diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/zookeeper/stop_zk b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/zookeeper/stop_zk
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d8615d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/zookeeper/stop_zk
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ZK_HOME=$1
+shift 1
+for zk_host in  $@
+do
+  ssh $zk_host "kill -9 `jps | grep QuorumPeerMain | cut -d " "  -f1`" &
+done