diff --git a/NorthstarDLL/engine/hoststate.cpp b/NorthstarDLL/engine/hoststate.cpp
index 2ad21fcf27..08a974484a 100644
--- a/NorthstarDLL/engine/hoststate.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDLL/engine/hoststate.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ void ServerStartingOrChangingMap()
 {
 	ConVar* Cvar_mp_gamemode = g_pCVar->FindVar("mp_gamemode");
 
+	if (g_pServerPresence->IsDraining())
+	{
+		spdlog::info("server drain complete (server is changing map/mode), quitting");
+		Cbuf_AddText(Cbuf_GetCurrentPlayer(), "quit", cmd_source_t::kCommandSrcCode);
+		Cbuf_Execute();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// directly call _Cmd_Exec_f to avoid weirdness with ; being in mp_gamemode potentially
 	// if we ran exec {mp_gamemode} and mp_gamemode contained semicolons, this could be used to execute more commands
 	char* commandBuf[1040]; // assumedly this is the size of CCommand since we don't have an actual constructor
diff --git a/NorthstarDLL/masterserver/masterserver.cpp b/NorthstarDLL/masterserver/masterserver.cpp
index c2bbdfd80e..5ccfbf9d10 100644
--- a/NorthstarDLL/masterserver/masterserver.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDLL/masterserver/masterserver.cpp
@@ -817,8 +817,11 @@ void MasterServerManager::ProcessConnectionlessPacketSigreq1(std::string data)
 		if (obj.HasMember("username") && obj["username"].IsString())
 			username = obj["username"].GetString();
 
+
 		std::string reject;
-		if (!g_pBanSystem->IsUIDAllowed(uid))
+		if (g_pServerPresence->IsDraining())
+			reject = "Server is shutting down.";
+		else if (!g_pBanSystem->IsUIDAllowed(uid))
 			reject = "Banned from this server.";
 
 		std::string pdata;
@@ -1356,7 +1359,7 @@ void MasterServerPresenceReporter::InternalUpdateServer(const ServerPresence* pS
 					fmt::format(
 						"{}/server/"
 						"update_values?id={}&port={}&authPort=udp&name={}&description={}&map={}&playlist={}&playerCount={}&"
-						"maxPlayers={}&password={}",
+						"maxPlayers={}&isDraining={}&password={}",
 						hostname.c_str(),
 						serverId.c_str(),
 						threadedPresence.m_iPort,
@@ -1366,6 +1369,7 @@ void MasterServerPresenceReporter::InternalUpdateServer(const ServerPresence* pS
 						playlistEscaped,
 						threadedPresence.m_iPlayerCount,
 						threadedPresence.m_iMaxPlayers,
+						threadedPresence.m_bIsDraining,
 						passwordEscaped)
 						.c_str());
 
diff --git a/NorthstarDLL/server/auth/serverauthentication.cpp b/NorthstarDLL/server/auth/serverauthentication.cpp
index d5653dccff..1bd2e79cab 100644
--- a/NorthstarDLL/server/auth/serverauthentication.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDLL/server/auth/serverauthentication.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ bool,, (R2::CBaseClient* self, char* pName, void* pNetChannel, char bFakePlayer,
 
 	if (!bFakePlayer)
 	{
-		if (!g_pServerAuthentication->VerifyPlayerName(pNextPlayerToken, pName, pVerifiedName))
+		if (g_pServerPresence->IsDraining())
+			pAuthenticationFailure = "Server is shutting down.";
+		else if (!g_pServerAuthentication->VerifyPlayerName(pNextPlayerToken, pName, pVerifiedName))
 			pAuthenticationFailure = "Invalid Name.";
 		else if (!g_pBanSystem->IsUIDAllowed(iNextPlayerUid))
 			pAuthenticationFailure = "Banned From server.";
@@ -328,6 +330,13 @@ void,, (R2::CBaseClient* self, uint32_t unknownButAlways1, const char* pReason,
 
 	g_pServerPresence->SetPlayerCount(g_pServerAuthentication->m_PlayerAuthenticationData.size());
 
+	if (g_pServerPresence->IsDraining() && !g_pServerAuthentication->m_PlayerAuthenticationData.size())
+	{
+		spdlog::info("server drain complete (server is empty), quitting");
+		R2::Cbuf_AddText(R2::Cbuf_GetCurrentPlayer(), "quit", R2::cmd_source_t::kCommandSrcCode);
+		R2::Cbuf_Execute();
+	}
+
 	_CBaseClient__Disconnect(self, unknownButAlways1, buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.cpp b/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.cpp
index ed9185c10d..b0107df223 100644
--- a/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.cpp
@@ -221,8 +221,28 @@ void ServerPresenceManager::SetPlayerCount(const int iPlayerCount)
 	m_ServerPresence.m_iPlayerCount = iPlayerCount;
 }
 
+void ServerPresenceManager::SetIsDraining(bool bIsDraining)
+{
+	m_ServerPresence.m_bIsDraining = bIsDraining;
+}
+
+bool ServerPresenceManager::IsDraining() const
+{
+	// TODO: is there a better place for this?
+	return m_ServerPresence.m_bIsDraining;
+}
+
 ON_DLL_LOAD_RELIESON("engine.dll", ServerPresence, ConVar, (CModule module))
 {
 	g_pServerPresence->CreateConVars();
 	Cvar_hostname = module.Offset(0x1315BAE8).Deref().RCast<ConVar*>();
 }
+
+ADD_SQFUNC("void", NSDrainServer, "bool drain, int timeout", "", ScriptContext::SERVER) {
+	bool drain = g_pSquirrel<ScriptContext::SERVER>->getbool(sqvm, 1);
+	int timeout = g_pSquirrel<ScriptContext::SERVER>->getinteger(sqvm, 2);
+	g_pServerPresence->SetIsDraining(drain);
+	// TODO: notify the connected clients when this is set?
+	// TODO: auto exit after a timeout or match end or player count reaches zero (use the quit command for a graceful exit)
+	return SQRESULT_NULL;
+}
diff --git a/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.h b/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.h
index 3aabecdeb8..6e03b0cbc8 100644
--- a/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.h
+++ b/NorthstarDLL/server/serverpresence.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ struct ServerPresence
 	int m_iPlayerCount;
 	int m_iMaxPlayers;
 
+	bool m_bIsDraining;
+
 	ServerPresence()
 	{
 		memset(this, 0, sizeof(this));
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ struct ServerPresence
 
 		m_iPlayerCount = obj->m_iPlayerCount;
 		m_iMaxPlayers = obj->m_iMaxPlayers;
+
+		m_bIsDraining = obj->m_bIsDraining;
 	}
 };
 
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ class ServerPresenceManager
 	ConVar* Cvar_ns_report_sp_server_to_masterserver;
 
   public:
+
 	void AddPresenceReporter(ServerPresenceReporter* reporter);
 
 	void CreateConVars();
@@ -89,6 +94,9 @@ class ServerPresenceManager
 	void SetMap(const char* pMapName, bool isInitialising = false);
 	void SetPlaylist(const char* pPlaylistName);
 	void SetPlayerCount(const int iPlayerCount);
+
+	void SetIsDraining(bool bIsDraining);
+	bool IsDraining() const;
 };
 
 extern ServerPresenceManager* g_pServerPresence;