diff --git a/fencing/commands.c b/fencing/commands.c
index a3e84d7f1d1..bb1efc99656 100644
--- a/fencing/commands.c
+++ b/fencing/commands.c
@@ -101,6 +101,27 @@ static async_command_t *create_async_command(xmlNode *msg)
     return cmd;
 }
 
+static int stonith_manual_ack(xmlNode *msg) 
+{
+    struct _ProcTrack p;
+    async_command_t *cmd = create_async_command(msg);
+    xmlNode *dev = get_xpath_object("//@"F_STONITH_TARGET, msg, LOG_ERR);
+    
+    if(cmd == NULL) {
+	return st_err_missing;
+    }
+
+    cmd->device = crm_strdup("manual_ack");
+    crm_notice("Injecting manual confirmation that %s is safely down/off",
+               crm_element_value(dev, F_STONITH_TARGET));
+
+    memset(&p, 0, sizeof(struct _ProcTrack));
+    p.privatedata = cmd;
+    
+    exec_child_done(&p, 0, 0, 0, FALSE);
+    return stonith_ok;
+}
+
 static gboolean stonith_device_execute(stonith_device_t *device)
 {
     int rc = 0;
@@ -973,7 +994,10 @@ stonith_command(stonith_client_t *client, xmlNode *request, const char *remote)
 
     } else if(is_reply == FALSE && crm_str_eq(op, STONITH_OP_FENCE, TRUE)) {
 
-	if(remote || stand_alone) {
+        if(call_options & st_opt_manual_ack) {
+            rc = stonith_manual_ack(request);
+            
+        } else if(remote || stand_alone) {
 	    rc = stonith_fence(request);
 
 	} else if(call_options & st_opt_local_first) {
diff --git a/include/crm/stonith-ng.h b/include/crm/stonith-ng.h
index e4d0f04504f..25857ebcb1f 100644
--- a/include/crm/stonith-ng.h
+++ b/include/crm/stonith-ng.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum stonith_call_options {
     st_opt_verbose         = 0x00000001,
     st_opt_allow_suicide   = 0x00000002,
     st_opt_local_first     = 0x00000004,
+    st_opt_manual_ack	   = 0x00000008,
     st_opt_discard_reply   = 0x00000010,
     st_opt_all_replies	   = 0x00000020,
     st_opt_scope_local     = 0x00000100,
diff --git a/lib/fencing/st_client.c b/lib/fencing/st_client.c
index 3f773819562..cf5b1598c6e 100644
--- a/lib/fencing/st_client.c
+++ b/lib/fencing/st_client.c
@@ -688,20 +688,6 @@ stonith_api_device_metadata(stonith_t * stonith, int call_options, const char *a
     return rc;
 }
 
-static int
-stonith_api_confirm(stonith_t * stonith, int call_options, const char *target)
-{
-    int rc = 0;
-    xmlNode *data = NULL;
-
-    data = create_xml_node(NULL, __FUNCTION__);
-    crm_xml_add(data, F_STONITH_TARGET, target);
-    rc = stonith_send_command(stonith, STONITH_OP_FENCE, data, NULL, call_options, 0);
-    free_xml(data);
-
-    return rc;
-}
-
 static int
 stonith_api_query(stonith_t * stonith, int call_options, const char *target,
                   stonith_key_value_t ** devices, int timeout)
@@ -779,6 +765,12 @@ stonith_api_fence(stonith_t * stonith, int call_options, const char *node, const
     return rc;
 }
 
+static int
+stonith_api_confirm(stonith_t * stonith, int call_options, const char *target)
+{
+    return stonith_api_fence(stonith, call_options|st_opt_manual_ack, target, "off", 0);
+}
+
 static int
 stonith_api_history(stonith_t * stonith, int call_options, const char *node,
                     stonith_history_t ** history, int timeout)