diff --git a/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.cpp b/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.cpp
index 4dd4c1ed5900..3d7e42f382e9 100644
--- a/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.cpp
@@ -502,8 +502,11 @@ static TString ReadFile(const TString& fileName) {
 }
 
 void TKikimrRunner::InitializeGracefulShutdown(const TKikimrRunConfig& runConfig) {
-    Y_UNUSED(runConfig);
     GracefulShutdownSupported = true;
+    const auto& config = runConfig.AppConfig.GetShutdownConfig();
+    if (config.HasMinDelayBeforeShutdownSeconds()) {
+        MinDelayBeforeShutdown = TDuration::Seconds(config.GetMinDelayBeforeShutdownSeconds());
+    }
 }
 
 void TKikimrRunner::InitializeKqpController(const TKikimrRunConfig& runConfig) {
@@ -1734,6 +1737,7 @@ void TKikimrRunner::KikimrStop(bool graceful) {
         ActorSystem->Send(new IEventHandle(NGRpcService::CreateGrpcPublisherServiceActorId(), {}, new TEvents::TEvPoisonPill));
     }
 
+    THPTimer timer;
     TIntrusivePtr<TDrainProgress> drainProgress(new TDrainProgress());
     if (AppData->FeatureFlags.GetEnableDrainOnShutdown() && GracefulShutdownSupported && ActorSystem) {
         drainProgress->OnSend();
@@ -1767,6 +1771,12 @@ void TKikimrRunner::KikimrStop(bool graceful) {
         }
     }
 
+    // Wait for a minimum delay to make sure that clients forget about this node
+    auto passedTime = TDuration::Seconds(timer.Passed());
+    if (MinDelayBeforeShutdown > passedTime) {
+        Sleep(MinDelayBeforeShutdown - passedTime);
+    }
+
     if (ActorSystem) {
         ActorSystem->BroadcastToProxies([](const TActorId& proxyId) {
             return new IEventHandle(proxyId, {}, new TEvInterconnect::TEvTerminate);
diff --git a/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.h b/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.h
index 0977da36b521..c84e17069c0c 100644
--- a/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.h
+++ b/ydb/core/driver_lib/run/run.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class TKikimrRunner : public virtual TThrRefBase, private IGlobalObjectStorage {
 
     bool EnabledGrpcService = false;
     bool GracefulShutdownSupported = false;
+    TDuration MinDelayBeforeShutdown;
     THolder<NSQS::TAsyncHttpServer> SqsHttp;
 
     THolder<NYdb::TDriver> YdbDriver;
diff --git a/ydb/core/protos/config.proto b/ydb/core/protos/config.proto
index 7401e5fb5914..a989189b4f76 100644
--- a/ydb/core/protos/config.proto
+++ b/ydb/core/protos/config.proto
@@ -1905,6 +1905,10 @@ message TMetadataCacheConfig {
     optional uint64 RefreshPeriodMs = 1 [default = 15000];
 }
 
+message TShutdownConfig {
+    optional uint32 MinDelayBeforeShutdownSeconds = 1;
+}
+
 message TLabel {
     optional string Name = 1;
     optional string Value = 2;
@@ -1989,6 +1993,7 @@ message TAppConfig {
     optional TMemoryControllerConfig MemoryControllerConfig = 81;
 	optional TGroupedMemoryLimiterConfig GroupedMemoryLimiterConfig = 82;
     optional NKikimrReplication.TReplicationDefaults ReplicationConfig = 83;
+    optional TShutdownConfig ShutdownConfig = 84;
 
     repeated TNamedConfig NamedConfigs = 100;
     optional string ClusterYamlConfig = 101;