adb97 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/sysv_upstart.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/apache/tasks/sysv_upstart.rake
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ namespace :apache do
     end
   end
 
+  desc 'Gracefuly stop apache'
+  task :graceful_stop do
+    on release_roles(fetch(:apache_roles)) do
+      fetch(:apache_with_sudo) ? execute(:sudo, "/etc/init.d/#{fetch(:apache_service_name)}", 'graceful-stop') : execute("/etc/init.d/#{fetch(:apache_service_name)}", 'graceful-stop')
+    end
+  end
+
   desc 'Start apache'
   task :start do
     on release_roles(fetch(:apache_roles)) do
@@ -33,4 +40,11 @@ namespace :apache do
       fetch(:apache_with_sudo) ? execute(:sudo, "/etc/init.d/#{fetch(:apache_service_name)}", 'restart') : execute("/etc/init.d/#{fetch(:apache_service_name)}", 'restart')
     end
   end
+
+  desc 'Gracefuly restart apache'
+  task :graceful do
+    on release_roles(fetch(:apache_roles)) do
+      fetch(:apache_with_sudo) ? execute(:sudo, "/etc/init.d/#{fetch(:apache_service_name)}", 'graceful') : execute("/etc/init.d/#{fetch(:apache_service_name)}", 'graceful')
+    end
+  end
 end
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