diff --git a/platform/linux/cbits/hs_socket.c b/platform/linux/cbits/hs_socket.c
index 04c1660..fe57a66 100644
--- a/platform/linux/cbits/hs_socket.c
+++ b/platform/linux/cbits/hs_socket.c
@@ -111,3 +111,9 @@ int hs_getsockname(int fd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen, int *err)
   *err = errno;
   return i;
 }
+
+int hs_shutdown(int fd, int how, int *err) {
+  int i = shutdown(fd, how);
+  *err = errno;
+  return i;
+}
diff --git a/platform/linux/include/hs_socket.h b/platform/linux/include/hs_socket.h
index d1e0a3b..2fc93be 100644
--- a/platform/linux/include/hs_socket.h
+++ b/platform/linux/include/hs_socket.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ int hs_recvfrom(int fd,       void *buf, size_t len, int flags, struct sockaddr
 int hs_getsockopt(int fd, int level, int option_name,       void *option_value, int *option_len, int *err);
 int hs_setsockopt(int fd, int level, int option_name, const void *option_value, int  option_len, int *err);
 
+int hs_shutdown(int fd, int how, int *err);
+
 #define SEOK                   0
 #define SEINTR                 EINTR
 #define SEAGAIN                EAGAIN
diff --git a/platform/linux/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc b/platform/linux/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc
index 38ddd2a..58bac7d 100644
--- a/platform/linux/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc
+++ b/platform/linux/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module System.Socket.Internal.Platform
   ( waitRead, waitWrite, waitConnected, c_socket, c_close, c_connect,
     c_accept, c_bind, c_listen, c_recv, c_recvfrom, c_send, c_sendto,
     c_freeaddrinfo, c_getaddrinfo, c_getnameinfo, c_memset, c_gai_strerror,
-    c_setsockopt, c_getsockopt, c_getsockname) where
+    c_setsockopt, c_getsockopt, c_getsockname, c_shutdown) where
 
 import Control.Monad ( when, unless )
 import Control.Concurrent.MVar
@@ -114,3 +114,6 @@ foreign import ccall unsafe "gai_strerror"
 
 foreign import ccall unsafe "hs_getsockname"
   c_getsockname  :: Fd -> Ptr a -> Ptr CInt -> Ptr CInt -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "hs_shutdown"
+  c_shutdown     :: Fd -> CInt -> Ptr CInt -> IO CInt
diff --git a/platform/win32/cbits/hs_socket.c b/platform/win32/cbits/hs_socket.c
index 4568dfb..f68225a 100644
--- a/platform/win32/cbits/hs_socket.c
+++ b/platform/win32/cbits/hs_socket.c
@@ -197,3 +197,11 @@ int hs_getsockname(int fd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen, int *err)
   }
   return i;
 }
+
+int hs_shutdown(int fd, int how, int *err) {
+  int i = shutdown(fd, how);
+  if (i != 0) {
+    *err = WSAGetLastError();
+  }
+  return i;
+}
diff --git a/platform/win32/include/hs_socket.h b/platform/win32/include/hs_socket.h
index 9a3fc96..b0684c2 100644
--- a/platform/win32/include/hs_socket.h
+++ b/platform/win32/include/hs_socket.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ int  hs_getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *sa, int salen,
 
 void hs_freeaddrinfo(struct addrinfo *res);
 
+int hs_shutdown(int fd, int how, int *err);
+
 #define SEOK                   0
 #define SEINTR                 WSAEINTR
 #define SEAGAIN                WSATRY_AGAIN
diff --git a/platform/win32/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc b/platform/win32/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc
index 3ade834..141b400 100644
--- a/platform/win32/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc
+++ b/platform/win32/src/System/Socket/Internal/Platform.hsc
@@ -135,3 +135,6 @@ foreign import ccall safe "hs_getnameinfo"
 
 foreign import ccall unsafe "hs_getsockname"
   c_getsockname  :: Fd -> Ptr a -> Ptr CInt -> Ptr CInt -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "hs_shutdown"
+  c_shutdown     :: Fd -> CInt -> Ptr CInt -> IO CInt
diff --git a/src/System/Socket/Type/Stream.hsc b/src/System/Socket/Type/Stream.hsc
index aec2afb..b511858 100644
--- a/src/System/Socket/Type/Stream.hsc
+++ b/src/System/Socket/Type/Stream.hsc
@@ -20,14 +20,19 @@ module System.Socket.Type.Stream (
   -- ** Specialized receive operations
   -- *** receiveAll
   , receiveAll
+  -- ** Stream socket shutdown
+  , SocketShutdown (..)
+  , shutdown
   ) where
 
+import Control.Concurrent.MVar (withMVar)
 import Control.Exception (throwIO)
 import Control.Monad (when)
 import Data.Int
 import Data.Word
 import Data.Monoid
 import Foreign.Ptr
+import Foreign.Storable (peek)
 import Foreign.Marshal.Alloc
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Unsafe as BS
@@ -37,6 +42,7 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
 
 import System.Socket
 import System.Socket.Unsafe
+import System.Socket.Internal.Platform
 
 #include "hs_socket.h"
 
@@ -151,4 +157,23 @@ receiveAll sock maxLen flags = collect 0 Data.Monoid.mempty
     build accum = do
       return (BB.toLazyByteString accum)
 
-{-# DEPRECATED receiveAll "Semantics will change in the next major release. Don't use it anymore!" #-}
\ No newline at end of file
+{-# DEPRECATED receiveAll "Semantics will change in the next major release. Don't use it anymore!" #-}
+
+-- | Type of socket shutdown to perform.
+data SocketShutdown
+  -- | Disallows further reads. All future 'receive' calls will be empty
+  = ShutdownRead
+  -- | Disallows further writes. All future 'send' calls will fail
+  --   with an exception (platform specific: either 'ePipe' or 'eShutdown').
+  | ShutdownWrite
+  -- | Disallow both reading and writing.
+  | ShutdownReadWrite
+  deriving (Show, Eq, Ord, Enum)
+
+-- | Shuts down (part of) a stream connection.
+--   See 'SocketShutdown' on the effects of a socket shutdown.
+shutdown :: Socket f Stream p -> SocketShutdown -> IO ()
+shutdown (Socket mfd) how = withMVar mfd $ \fd ->
+  alloca $ \errPtr -> do
+    i <- c_shutdown fd (fromIntegral $ fromEnum how) errPtr
+    when (i /= 0) $ SocketException <$> peek errPtr >>= throwIO
diff --git a/test/test.hs b/test/test.hs
index 90f10d8..2820839 100644
--- a/test/test.hs
+++ b/test/test.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 module Main where
 
 import           Control.Concurrent             (threadDelay)
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ main  = defaultMain $ testGroup "socket"
     , group02
     , group03
     , group07
+    , group08
     , group80
     , group98
     , group99
@@ -49,6 +50,17 @@ port  = 39000
 port6 :: Inet6Port
 port6 = 39000
 
+-- exception types are not really portable, e. g. a write on a socket
+-- that has been shutdown throws ePipe on POSIX and eShutdown on Windows,
+-- so checking for exception equality is not really reasonable until we
+-- have an exception compatibility layer
+assertThrows :: IO a -> Assertion
+assertThrows action = catch action' $ \(e :: SocketException) -> pure ()
+  where action' = do
+          action
+          assertFailure $ mconcat
+            [ "No exception was thrown, a SocketException was expected." ]
+
 group00 :: TestTree
 group00 = testGroup "accept"
   [ testGroup "Inet/Stream/TCP"
@@ -381,6 +393,50 @@ group07 = testGroup "sendAll/receiveAll"
     ]
   ]
 
+group08 :: TestTree
+group08 = testGroup "shutdown"
+  [ shutdownCase "ShutdownRead TCP" ShutdownRead
+  , shutdownCase "ShutdownWrite TCP" ShutdownWrite
+  , shutdownCase "ShutdownReadWrite TCP" ShutdownReadWrite
+  ]
+  where shutdownIncl :: SocketShutdown -> SocketShutdown -> Bool
+        shutdownIncl _ ShutdownReadWrite = True
+        shutdownIncl ShutdownReadWrite _ = True
+        shutdownIncl a b = a == b
+
+        shutdownCase :: String -> SocketShutdown -> TestTree
+        shutdownCase name how = testCase name $ bracket
+          ( do
+            server <- socket :: IO (Socket Inet Stream TCP)
+            client <- socket :: IO (Socket Inet Stream TCP)
+            return (server, client)
+          )
+          ( \(server, client) -> do
+            close server
+            close client
+          )
+          ( \(server, client) -> do
+            let addr = SocketAddressInet inetLoopback port
+            setSocketOption server (ReuseAddress True)
+            bind server addr
+            listen server 5
+            serverThread <- async $ do
+              (peerSock, _) <- accept server
+              threadDelay 100000 -- give time for shutdown
+              send peerSock "Hello, Client!" msgNoSignal
+              void $ receive peerSock 1024 msgNoSignal
+            threadDelay 100000
+            connect client addr
+            shutdown client how
+            when (shutdownIncl how ShutdownWrite)
+              $ assertThrows $ send client "Hello, Server!" msgNoSignal
+            when (shutdownIncl how ShutdownRead) $ do
+              -- ShutdownRead results in empty reads, not in an exception
+              s <- receive client 1024 msgNoSignal
+              assertEqual "receive empty after shutdown" mempty s
+            cancel serverThread
+          )
+
 group80 :: TestTree
 group80 = testGroup "setSocketOption" [ testGroup "V6Only"
     [ testCase "present" $ bracket