diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
index fb014fe8..0179bdf4 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -1474,6 +1474,7 @@ micronaut {
         inferClasspath = true // true by default
         additionalModules.add(JDBC_MYSQL) // empty by default
         clientTimeout = 60 // in seconds, maximum time to wait for resources to be available, 60s by default
+        serverIdleTimeoutMinutes = 60 // if the server doesn't receive any request for this amount of time, it will be shut down
         sharedServer = true // false by default
         sharedServerNamespace = 'custom' // unset by default
     }
@@ -2020,4 +2021,3 @@ In addition, the official GraalVM plugin makes use of Gradle toolchains support,
 then we recommend tweaking toolchain detection as described in <<#toolchain-behavior, this section of the documentation>>.
 
 In any case, make sure to follow the <<#native-image,configuration instructions>>.
-
diff --git a/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/MicronautTestResourcesPlugin.java b/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/MicronautTestResourcesPlugin.java
index 13e04840..9262b536 100644
--- a/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/MicronautTestResourcesPlugin.java
+++ b/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/MicronautTestResourcesPlugin.java
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ private TaskProvider<StartTestResourcesService> createStartServiceTask(Configura
             task.getAccessToken().convention(accessToken);
             task.getExplicitPort().convention(config.getExplicitPort());
             task.getClientTimeout().convention(config.getClientTimeout());
+            task.getServerIdleTimeoutMinutes().convention(config.getServerIdleTimeoutMinutes());
             task.getClasspath().from(server);
             task.getForeground().convention(false);
             task.getStopFile().set(stopFile.toFile());
diff --git a/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/TestResourcesConfiguration.java b/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/TestResourcesConfiguration.java
index 534c19b7..eff45c55 100644
--- a/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/TestResourcesConfiguration.java
+++ b/test-resources-plugin/src/main/java/io/micronaut/gradle/testresources/TestResourcesConfiguration.java
@@ -101,4 +101,13 @@ public interface TestResourcesConfiguration extends KnownModules {
      * @return the namespace
      */
     Property<String> getSharedServerNamespace();
+
+    /**
+     * Server idle timeout, in minutes. If the server
+     * doesn't receive any request for this amount of
+     * time, it will stop itself.
+     *
+     * @return the server idle timeout
+     */
+    Property<Integer> getServerIdleTimeoutMinutes();
 }