diff --git a/packages/adapter-commons/src/service.ts b/packages/adapter-commons/src/service.ts
index 0d407f4357..349592f784 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-commons/src/service.ts
+++ b/packages/adapter-commons/src/service.ts
@@ -231,4 +231,6 @@ export class AdapterService<
   }
 
   async setup () {}
+
+  async teardown () {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/express/src/declarations.ts b/packages/express/src/declarations.ts
index 44a2ed8373..9031f04e99 100644
--- a/packages/express/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/packages/express/src/declarations.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface ExpressOverrides<Services> {
   listen(port: number, hostname: string, callback?: () => void): Promise<http.Server>;
   listen(port: number|string|any, callback?: () => void): Promise<http.Server>;
   listen(callback?: () => void): Promise<http.Server>;
+  close (): Promise<void>;
   use: ExpressUseHandler<this, Services>;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/express/src/index.ts b/packages/express/src/index.ts
index 5a0249e446..957dc0567d 100644
--- a/packages/express/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/express/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import express, { Express } from 'express';
 import { Application as FeathersApplication, defaultServiceMethods } from '@feathersjs/feathers';
 import { routing } from '@feathersjs/transport-commons';
 import { createDebug } from '@feathersjs/commons';
+import http from 'http';
 
 import { Application } from './declarations';
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export default function feathersExpress<S = any, C = any> (feathersApp?: Feather
   const app = expressApp as any as Application<S, C>;
   const { use: expressUse, listen: expressListen } = expressApp as any;
   const feathersUse = feathersApp.use;
+  let server:http.Server | undefined;
 
   Object.assign(app, {
     use (location: string & keyof S, ...rest: any[]) {
@@ -69,12 +71,25 @@ export default function feathersExpress<S = any, C = any> (feathersApp?: Feather
     },
 
     async listen (...args: any[]) {
-      const server = expressListen.call(this, ...args);
+      server = expressListen.call(this, ...args);
 
       await this.setup(server);
       debug('Feathers application listening');
 
       return server;
+    },
+
+    async close () {
+      if ( server ) {
+        server.close();
+
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+          server.on('close', () => { resolve(true) });
+        })
+      }
+
+      debug('Feathers application closing');
+      await this.teardown();
     }
   } as Application<S, C>);
 
diff --git a/packages/express/test/index.test.ts b/packages/express/test/index.test.ts
index f05bb92b6b..dca63971cd 100644
--- a/packages/express/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/express/test/index.test.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,42 @@ describe('@feathersjs/express', () => {
     await new Promise(resolve => server.close(() => resolve(server)));
   });
 
+  it('.close calls .teardown', async () => {
+    const app = feathersExpress(feathers());
+    let called = false;
+
+    app.use('/myservice', {
+      async get (id: Id) {
+        return { id };
+      },
+
+      async teardown (appParam, path) {
+        assert.strictEqual(appParam, app);
+        assert.strictEqual(path, 'myservice');
+        called = true;
+      }
+
+    });
+
+    await app.listen(8787);
+    await app.close();
+
+    assert.ok(called);
+  });
+
+  it('.close closes http server', async () => {
+    const app = feathersExpress(feathers());
+    let called = false;
+
+    const server = await app.listen(8787);
+    server.on('close', () => {
+      called = true;
+    })
+
+    await app.close();
+    assert.ok(called);
+  });
+
   it('passes middleware as options', () => {
     const feathersApp = feathers();
     const app = feathersExpress(feathersApp);
diff --git a/packages/feathers/src/application.ts b/packages/feathers/src/application.ts
index 9676be9398..e255cddad0 100644
--- a/packages/feathers/src/application.ts
+++ b/packages/feathers/src/application.ts
@@ -160,4 +160,26 @@ export class Feathers<Services, Settings> extends EventEmitter implements Feathe
       return this;
     });
   }
+
+  teardown () {
+    let promise = Promise.resolve();
+
+    // Teardown each service (pass the app so that they can look up other services etc.)
+    for (const path of Object.keys(this.services)) {
+      promise = promise.then(() => {
+        const service: any = this.service(path as any);
+
+        if (typeof service.teardown === 'function') {
+          debug(`Teardown service for \`${path}\``);
+
+          return service.teardown(this, path);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    return promise.then(() => {
+      this._isSetup = false;
+      return this;
+    });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts b/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
index 73c5228169..4bcb43755b 100644
--- a/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/packages/feathers/src/declarations.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export interface ServiceMethods<T = any, D = Partial<T>> {
   remove (id: NullableId, params?: Params): Promise<T | T[]>;
 
   setup (app: Application, path: string): Promise<void>;
+
+  teardown (app: Application, path: string): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export interface ServiceOverloads<T = any, D = Partial<T>> {
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@ export interface FeathersApplication<Services = any, Settings = any> {
    * @param map The application hook settings.
    */
   hooks (map: HookOptions<this, any>): this;
+
+  teardown (cb?: () => Promise<void>): Promise<this>;
 }
 
 // This needs to be an interface instead of a type
diff --git a/packages/feathers/src/service.ts b/packages/feathers/src/service.ts
index bf0bb7a25a..445aed778e 100644
--- a/packages/feathers/src/service.ts
+++ b/packages/feathers/src/service.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const protectedMethods = Object.keys(Object.prototype)
     'error',
     'hooks',
     'setup',
+    'teardown',
     'publish'
   ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/feathers/test/application.test.ts b/packages/feathers/test/application.test.ts
index ee65d134f2..aeb52ee15a 100644
--- a/packages/feathers/test/application.test.ts
+++ b/packages/feathers/test/application.test.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ describe('Feathers application', () => {
           this.path = path;
         },
 
+        async teardown (this: any, _app: any, path: string) {
+          this.path = path;
+        },
+
         async create (data: any) {
           return data;
         }
@@ -114,7 +118,9 @@ describe('Feathers application', () => {
         async removeListener (data: any) {
           return data;
         },
-        async setup () {}
+        async setup () {},
+
+        async teardown () {}
       };
 
       assert.throws(() => feathers().use('/dummy', dummyService, {
@@ -127,6 +133,11 @@ describe('Feathers application', () => {
       }), {
         message: '\'setup\' on service \'dummy\' is not allowed as a custom method name'
       });
+      assert.throws(() => feathers().use('/dummy', dummyService, {
+        methods: ['create', 'teardown']
+      }), {
+        message: '\'teardown\' on service \'dummy\' is not allowed as a custom method name'
+      });
     });
 
     it('can use a root level service', async () => {
@@ -331,6 +342,43 @@ describe('Feathers application', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('.teardown', () => {
+    it('app.teardown calls .teardown on all services', async () => {
+      const app = feathers();
+      let teardownCount = 0;
+
+      app.use('/dummy', {
+        async setup () {},
+        async teardown (appRef: any, path: any) {
+          teardownCount++;
+          assert.strictEqual(appRef, app);
+          assert.strictEqual(path, 'dummy');
+        }
+      });
+
+      app.use('/simple', {
+        get (id: string) {
+          return Promise.resolve({ id });
+        }
+      });
+
+      app.use('/dummy2', {
+        async setup () {},
+        async teardown (appRef: any, path: any) {
+          teardownCount++;
+          assert.strictEqual(appRef, app);
+          assert.strictEqual(path, 'dummy2');
+        }
+      });
+
+      await app.setup();
+      await app.teardown();
+
+      assert.equal((app as any)._isSetup, false);
+      assert.strictEqual(teardownCount, 2);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('mixins', () => {
     class Dummy {
       dummy = true;
diff --git a/packages/koa/src/declarations.ts b/packages/koa/src/declarations.ts
index 506a72d462..721fe2e8eb 100644
--- a/packages/koa/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/packages/koa/src/declarations.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import '@feathersjs/authentication';
 
 export type ApplicationAddons = {
   listen (port?: number, ...args: any[]): Promise<Server>;
+  close (): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export type Application<T = any, C = any> =
diff --git a/packages/koa/src/index.ts b/packages/koa/src/index.ts
index 1e19ca4933..c5ca38a1c7 100644
--- a/packages/koa/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/koa/src/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import koaQs from 'koa-qs';
 import { Application as FeathersApplication } from '@feathersjs/feathers';
 import { routing } from '@feathersjs/transport-commons';
 import { createDebug } from '@feathersjs/commons';
+import http from 'http';
 
 import { Application } from './declarations';
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export function koa<S = any, C = any> (feathersApp?: FeathersApplication<S, C>,
   const app = feathersApp as any as Application<S, C>;
   const { listen: koaListen, use: koaUse } = koaApp;
   const feathersUse = feathersApp.use as any;
+  let server:http.Server | undefined;
 
   Object.assign(app, {
     use (location: string|Koa.Middleware, ...args: any[]) {
@@ -39,12 +41,26 @@ export function koa<S = any, C = any> (feathersApp?: FeathersApplication<S, C>,
     },
 
     async listen (port?: number, ...args: any[]) {
-      const server = koaListen.call(this, port, ...args);
+      server = koaListen.call(this, port, ...args);
 
       await this.setup(server);
       debug('Feathers application listening');
 
       return server;
+    },
+
+    async close () {
+      if ( server ) {
+        server.close();
+
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+          server.on('close', () => { resolve(true) });
+        })
+      }
+
+      debug('Feathers server closed');
+
+      await this.teardown();
     }
   } as Application);
 
diff --git a/packages/koa/test/index.test.ts b/packages/koa/test/index.test.ts
index 475d748681..8c9db95a2c 100644
--- a/packages/koa/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/koa/test/index.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('@feathersjs/koa', () => {
 
   it('Koa wrapped and context.app are the same', async () => {
     const app = koa(feathers());
-    
+
     app.use('/test', {
       async get (id: Id) {
         return { id };
@@ -140,6 +140,42 @@ describe('@feathersjs/koa', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('.close calls .teardown', async () => {
+    const app = koa(feathers());
+    let called = false;
+
+    app.use('/myservice', {
+      async get (id: Id) {
+        return { id };
+      },
+
+      async teardown (appParam, path) {
+        assert.strictEqual(appParam, app);
+        assert.strictEqual(path, 'myservice');
+        called = true;
+      }
+
+    });
+
+    await app.listen(8787);
+    await app.close();
+
+    assert.ok(called);
+  });
+
+  it('.close closes http server', async () => {
+    const app = koa(feathers());
+    let called = false;
+
+    const server = await app.listen(8787);
+    server.on('close', () => {
+      called = true;
+    })
+
+    await app.close();
+    assert.ok(called);
+  });
+
   restTests('Services', 'todo', 8465);
   restTests('Root service', '/', 8465);
 });