diff --git a/lib/java/src/org/apache/thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.java b/lib/java/src/org/apache/thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.java
index 65257ec..a963bc9 100755
--- a/lib/java/src/org/apache/thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.java
+++ b/lib/java/src/org/apache/thrift/server/TThreadPoolServer.java
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Args stopTimeoutVal(int n) {
+      stopTimeoutVal = n;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public Args requestTimeout(int n) {
       requestTimeout = n;
       return this;
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@
       new SynchronousQueue<Runnable>();
     return new ThreadPoolExecutor(args.minWorkerThreads,
                                   args.maxWorkerThreads,
-                                  60,
+                                  args.stopTimeoutVal,
                                   TimeUnit.SECONDS,
                                   executorQueue);
   }