diff --git a/cli/stop_service.go b/cli/stop_service.go
index 3814149..3fc5045 100644
--- a/cli/stop_service.go
+++ b/cli/stop_service.go
@@ -4,25 +4,63 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	service "spud/service"
+	webclient "spud/webclient"
 )
 
 func getStopCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	type ParsedFlags struct {
+		serviceName string
+		daemonHost  string
+		daemonPort  int
+	}
 	stop := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "stop [service-name]",
 		Short: "Stops a running service and all of its containers.",
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if len(args) == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Must specify a service using '--service'")
+		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			var serviceName, host string
+			var port int
+			var err error
+
+			if host, err = cmd.PersistentFlags().GetString("host"); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 
-			serviceName := args[0]
+			if port, err = cmd.PersistentFlags().GetInt("port"); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
-			return service.NewPodmanServiceManager().Stop(serviceName)
+			if host != "" && port == 0 || host == "" && port != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Invalid flags: host and port must be defined together or not at all.")
+			}
+
+			if len(args) == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Must provide a service name.")
+			}
+
+			serviceName = args[0]
+
+			cmd.SetContext(context.WithValue(cmd.Context(), "flags", ParsedFlags{serviceName: serviceName, daemonHost: host, daemonPort: port}))
+			return nil
+		},
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			flags := cmd.Context().Value("flags").(ParsedFlags)
+
+			if flags.daemonHost != "" && flags.daemonPort != 0 {
+				webclient.NewWebClient(flags.daemonHost, flags.daemonPort).StopService(flags.serviceName)
+				return nil
+
+			}
+
+			return service.NewPodmanServiceManager().Stop(flags.serviceName)
 		},
 	}
 
+	stop.PersistentFlags().StringP("host", "H", "", "If specified, host where the daemon lives.")
+	stop.PersistentFlags().IntP("port", "p", 0, "Port on the daemon host.")
+
 	return stop
 }
diff --git a/cli/stop_service_test.go b/cli/stop_service_test.go
index 0dbf321..1213409 100644
--- a/cli/stop_service_test.go
+++ b/cli/stop_service_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestCliStopRequiresAServiceName(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_StopServiceCli_StopRequiresAServiceName(t *testing.T) {
 	cli := GetCli()
 
 	cli.SetArgs([]string{"stop"})
@@ -15,3 +17,36 @@ func TestCliStopRequiresAServiceName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Expected error, got nil.")
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_StopServiceCli_ErrorIfHostAndPortNotProvidedTogether(t *testing.T) {
+	inputs := [][]string{
+		{"stop", "-H", "host"},
+		{"stop", "-p", "9999"},
+	}
+
+	for _, input := range inputs {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%+v", input), func(t *testing.T) {
+			cli := GetCli()
+			cli.SetArgs(input)
+
+			stopCommand, _, _ := cli.Find([]string{"stop"})
+
+			previousPreRun := stopCommand.PersistentPreRunE
+
+			stopCommand.PersistentPreRunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+				if err := previousPreRun(cmd, args); err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("Expected error, got nil.")
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			stopCommand.RunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			cli.Execute()
+		})
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/webclient/client_test.go b/webclient/client_test.go
index 450af35..a8b4719 100644
--- a/webclient/client_test.go
+++ b/webclient/client_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ func (d *DummyHttpClient) Post(url string, contentType string, data io.Reader) (
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func (d *DummyHttpClient) Do(request *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	d.requests = append(d.requests, RecordedRequest{method: request.Method, url: request.URL.String(), contentType: "", data: request.Body})
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 func Test_WebClient_GetBaseUrlGetsUrlFromHostPort(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewWebClient("http://host", 9999)
 
@@ -71,3 +76,21 @@ func Test_WebClient_CreateServiceSendsDefinition(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected data: %s != %s", actualDef.String(), string(expectedDef))
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_WebClient_StopServiceDeletesToDaemon(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewWebClient("http://host", 9999)
+	httpClient := &DummyHttpClient{}
+	c.httpClient = httpClient
+
+	serviceName := "test-service"
+	c.StopService(serviceName)
+
+	if len(httpClient.requests) != 1 || httpClient.requests[0].method != http.MethodDelete {
+		t.Errorf("Expected one DELETE request, got none.")
+	}
+
+	expected := c.getBaseUrl() + "/service/" + serviceName + "/"
+	if httpClient.requests[0].url != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected url to be %s, got %s.", expected, httpClient.requests[0].url)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/webclient/main.go b/webclient/main.go
index e955eab..74f6b0c 100644
--- a/webclient/main.go
+++ b/webclient/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 type HttpClient interface {
 	Post(string, string, io.Reader) (*http.Response, error)
+	Do(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 }
 
 type WebClient struct {
@@ -43,3 +44,10 @@ func (c WebClient) CreateService(def service_definition.ServiceDefinition) error
 
 	return e
 }
+
+func (c WebClient) StopService(name string) error {
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, c.getBaseUrl()+"/service/"+name+"/", nil)
+	_, e := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+
+	return e
+}