diff --git a/sjrpc/server/simple.py b/sjrpc/server/simple.py
index 71f64325c9a3042dfda2c25ae442a317cb71bf4c..03b6d34cdd1348953f10f5162d2ee813b4215fc9 100644
--- a/sjrpc/server/simple.py
+++ b/sjrpc/server/simple.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class SimpleRpcServer(ConnectionManager):
             connection.shutdown(self._on_disconnect)
         self._listening_sock.close()
 
+    def shutdown_client(self, connection):
+        connection.shutdown(callback=self._on_disconnect)
+
     def all_connections(self):
         return set(self._clients.values())