diff --git a/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs b/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
index b9af467fdf..d71cdf02c0 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/bin/neon_local.rs
@@ -1014,12 +1014,13 @@ async fn handle_endpoint(ep_match: &ArgMatches, env: &local_env::LocalEnv) -> Re
                 .get_one::<String>("endpoint_id")
                 .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No endpoint ID was provided to stop"))?;
             let destroy = sub_args.get_flag("destroy");
+            let mode = sub_args.get_one::<String>("mode").expect("has a default");
 
             let endpoint = cplane
                 .endpoints
                 .get(endpoint_id.as_str())
                 .with_context(|| format!("postgres endpoint {endpoint_id} is not found"))?;
-            endpoint.stop(destroy)?;
+            endpoint.stop(mode, destroy)?;
         }
 
         _ => bail!("Unexpected endpoint subcommand '{sub_name}'"),
@@ -1303,7 +1304,7 @@ async fn try_stop_all(env: &local_env::LocalEnv, immediate: bool) {
     match ComputeControlPlane::load(env.clone()) {
         Ok(cplane) => {
             for (_k, node) in cplane.endpoints {
-                if let Err(e) = node.stop(false) {
+                if let Err(e) = node.stop(if immediate { "immediate" } else { "fast " }, false) {
                     eprintln!("postgres stop failed: {e:#}");
                 }
             }
@@ -1652,7 +1653,16 @@ fn cli() -> Command {
                             .long("destroy")
                             .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
                             .required(false)
-                        )
+                    )
+                    .arg(
+                        Arg::new("mode")
+                            .help("Postgres shutdown mode, passed to \"pg_ctl -m <mode>\"")
+                            .long("mode")
+                            .action(ArgAction::Set)
+                            .required(false)
+                            .value_parser(["smart", "fast", "immediate"])
+                            .default_value("fast")
+                    )
                 )
 
         )
diff --git a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
index b19a6a1a18..f1fe12e05f 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/endpoint.rs
@@ -761,22 +761,8 @@ impl Endpoint {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn stop(&self, destroy: bool) -> Result<()> {
-        // If we are going to destroy data directory,
-        // use immediate shutdown mode, otherwise,
-        // shutdown gracefully to leave the data directory sane.
-        //
-        // Postgres is always started from scratch, so stop
-        // without destroy only used for testing and debugging.
-        //
-        self.pg_ctl(
-            if destroy {
-                &["-m", "immediate", "stop"]
-            } else {
-                &["stop"]
-            },
-            &None,
-        )?;
+    pub fn stop(&self, mode: &str, destroy: bool) -> Result<()> {
+        self.pg_ctl(&["-m", mode, "stop"], &None)?;
 
         // Also wait for the compute_ctl process to die. It might have some
         // cleanup work to do after postgres stops, like syncing safekeepers,
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index a6aff77ddf..9996853525 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -1816,6 +1816,7 @@ class NeonCli(AbstractNeonCli):
         endpoint_id: str,
         destroy=False,
         check_return_code=True,
+        mode: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> "subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]":
         args = [
             "endpoint",
@@ -1823,6 +1824,8 @@ class NeonCli(AbstractNeonCli):
         ]
         if destroy:
             args.append("--destroy")
+        if mode is not None:
+            args.append(f"--mode={mode}")
         if endpoint_id is not None:
             args.append(endpoint_id)
 
@@ -3162,7 +3165,7 @@ class Endpoint(PgProtocol):
         with open(remote_extensions_spec_path, "w") as file:
             json.dump(spec, file, indent=4)
 
-    def stop(self) -> "Endpoint":
+    def stop(self, mode: str = "fast") -> "Endpoint":
         """
         Stop the Postgres instance if it's running.
         Returns self.
@@ -3171,13 +3174,13 @@ class Endpoint(PgProtocol):
         if self.running:
             assert self.endpoint_id is not None
             self.env.neon_cli.endpoint_stop(
-                self.endpoint_id, check_return_code=self.check_stop_result
+                self.endpoint_id, check_return_code=self.check_stop_result, mode=mode
             )
             self.running = False
 
         return self
 
-    def stop_and_destroy(self) -> "Endpoint":
+    def stop_and_destroy(self, mode: str = "immediate") -> "Endpoint":
         """
         Stop the Postgres instance, then destroy the endpoint.
         Returns self.
@@ -3185,7 +3188,7 @@ class Endpoint(PgProtocol):
 
         assert self.endpoint_id is not None
         self.env.neon_cli.endpoint_stop(
-            self.endpoint_id, True, check_return_code=self.check_stop_result
+            self.endpoint_id, True, check_return_code=self.check_stop_result, mode=mode
         )
         self.endpoint_id = None
         self.running = False