diff --git a/ubuntu-16.04/template.json b/ubuntu-16.04/template.json
index 284237e..e36e506 100644
--- a/ubuntu-16.04/template.json
+++ b/ubuntu-16.04/template.json
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
       "ssh_password": "{{user `password`}}",
       "ssh_port": 22,
       "ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
-      "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now",
+      "shutdown_command": "pgrep -f 'sshd: root@' | xargs kill -9 ; shutdown -P now",
       "headless": true,
       "vboxmanage": [
         [
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
       "ssh_password": "{{user `password`}}",
       "ssh_port": 22,
       "ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
-      "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now",
+      "shutdown_command": "pgrep -f 'sshd: root@' | xargs kill -9 ; shutdown -P now",
       "vmx_data": {
         "memsize": "1024",
         "numvcpus": "1",
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
       "ssh_password": "{{user `password`}}",
       "ssh_host_port_min": 7000,
       "ssh_host_port_max": 7050,
-      "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now",
+      "shutdown_command": "pgrep -f 'sshd: root@' | xargs kill -9 ; shutdown -P now",
       "boot_wait": "2s",
       "ssh_wait_timeout": "360s"
     },