diff --git a/api/allocations.go b/api/allocations.go
index d622f86b0a5a..e0790cb8dcee 100644
--- a/api/allocations.go
+++ b/api/allocations.go
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ func (a *Allocations) GC(alloc *Allocation, q *QueryOptions) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (a *Allocations) Stop(alloc *Allocation, q *QueryOptions) (*AllocStopResponse, error) {
+	var resp AllocStopResponse
+	_, err := a.client.putQuery("/v1/allocation/"+alloc.ID+"/stop", nil, &resp, q)
+	return &resp, err
+}
+
+// AllocStopResponse is the response to an `AllocStopRequest`
+type AllocStopResponse struct {
+	// EvalID is the id of the follow up evalution for the rescheduled alloc.
+	EvalID string
+
+	WriteMeta
+}
+
 // Allocation is used for serialization of allocations.
 type Allocation struct {
 	ID                    string
diff --git a/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go b/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go
index 422f8906cb09..e8d2d3da6a63 100644
--- a/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go
@@ -41,7 +41,29 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) AllocsRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 }
 
 func (s *HTTPServer) AllocSpecificRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
-	allocID := strings.TrimPrefix(req.URL.Path, "/v1/allocation/")
+	reqSuffix := strings.TrimPrefix(req.URL.Path, "/v1/allocation/")
+
+	// tokenize the suffix of the path to get the alloc id and find the action
+	// invoked on the alloc id
+	tokens := strings.Split(reqSuffix, "/")
+	if len(tokens) > 2 || len(tokens) < 1 {
+		return nil, CodedError(404, resourceNotFoundErr)
+	}
+	allocID := tokens[0]
+
+	if len(tokens) == 1 {
+		return s.allocGet(allocID, resp, req)
+	}
+
+	switch tokens[1] {
+	case "stop":
+		return s.allocStop(allocID, resp, req)
+	}
+
+	return nil, CodedError(404, resourceNotFoundErr)
+}
+
+func (s *HTTPServer) allocGet(allocID string, resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
 	if req.Method != "GET" {
 		return nil, CodedError(405, ErrInvalidMethod)
 	}
@@ -78,8 +100,22 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) AllocSpecificRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Re
 	return alloc, nil
 }
 
-func (s *HTTPServer) ClientAllocRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
+func (s *HTTPServer) allocStop(allocID string, resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
+	if !(req.Method == "POST" || req.Method == "PUT") {
+		return nil, CodedError(405, ErrInvalidMethod)
+	}
 
+	transReq := &structs.AllocStopRequest{
+		AllocID: allocID,
+	}
+	s.parseWriteRequest(req, &transReq.WriteRequest)
+
+	var out structs.AllocStopResponse
+	err := s.agent.RPC("Alloc.Stop", &transReq, &out)
+	return &out, err
+}
+
+func (s *HTTPServer) ClientAllocRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
 	reqSuffix := strings.TrimPrefix(req.URL.Path, "/v1/client/allocation/")
 
 	// tokenize the suffix of the path to get the alloc id and find the action
diff --git a/command/agent/alloc_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/alloc_endpoint_test.go
index 1b6008cecd2f..011cdd78f997 100644
--- a/command/agent/alloc_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/alloc_endpoint_test.go
@@ -261,6 +261,32 @@ func TestHTTP_AllocQuery_Payload(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestHTTP_AllocStop(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
+		// Directly manipulate the state
+		state := s.Agent.server.State()
+		alloc := mock.Alloc()
+		require := require.New(t)
+		require.NoError(state.UpsertJobSummary(999, mock.JobSummary(alloc.JobID)))
+
+		require.NoError(state.UpsertAllocs(1000, []*structs.Allocation{alloc}))
+
+		// Make the HTTP request
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/allocation/"+alloc.ID+"/stop", nil)
+		require.NoError(err)
+		respW := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+		// Make the request
+		obj, err := s.Server.AllocSpecificRequest(respW, req)
+		require.NoError(err)
+
+		a := obj.(*structs.AllocStopResponse)
+		require.NotEmpty(a.EvalID, "missing eval")
+		require.NotEmpty(a.Index, "missing index")
+	})
+}
+
 func TestHTTP_AllocStats(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	require := require.New(t)
diff --git a/command/alloc_stop.go b/command/alloc_stop.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a44842f69df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/alloc_stop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type AllocStopCommand struct {
+	Meta
+}
+
+func (a *AllocStopCommand) Help() string {
+	helpText := `
+Usage: nomad alloc stop [options] <allocation>
+Alias: nomad stop
+
+  stop an existing allocation. This command is used to signal a specific alloc
+  to shut down. When the allocation has been shut down, it will then be
+  rescheduled. An interactive monitoring session will display log lines as the
+  allocation completes shutting down. It is safe to exit the monitor early with
+  ctrl-c.
+
+General Options:
+
+  ` + generalOptionsUsage() + `
+
+Stop Specific Options:
+
+  -detach
+    Return immediately instead of entering monitor mode. After the
+    stop command is submitted, a new evaluation ID is printed to the
+    screen, which can be used to examine the rescheduling evaluation using the
+    eval-status command.
+
+  -verbose
+    Show full information.
+`
+	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
+}
+
+func (c *AllocStopCommand) Name() string { return "alloc stop" }
+
+func (c *AllocStopCommand) Run(args []string) int {
+	var detach, verbose bool
+
+	flags := c.Meta.FlagSet(c.Name(), FlagSetClient)
+	flags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Output(c.Help()) }
+	flags.BoolVar(&detach, "detach", false, "")
+	flags.BoolVar(&verbose, "verbose", false, "")
+
+	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	// Check that we got exactly one alloc
+	args = flags.Args()
+	if len(args) != 1 {
+		c.Ui.Error("This command takes one argument: <alloc-id>")
+		c.Ui.Error(commandErrorText(c))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	allocID := args[0]
+
+	// Truncate the id unless full length is requested
+	length := shortId
+	if verbose {
+		length = fullId
+	}
+
+	// Query the allocation info
+	if len(allocID) == 1 {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Alloc ID must contain at least two characters."))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	allocID = sanitizeUUIDPrefix(allocID)
+
+	// Get the HTTP client
+	client, err := c.Meta.Client()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error initializing client: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	allocs, _, err := client.Allocations().PrefixList(allocID)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error querying allocation: %v", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if len(allocs) == 0 {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("No allocation(s) with prefix or id %q found", allocID))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if len(allocs) > 1 {
+		// Format the allocs
+		out := formatAllocListStubs(allocs, verbose, length)
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple allocations\n\n%s", out))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	// Prefix lookup matched a single allocation
+	alloc, _, err := client.Allocations().Info(allocs[0].ID, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error querying allocation: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.Allocations().Stop(alloc, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error stopping allocation: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if detach {
+		c.Ui.Output(resp.EvalID)
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	mon := newMonitor(c.Ui, client, length)
+	return mon.monitor(resp.EvalID, false)
+}
+
+func (a *AllocStopCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return "Stop and reschedule a running allocation"
+}
diff --git a/command/alloc_stop_test.go b/command/alloc_stop_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f46532ef86ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/alloc_stop_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/testutil"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestAllocStopCommand_Implements(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	var _ cli.Command = &AllocStopCommand{}
+}
+
+func TestAllocStop_Fails(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, _, url := testServer(t, false, nil)
+	defer srv.Shutdown()
+
+	require := require.New(t)
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	cmd := &AllocStopCommand{Meta: Meta{Ui: ui}}
+
+	// Fails on misuse
+	require.Equal(cmd.Run([]string{"some", "garbage", "args"}), 1, "Expected failure")
+	require.Contains(ui.ErrorWriter.String(), commandErrorText(cmd), "Expected help output")
+	ui.ErrorWriter.Reset()
+
+	// Fails on connection failure
+	require.Equal(cmd.Run([]string{"-address=nope", "foobar"}), 1, "expected failure")
+	require.Contains(ui.ErrorWriter.String(), "Error querying allocation")
+	ui.ErrorWriter.Reset()
+
+	// Fails on missing alloc
+	require.Equal(cmd.Run([]string{"-address=" + url, "26470238-5CF2-438F-8772-DC67CFB0705C"}), 1)
+	require.Contains(ui.ErrorWriter.String(), "No allocation(s) with prefix or id")
+	ui.ErrorWriter.Reset()
+
+	// Fail on identifier with too few characters
+	require.Equal(cmd.Run([]string{"-address=" + url, "2"}), 1)
+	require.Contains(ui.ErrorWriter.String(), "must contain at least two characters")
+	ui.ErrorWriter.Reset()
+
+	// Identifiers with uneven length should produce a query result
+	require.Equal(cmd.Run([]string{"-address=" + url, "123"}), 1)
+	require.Contains(ui.ErrorWriter.String(), "No allocation(s) with prefix or id")
+	ui.ErrorWriter.Reset()
+}
+
+func TestAllocStop_Run(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, client, url := testServer(t, true, nil)
+	defer srv.Shutdown()
+
+	require := require.New(t)
+
+	// Wait for a node to be ready
+	testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
+		nodes, _, err := client.Nodes().List(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		for _, node := range nodes {
+			if _, ok := node.Drivers["mock_driver"]; ok &&
+				node.Status == structs.NodeStatusReady {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+		}
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("no ready nodes")
+	}, func(err error) {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	})
+
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	cmd := &AllocStopCommand{Meta: Meta{Ui: ui}}
+
+	jobID := "job1_sfx"
+	job1 := testJob(jobID)
+	resp, _, err := client.Jobs().Register(job1, nil)
+	require.NoError(err)
+	if code := waitForSuccess(ui, client, fullId, t, resp.EvalID); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("status code non zero saw %d", code)
+	}
+	// get an alloc id
+	allocId1 := ""
+	if allocs, _, err := client.Jobs().Allocations(jobID, false, nil); err == nil {
+		if len(allocs) > 0 {
+			allocId1 = allocs[0].ID
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotEmpty(allocId1, "unable to find allocation")
+
+	// Wait for alloc to be running
+	testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
+		alloc, _, err := client.Allocations().Info(allocId1, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if alloc.ClientStatus == api.AllocClientStatusRunning {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("alloc is not running, is: %s", alloc.ClientStatus)
+	}, func(err error) {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	})
+
+	require.Equal(cmd.Run([]string{"-address=" + url, allocId1}), 0, "expected successful exit code")
+
+	ui.OutputWriter.Reset()
+}
diff --git a/command/commands.go b/command/commands.go
index ab2173904e60..362ffe95c36e 100644
--- a/command/commands.go
+++ b/command/commands.go
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ func Commands(metaPtr *Meta, agentUi cli.Ui) map[string]cli.CommandFactory {
 				Meta: meta,
 			}, nil
 		},
+		"alloc stop": func() (cli.Command, error) {
+			return &AllocStopCommand{
+				Meta: meta,
+			}, nil
+		},
 		"alloc fs": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &AllocFSCommand{
 				Meta: meta,
diff --git a/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go b/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
index 643fa2bf878c..8e67730db05d 100644
--- a/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/acl"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/uuid"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/state"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 )
@@ -205,6 +207,64 @@ func (a *Alloc) GetAllocs(args *structs.AllocsGetRequest,
 	return a.srv.blockingRPC(&opts)
 }
 
+// Stop is used to stop an allocation and migrate it to another node.
+func (a *Alloc) Stop(args *structs.AllocStopRequest, reply *structs.AllocStopResponse) error {
+	if done, err := a.srv.forward("Alloc.Stop", args, args, reply); done {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"nomad", "alloc", "stop"}, time.Now())
+
+	// Check that it is a management token.
+	if aclObj, err := a.srv.ResolveToken(args.AuthToken); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if aclObj != nil && !aclObj.AllowNsOp(args.Namespace, acl.NamespaceCapabilityAllocLifecycle) {
+		return structs.ErrPermissionDenied
+	}
+
+	if args.AllocID == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("must provide an alloc id")
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Maybe use blocking query
+	ws := memdb.NewWatchSet()
+	alloc, err := a.srv.State().AllocByID(ws, args.AllocID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	eval := &structs.Evaluation{
+		ID:             uuid.Generate(),
+		Namespace:      alloc.Namespace,
+		Priority:       alloc.Job.Priority,
+		Type:           alloc.Job.Type,
+		TriggeredBy:    structs.EvalTriggerAllocStop,
+		JobID:          alloc.Job.ID,
+		JobModifyIndex: alloc.Job.ModifyIndex,
+		Status:         structs.EvalStatusPending,
+	}
+
+	transitionReq := &structs.AllocUpdateDesiredTransitionRequest{
+		Evals: []*structs.Evaluation{eval},
+		Allocs: map[string]*structs.DesiredTransition{
+			args.AllocID: {
+				Migrate: helper.BoolToPtr(true),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Commit this update via Raft
+	_, index, err := a.srv.raftApply(structs.AllocUpdateDesiredTransitionRequestType, transitionReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		a.logger.Error("AllocUpdateDesiredTransitionRequest failed", "error", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Setup the response
+	reply.Index = index
+	reply.EvalID = eval.ID
+	return nil
+}
+
 // UpdateDesiredTransition is used to update the desired transitions of an
 // allocation.
 func (a *Alloc) UpdateDesiredTransition(args *structs.AllocUpdateDesiredTransitionRequest, reply *structs.GenericResponse) error {
diff --git a/nomad/alloc_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/alloc_endpoint_test.go
index b34dc7345a78..f26c6a203836 100644
--- a/nomad/alloc_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/alloc_endpoint_test.go
@@ -567,3 +567,65 @@ func TestAllocEndpoint_UpdateDesiredTransition(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(*out1.DesiredTransition.Migrate)
 	require.True(*out2.DesiredTransition.Migrate)
 }
+
+func TestAllocEndpoint_Stop_ACL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	require := require.New(t)
+
+	s1, _ := TestACLServer(t, nil)
+	defer s1.Shutdown()
+	codec := rpcClient(t, s1)
+	testutil.WaitForLeader(t, s1.RPC)
+
+	// Create the register request
+	alloc := mock.Alloc()
+	alloc2 := mock.Alloc()
+	state := s1.fsm.State()
+	require.Nil(state.UpsertJobSummary(998, mock.JobSummary(alloc.JobID)))
+	require.Nil(state.UpsertJobSummary(999, mock.JobSummary(alloc2.JobID)))
+	require.Nil(state.UpsertAllocs(1000, []*structs.Allocation{alloc, alloc2}))
+
+	req := &structs.AllocStopRequest{
+		AllocID: alloc.ID,
+	}
+	req.Namespace = structs.DefaultNamespace
+	req.Region = alloc.Job.Region
+
+	// Try without permissions
+	var resp structs.AllocStopResponse
+	err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Alloc.Stop", req, &resp)
+	require.True(structs.IsErrPermissionDenied(err), "expected permissions error, got: %v", err)
+
+	// Try with management permissions
+	req.WriteRequest.AuthToken = s1.getLeaderAcl()
+	var resp2 structs.AllocStopResponse
+	require.Nil(msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Alloc.Stop", req, &resp2))
+	require.NotZero(resp2.Index)
+
+	// Try with alloc-lifecycle permissions
+	validToken := mock.CreatePolicyAndToken(t, state, 1002, "valid",
+		mock.NamespacePolicy(structs.DefaultNamespace, "", []string{acl.NamespaceCapabilityAllocLifecycle}))
+	req.WriteRequest.AuthToken = validToken.SecretID
+	req.AllocID = alloc2.ID
+
+	var resp3 structs.AllocStopResponse
+	require.Nil(msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Alloc.Stop", req, &resp3))
+	require.NotZero(resp3.Index)
+
+	// Look up the allocations
+	out1, err := state.AllocByID(nil, alloc.ID)
+	require.Nil(err)
+	out2, err := state.AllocByID(nil, alloc2.ID)
+	require.Nil(err)
+	e1, err := state.EvalByID(nil, resp2.EvalID)
+	require.Nil(err)
+	e2, err := state.EvalByID(nil, resp3.EvalID)
+	require.Nil(err)
+
+	require.NotNil(out1.DesiredTransition.Migrate)
+	require.NotNil(out2.DesiredTransition.Migrate)
+	require.NotNil(e1)
+	require.NotNil(e2)
+	require.True(*out1.DesiredTransition.Migrate)
+	require.True(*out2.DesiredTransition.Migrate)
+}
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 88b2db3727c5..89320fd16854 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -694,6 +694,21 @@ type AllocUpdateDesiredTransitionRequest struct {
 	WriteRequest
 }
 
+// AllocStopRequest is used to stop and reschedule a running Allocation.
+type AllocStopRequest struct {
+	AllocID string
+
+	WriteRequest
+}
+
+// AllocStopResponse is the response to an `AllocStopRequest`
+type AllocStopResponse struct {
+	// EvalID is the id of the follow up evalution for the rescheduled alloc.
+	EvalID string
+
+	WriteMeta
+}
+
 // AllocListRequest is used to request a list of allocations
 type AllocListRequest struct {
 	QueryOptions
@@ -7955,6 +7970,7 @@ const (
 	EvalTriggerPeriodicJob       = "periodic-job"
 	EvalTriggerNodeDrain         = "node-drain"
 	EvalTriggerNodeUpdate        = "node-update"
+	EvalTriggerAllocStop         = "alloc-stop"
 	EvalTriggerScheduled         = "scheduled"
 	EvalTriggerRollingUpdate     = "rolling-update"
 	EvalTriggerDeploymentWatcher = "deployment-watcher"
diff --git a/scheduler/generic_sched.go b/scheduler/generic_sched.go
index 03b35b943ae5..3f87921ac969 100644
--- a/scheduler/generic_sched.go
+++ b/scheduler/generic_sched.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func (s *GenericScheduler) Process(eval *structs.Evaluation) error {
 	switch eval.TriggeredBy {
 	case structs.EvalTriggerJobRegister, structs.EvalTriggerJobDeregister,
 		structs.EvalTriggerNodeDrain, structs.EvalTriggerNodeUpdate,
+		structs.EvalTriggerAllocStop,
 		structs.EvalTriggerRollingUpdate, structs.EvalTriggerQueuedAllocs,
 		structs.EvalTriggerPeriodicJob, structs.EvalTriggerMaxPlans,
 		structs.EvalTriggerDeploymentWatcher, structs.EvalTriggerRetryFailedAlloc,
diff --git a/scheduler/system_sched.go b/scheduler/system_sched.go
index e3f4015fbd13..04f1daad21a6 100644
--- a/scheduler/system_sched.go
+++ b/scheduler/system_sched.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (s *SystemScheduler) Process(eval *structs.Evaluation) error {
 	switch eval.TriggeredBy {
 	case structs.EvalTriggerJobRegister, structs.EvalTriggerNodeUpdate, structs.EvalTriggerFailedFollowUp,
 		structs.EvalTriggerJobDeregister, structs.EvalTriggerRollingUpdate, structs.EvalTriggerPreemption,
-		structs.EvalTriggerDeploymentWatcher, structs.EvalTriggerNodeDrain:
+		structs.EvalTriggerDeploymentWatcher, structs.EvalTriggerNodeDrain, structs.EvalTriggerAllocStop:
 	default:
 		desc := fmt.Sprintf("scheduler cannot handle '%s' evaluation reason",
 			eval.TriggeredBy)