diff --git a/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc b/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc
index 68f74c4d08..b54ca95a05 100644
--- a/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc
+++ b/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ service vendor.light-hal-2-0 /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.light@2.0-service
     class hal
     user system
     group system
+    # shutting off lights while powering-off
+    shutdown critical