diff --git a/files/autostop/stop.sh b/files/autostop/stop.sh
index 2629e2fa975..7a559f6baee 100755
--- a/files/autostop/stop.sh
+++ b/files/autostop/stop.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ if isTrue "${DEBUG_AUTOSTOP}"; then
 fi
 
 logAutostopAction "Stopping Java process"
-kill -SIGTERM 1
+if isTrue "${AUTOSTOP_PKILL_USE_SUDO:-false}"; then
+  sudo pkill -f --signal SIGTERM mc-server-runner
+else
+  pkill -f --signal SIGTERM mc-server-runner
+fi