diff --git a/etc/rc.conf b/etc/rc.conf
index 895641db..11e8449a 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/rc.conf
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ rc_tty_number=12
 # To perform this cleanup manually for a stopped service, you can
 # execute cgroup_cleanup with /etc/init.d/<service> cgroup_cleanup or
 # rc-service <service> cgroup_cleanup.
-# The process followed in this cleanup is the following:
+# If the kernel includes support for cgroup2's cgroup.kill, this is used
+# to reliably teardown the cgroup.
+# If this fails, the process followed in this cleanup is the following:
 # 1. send stopsig (sigterm if it isn't set) to all processes left in the
 # cgroup immediately followed by sigcont.
 # 2. Send sighup to all processes in the cgroup if rc_send_sighup is
diff --git a/sh/rc-cgroup.sh b/sh/rc-cgroup.sh
index 2abe659f..fd61ebd2 100644
--- a/sh/rc-cgroup.sh
+++ b/sh/rc-cgroup.sh
@@ -206,10 +206,19 @@ cgroup2_set_limits()
 	return 0
 }
 
-cgroup_cleanup()
-{
-	cgroup_running || return 0
-	ebegin "Starting cgroups cleanup"
+cgroup2_kill_cgroup() {
+	local cgroup_path
+	cgroup_path="$(cgroup2_find_path)"
+	[ -z "${cgroup_path}" ] && return 1
+	rc_cgroup_path="${cgroup_path}/${RC_SVCNAME}"
+	if [ -f "${rc_cgroup_path}"/cgroup.kill ]; then
+		printf "%d" 1 > "${rc_cgroup_path}"/cgroup.kill
+	fi
+	return
+}
+
+cgroup_fallback_cleanup() {
+	ebegin "Starting fallback cgroups cleanup"
 	local loops=0
 	cgroup_get_pids
 	if [ -n "${cgroup_pids}" ]; then
@@ -229,6 +238,14 @@ cgroup_cleanup()
 			kill -s KILL ${cgroup_pids} 2> /dev/null
 		fi
 	fi
+	eend $?
+}
+
+cgroup_cleanup()
+{
+	cgroup_running || return 0
+	ebegin "Starting cgroups cleanup"
+	cgroup2_kill_cgroup || cgroup_fallback_cleanup
 	cgroup2_remove
 	cgroup_get_pids
 	[ -z "${cgroup_pids}" ]