diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/inbound/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/inbound/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java
index 82a184f..20ad901 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/inbound/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/inbound/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.schemaregistry.deserializers.GlueSchemaRegistryDeserializer;
@@ -174,6 +177,8 @@ public class KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter extends MessageProducerSupport
 
 	private long pollingIdleTime = 1500L;
 
+	private long gracefulShutdownTimeout;
+
 	public KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter(String... streams) {
 		this(KinesisAsyncClient.create(), CloudWatchAsyncClient.create(), DynamoDbAsyncClient.create(), streams);
 	}
@@ -393,6 +398,17 @@ public void setPollingIdleTime(long pollingIdleTime) {
 		this.pollingIdleTime = pollingIdleTime;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The timeout for {@link Scheduler#startGracefulShutdown()}.
+	 * Defaults to {@code 0} with the meaning to call {@link Scheduler#shutdown()}.
+	 * @param gracefulShutdownTimeout the timeout for {@link Scheduler#startGracefulShutdown()}.
+	 * @since 3.0.8
+	 * @see Scheduler#startGracefulShutdown()
+	 */
+	public void setGracefulShutdownTimeout(long gracefulShutdownTimeout) {
+		this.gracefulShutdownTimeout = gracefulShutdownTimeout;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected void onInit() {
 		super.onInit();
@@ -494,14 +510,25 @@ protected void doStart() {
 	@Override
 	protected void doStop() {
 		super.doStop();
-		this.scheduler.shutdown();
+		if (this.gracefulShutdownTimeout == 0) {
+			this.scheduler.shutdown();
+		}
+		else {
+			try {
+				logger.info("Start graceful shutdown for KCL...");
+				this.scheduler.startGracefulShutdown().get(this.gracefulShutdownTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+			}
+			catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException | TimeoutException ex) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Graceful shutdown for KCL has failed.", ex);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void destroy() {
 		super.destroy();
 		if (isRunning()) {
-			this.scheduler.shutdown();
+			stop();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapterTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapterTests.java
index 8571300..35198ae 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapterTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/kinesis/KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapterTests.java
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ public KclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter kclMessageDrivenChannelAdapter() {
 			adapter.setBindSourceRecord(true);
 			adapter.setEmptyRecordList(true);
 			adapter.setPollingMaxRecords(99);
+			adapter.setGracefulShutdownTimeout(100);
 			return adapter;
 		}