diff --git a/j2ee.jboss4/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/jboss4/ide/JBStopRunnable.java b/j2ee.jboss4/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/jboss4/ide/JBStopRunnable.java
--- a/j2ee.jboss4/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/jboss4/ide/JBStopRunnable.java
+++ b/j2ee.jboss4/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/jboss4/ide/JBStopRunnable.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.plugins.api.InstanceProperties;
 import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jboss4.JBDeploymentManager;
 import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jboss4.ide.ui.JBPluginProperties;
+import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jboss4.ide.ui.JBPluginUtils;
 import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.jboss4.util.JBProperties;
 import org.openide.execution.NbProcessDescriptor;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileObject;
@@ -119,6 +120,22 @@
             startServer.fireHandleProgressEvent(null, new JBDeploymentStatus(ActionType.EXECUTE, CommandType.STOP, StateType.FAILED, NbBundle.getMessage(JBStopRunnable.class, "MSG_STOP_SERVER_FAILED_FNF", serverName)));//NOI18N
             return;
         }
+
+        String jnpPort = JBPluginUtils.getJnpPort(ip.getProperty(JBPluginProperties.PROPERTY_SERVER_DIR));
+        String jnpPortParam = "";
+        if(jnpPort != null && (jnpPort = jnpPort.trim()).length() >= 1) {
+            int jnpPortValue;
+            try {
+                jnpPortValue = Integer.parseInt(jnpPort);
+            } catch(NumberFormatException e) {
+                jnpPortValue = -1;
+            }
+
+            if(jnpPortValue > 0 && jnpPortValue < 65536) {
+                jnpPortParam =
+                        " -s jnp://localhost:" + Integer.toString(jnpPortValue).trim() + " ";
+            }
+        }
         
         JBProperties properties = dm.getProperties();
         StringBuilder credentialsParams = new StringBuilder(32);
@@ -131,7 +148,8 @@
 
         /* 2008-09-10 The usage of --halt doesn't solve the problem on Windows; it even creates another problem
                         of NB Profiler not being notified about the fact that the server was stopped */
-        NbProcessDescriptor pd = new NbProcessDescriptor(serverStopFileName, "--shutdown " + credentialsParams); // NOI18N
+        NbProcessDescriptor pd = new NbProcessDescriptor(serverStopFileName,
+                "--shutdown " + jnpPortParam + credentialsParams); // NOI18N
 
         Process stoppingProcess = null;
         try {