diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/queues.py b/Lib/asyncio/queues.py
index a9656a6df561ba..d591d0ebab481b 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/queues.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/queues.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-__all__ = ('Queue', 'PriorityQueue', 'LifoQueue', 'QueueFull', 'QueueEmpty')
+__all__ = (
+    'Queue',
+    'PriorityQueue',
+    'LifoQueue',
+    'QueueFull',
+    'QueueEmpty',
+    'QueueShutDown',
+)
 
 import collections
+import enum
 import heapq
 from types import GenericAlias
 
@@ -18,6 +26,17 @@ class QueueFull(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class QueueShutDown(Exception):
+    """Raised when putting on to or getting from a shut-down Queue."""
+    pass
+
+
+class _QueueState(enum.Enum):
+    alive = "alive"
+    shutdown = "shutdown"
+    shutdown_immediate = "shutdown-immediate"
+
+
 class Queue(mixins._LoopBoundMixin):
     """A queue, useful for coordinating producer and consumer coroutines.
 
@@ -41,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(self, maxsize=0):
         self._finished = locks.Event()
         self._finished.set()
         self._init(maxsize)
+        self._shutdown_state = _QueueState.alive
 
     # These three are overridable in subclasses.
 
@@ -113,6 +133,8 @@ async def put(self, item):
         Put an item into the queue. If the queue is full, wait until a free
         slot is available before adding item.
         """
+        if self._shutdown_state != _QueueState.alive:
+            raise QueueShutDown
         while self.full():
             putter = self._get_loop().create_future()
             self._putters.append(putter)
@@ -132,6 +154,8 @@ async def put(self, item):
                     # the call.  Wake up the next in line.
                     self._wakeup_next(self._putters)
                 raise
+            if self._shutdown_state != _QueueState.alive:
+                raise QueueShutDown
         return self.put_nowait(item)
 
     def put_nowait(self, item):
@@ -139,6 +163,8 @@ def put_nowait(self, item):
 
         If no free slot is immediately available, raise QueueFull.
         """
+        if self._shutdown_state != _QueueState.alive:
+            raise QueueShutDown
         if self.full():
             raise QueueFull
         self._put(item)
@@ -151,7 +177,11 @@ async def get(self):
 
         If queue is empty, wait until an item is available.
         """
+        if self._shutdown_state == _QueueState.shutdown_immediate:
+            raise QueueShutDown
         while self.empty():
+            if self._shutdown_state != _QueueState.alive:
+                raise QueueShutDown
             getter = self._get_loop().create_future()
             self._getters.append(getter)
             try:
@@ -170,6 +200,8 @@ async def get(self):
                     # the call.  Wake up the next in line.
                     self._wakeup_next(self._getters)
                 raise
+            if self._shutdown_state == _QueueState.shutdown_immediate:
+                raise QueueShutDown
         return self.get_nowait()
 
     def get_nowait(self):
@@ -178,7 +210,11 @@ def get_nowait(self):
         Return an item if one is immediately available, else raise QueueEmpty.
         """
         if self.empty():
+            if self._shutdown_state != _QueueState.alive:
+                raise QueueShutDown
             raise QueueEmpty
+        elif self._shutdown_state == _QueueState.shutdown_immediate:
+            raise QueueShutDown
         item = self._get()
         self._wakeup_next(self._putters)
         return item
@@ -214,6 +250,29 @@ async def join(self):
         if self._unfinished_tasks > 0:
             await self._finished.wait()
 
+    def shutdown(self, immediate=False):
+        """Shut-down the queue, making queue gets and puts raise.
+
+        By default, gets will only raise once the queue is empty. Set
+        'immediate' to True to make gets raise immediately instead.
+
+        All blocked callers of put() will be unblocked, and also get()
+        and join() if 'immediate'. The QueueShutDown exception is raised.
+        """
+        if immediate:
+            self._shutdown_state = _QueueState.shutdown_immediate
+            while self._getters:
+                getter = self._getters.popleft()
+                if not getter.done():
+                    getter.set_result(None)
+        else:
+            self._shutdown_state = _QueueState.shutdown
+        while self._putters:
+            putter = self._putters.popleft()
+            if not putter.done():
+                putter.set_result(None)
+        # Release 'joined' tasks/coros
+        self._finished.set()   
 
 class PriorityQueue(Queue):
     """A subclass of Queue; retrieves entries in priority order (lowest first).
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
index daf9ee94a19431..5220504369937d 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 import types
 import weakref
 import errno
+import ctypes
 
-from queue import Empty, Full
+from queue import Empty, Full, ShutDown
 
 import _multiprocessing
 
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@
 
 from .util import debug, info, Finalize, register_after_fork, is_exiting
 
+_queue_alive = 0
+_queue_shutdown = 1
+_queue_shutdown_immediate = 2
+
 #
 # Queue type using a pipe, buffer and thread
 #
@@ -50,6 +55,9 @@ def __init__(self, maxsize=0, *, ctx):
         # For use by concurrent.futures
         self._ignore_epipe = False
         self._reset()
+        self._shutdown_state = context._default_context.Value(
+            ctypes.c_uint8, lock=self._rlock
+        )
 
         if sys.platform != 'win32':
             register_after_fork(self, Queue._after_fork)
@@ -86,20 +94,28 @@ def _reset(self, after_fork=False):
     def put(self, obj, block=True, timeout=None):
         if self._closed:
             raise ValueError(f"Queue {self!r} is closed")
+        if self._shutdown_state.value != _queue_alive:
+            raise ShutDown
         if not self._sem.acquire(block, timeout):
             raise Full
 
         with self._notempty:
+            if self._shutdown_state.value != _queue_alive:
+                raise ShutDown
             if self._thread is None:
                 self._start_thread()
             self._buffer.append(obj)
             self._notempty.notify()
 
     def get(self, block=True, timeout=None):
+        if self._shutdown_state.value == _queue_shutdown_immediate:
+            raise ShutDown
         if self._closed:
             raise ValueError(f"Queue {self!r} is closed")
         if block and timeout is None:
             with self._rlock:
+                if self._shutdown_state.value != _queue_alive:
+                    raise ShutDown
                 res = self._recv_bytes()
             self._sem.release()
         else:
@@ -111,13 +127,19 @@ def get(self, block=True, timeout=None):
                 if block:
                     timeout = deadline - time.monotonic()
                     if not self._poll(timeout):
+                        if self._shutdown_state.value != _queue_alive:
+                            raise ShutDown
                         raise Empty
+                    if self._shutdown_state.value != _queue_alive       :
+                        raise ShutDown
                 elif not self._poll():
                     raise Empty
                 res = self._recv_bytes()
                 self._sem.release()
             finally:
                 self._rlock.release()
+            if self._shutdown_state.value == _queue_shutdown:
+                raise ShutDown
         # unserialize the data after having released the lock
         return _ForkingPickler.loads(res)
 
@@ -158,6 +180,14 @@ def cancel_join_thread(self):
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
+    def shutdown(self, immediate=False):
+        with self._rlock:
+            if immediate:
+                self._shutdown_state = _queue_shutdown_immediate
+                self._notempty.notify_all()
+            else:
+                self._shutdown_state = _queue_shutdown
+
     def _start_thread(self):
         debug('Queue._start_thread()')
 
@@ -329,6 +359,8 @@ def task_done(self):
 
     def join(self):
         with self._cond:
+            if self._shutdown_state.value == _queue_shutdown_immediate:
+                return
             if not self._unfinished_tasks._semlock._is_zero():
                 self._cond.wait()
 
diff --git a/Lib/queue.py b/Lib/queue.py
index 55f50088460f9e..f08dbd47f188ee 100644
--- a/Lib/queue.py
+++ b/Lib/queue.py
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ class Full(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class ShutDown(Exception):
+    '''Raised when put/get with shut-down queue.'''
+
+
+_queue_alive = "alive"
+_queue_shutdown = "shutdown"
+_queue_shutdown_immediate = "shutdown-immediate"
+
+
 class Queue:
     '''Create a queue object with a given maximum size.
 
@@ -54,6 +63,9 @@ def __init__(self, maxsize=0):
         self.all_tasks_done = threading.Condition(self.mutex)
         self.unfinished_tasks = 0
 
+        # Queue shut-down state
+        self.shutdown_state = _queue_alive
+
     def task_done(self):
         '''Indicate that a formerly enqueued task is complete.
 
@@ -87,6 +99,8 @@ def join(self):
         '''
         with self.all_tasks_done:
             while self.unfinished_tasks:
+                if self.shutdown_state == _queue_shutdown_immediate:
+                    return
                 self.all_tasks_done.wait()
 
     def qsize(self):
@@ -130,6 +144,8 @@ def put(self, item, block=True, timeout=None):
         is immediately available, else raise the Full exception ('timeout'
         is ignored in that case).
         '''
+        if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+            raise ShutDown
         with self.not_full:
             if self.maxsize > 0:
                 if not block:
@@ -138,6 +154,8 @@ def put(self, item, block=True, timeout=None):
                 elif timeout is None:
                     while self._qsize() >= self.maxsize:
                         self.not_full.wait()
+                        if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+                            raise ShutDown
                 elif timeout < 0:
                     raise ValueError("'timeout' must be a non-negative number")
                 else:
@@ -147,6 +165,8 @@ def put(self, item, block=True, timeout=None):
                         if remaining <= 0.0:
                             raise Full
                         self.not_full.wait(remaining)
+                        if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+                            raise ShutDown
             self._put(item)
             self.unfinished_tasks += 1
             self.not_empty.notify()
@@ -162,22 +182,36 @@ def get(self, block=True, timeout=None):
         available, else raise the Empty exception ('timeout' is ignored
         in that case).
         '''
+        if self.shutdown_state == _queue_shutdown_immediate:
+            raise ShutDown
         with self.not_empty:
             if not block:
                 if not self._qsize():
+                    if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+                        raise ShutDown
                     raise Empty
             elif timeout is None:
                 while not self._qsize():
+                    if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+                        raise ShutDown
                     self.not_empty.wait()
+                    if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+                        raise ShutDown
             elif timeout < 0:
                 raise ValueError("'timeout' must be a non-negative number")
             else:
                 endtime = time() + timeout
                 while not self._qsize():
+                    if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+                        raise ShutDown
                     remaining = endtime - time()
                     if remaining <= 0.0:
                         raise Empty
                     self.not_empty.wait(remaining)
+                    if self.shutdown_state != _queue_alive:
+                        raise ShutDown
+            if self.shutdown_state == _queue_shutdown_immediate:
+                raise ShutDown
             item = self._get()
             self.not_full.notify()
             return item
@@ -198,6 +232,28 @@ def get_nowait(self):
         '''
         return self.get(block=False)
 
+    def shutdown(self, immediate=False):
+        '''Shut-down the queue, making queue gets and puts raise.
+
+        By default, gets will only raise once the queue is empty. Set
+        'immediate' to True to make gets raise immediately instead.
+
+        All blocked callers of put() will be unblocked, and also get()
+        and join() if 'immediate'. The ShutDown exception is raised.
+        '''
+        with self.mutex:
+            if immediate:
+                self.shutdown_state = _queue_shutdown_immediate
+                self.not_empty.notify_all()
+                # set self.unfinished_tasks to 0
+                # to break the loop in 'self.join()'
+                # when quits from `wait()`
+                self.unfinished_tasks = 0
+                self.all_tasks_done.notify_all()
+            else:
+                self.shutdown_state = _queue_shutdown
+            self.not_full.notify_all()
+
     # Override these methods to implement other queue organizations
     # (e.g. stack or priority queue).
     # These will only be called with appropriate locks held
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index 9a2db24b4bd597..d9264ed62f5526 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -1277,6 +1277,37 @@ def test_closed_queue_put_get_exceptions(self):
                 q.put('foo')
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'is closed'):
                 q.get()
+
+    def test_shutdown_empty(self):
+        q = multiprocessing.Queue()
+        q.shutdown()
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            pyqueue.ShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            q.put("data")
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            pyqueue.ShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            q.get()
+
+    def test_shutdown_nonempty(self):
+        q = multiprocessing.Queue()
+        q.put("data")
+        q.shutdown()
+        q.get()
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            pyqueue.ShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            q.get()
+
+    def test_shutdown_immediate(self):
+        q = multiprocessing.Queue()
+        q.put("data")
+        q.shutdown(immediate=True)
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            pyqueue.ShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            q.get()
 #
 #
 #
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_queues.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_queues.py
index 2d058ccf6a8c72..75b016f399a13b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_queues.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_queues.py
@@ -522,5 +522,149 @@ class PriorityQueueJoinTests(_QueueJoinTestMixin, unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCa
     q_class = asyncio.PriorityQueue
 
 
+class _QueueShutdownTestMixin:
+    q_class = None
+
+    async def test_empty(self):
+        q = self.q_class()
+        q.shutdown()
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            asyncio.QueueShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            await q.put("data")
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            asyncio.QueueShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            await q.get()
+
+    async def test_nonempty(self):
+        q = self.q_class()
+        q.put_nowait("data")
+        q.shutdown()
+        await q.get()
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            asyncio.QueueShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            await q.get()
+
+    async def test_immediate(self):
+        q = self.q_class()
+        q.put_nowait("data")
+        q.shutdown(immediate=True)
+        with self.assertRaises(
+            asyncio.QueueShutDown, msg="Didn't appear to shut-down queue"
+        ):
+            await q.get()
+    async def test_repr_shutdown(self):
+        q = self.q_class()
+        q.shutdown()
+        self.assertIn("shutdown", repr(q))
+
+        q = self.q_class()
+        q.shutdown(immediate=True)
+        self.assertIn("shutdown-immediate", repr(q))
+
+    async def test_get_shutdown_immediate(self):
+        results = []
+        maxsize = 2
+        delay = 1e-3
+
+        async def get_q(q):
+            try:
+                msg = await q.get()
+                results.append(False)
+            except asyncio.QueueShutDown:
+                results.append(True)
+                return True
+
+        async def shutdown(q, delay, immediate):
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+            q.shutdown(immediate)
+            return True
+
+        q = self.q_class(maxsize)
+        t = [asyncio.create_task(get_q(q)) for _ in range(maxsize)]
+        t += [asyncio.create_task(shutdown(q, delay, True))]
+        res = await asyncio.gather(*t)
+
+        self.assertEqual(results, [True]*maxsize)
+
+    async def test_put_shutdown(self):
+        maxsize = 2
+        results = []
+        delay = 1e-3
+
+        async def put_twice(q, delay, msg):
+            await q.put(msg)
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+            try:
+                await q.put(msg+maxsize)
+                results.append(False)
+            except asyncio.QueueShutDown:
+                results.append(True)
+                return msg
+
+        async def shutdown(q, delay, immediate):
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+            q.shutdown(immediate)
+
+        q = self.q_class(maxsize)
+        t = [asyncio.create_task(put_twice(q, delay, i+1)) for i in range(maxsize)]
+        t += [asyncio.create_task(shutdown(q, delay*2, False))]
+        res = await asyncio.gather(*t)
+
+        self.assertEqual(results, [True]*maxsize)
+
+    async def test_put_and_join_shutdown(self):
+        maxsize = 2
+        results = []
+        delay = 1e-3
+
+        async def put_twice(q, delay, msg):
+            await q.put(msg)
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+            try:
+                await q.put(msg+maxsize)
+                results.append(False)
+            except asyncio.QueueShutDown:
+                results.append(True)
+                return msg
+
+        async def shutdown(q, delay, immediate):
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+            q.shutdown(immediate)
+
+        async def join(q, delay):
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+            await q.join()
+            results.append(True)
+            return True
+
+        q = self.q_class(maxsize)
+        t = [asyncio.create_task(put_twice(q, delay, i+1)) for i in range(maxsize)]
+        t += [asyncio.create_task(shutdown(q, delay*2, True)),
+                asyncio.create_task(join(q, delay))]
+        res = await asyncio.gather(*t)
+
+        self.assertEqual(results, [True]*(maxsize+1))
+
+class QueueShutdownTests(
+    _QueueShutdownTestMixin, unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+):
+    q_class = asyncio.Queue
+
+
+class LifoQueueShutdownTests(
+    _QueueShutdownTestMixin, unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+):
+    q_class = asyncio.LifoQueue
+
+
+class PriorityQueueShutdownTests(
+    _QueueShutdownTestMixin, unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+):
+    q_class = asyncio.PriorityQueue
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_queue.py b/Lib/test/test_queue.py
index 33113a72e6b6a9..354299b9a5b16a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_queue.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_queue.py
@@ -241,6 +241,41 @@ def test_shrinking_queue(self):
         with self.assertRaises(self.queue.Full):
             q.put_nowait(4)
 
+    def test_shutdown_empty(self):
+        q = self.type2test()
+        q.shutdown()
+        try:
+            q.put("data")
+            self.fail("Didn't appear to shut-down queue")
+        except self.queue.ShutDown:
+            pass
+        try:
+            q.get()
+            self.fail("Didn't appear to shut-down queue")
+        except self.queue.ShutDown:
+            pass
+
+    def test_shutdown_nonempty(self):
+        q = self.type2test()
+        q.put("data")
+        q.shutdown()
+        q.get()
+        try:
+            q.get()
+            self.fail("Didn't appear to shut-down queue")
+        except self.queue.ShutDown:
+            pass
+
+    def test_shutdown_immediate(self):
+        q = self.type2test()
+        q.put("data")
+        q.shutdown(immediate=True)
+        try:
+            q.get()
+            self.fail("Didn't appear to shut-down queue")
+        except self.queue.ShutDown:
+            pass
+
 class QueueTest(BaseQueueTestMixin):
 
     def setUp(self):