diff --git a/sql/handler.cc b/sql/handler.cc
index 67abe2362a3..46a0c313c80 100644
--- a/sql/handler.cc
+++ b/sql/handler.cc
@@ -868,6 +868,33 @@ void ha_end_backup()
 }
 
 
+/*
+  Inform plugin of the server shutdown.
+  Called after all connections are down.
+
+  Under some circumstances, storage engine might need to
+  so some work, before deinit() can be safely called.
+  (an example is Innodb purge that might call into server
+   to calculate virtual columns, which might potentially also
+  invoke other plugins, such as audit
+*/
+static my_bool plugin_pre_shutdown(THD *, plugin_ref plugin, void *)
+{
+  handlerton *hton= plugin_hton(plugin);
+  if (hton->pre_shutdown)
+    hton->pre_shutdown();
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+void ha_pre_shutdown()
+{
+  plugin_foreach_with_mask(0, plugin_pre_shutdown,
+    MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE_PLUGIN,
+    PLUGIN_IS_DELETED | PLUGIN_IS_READY, 0);
+}
+
+
 /* ========================================================================
  ======================= TRANSACTIONS ===================================*/
 
diff --git a/sql/handler.h b/sql/handler.h
index f23476242a0..65dd31933cc 100644
--- a/sql/handler.h
+++ b/sql/handler.h
@@ -1656,6 +1656,9 @@ struct handlerton
   /* backup */
   void (*prepare_for_backup)(void);
   void (*end_backup)(void);
+
+  /* Server shutdown early notification.*/
+  void (*pre_shutdown)(void);
 };
 
 
@@ -4909,6 +4912,7 @@ int ha_delete_table(THD *thd, handlerton *db_type, const char *path,
                     const LEX_CSTRING *db, const LEX_CSTRING *alias, bool generate_warning);
 void ha_prepare_for_backup();
 void ha_end_backup();
+void ha_pre_shutdown();
 
 /* statistics and info */
 bool ha_show_status(THD *thd, handlerton *db_type, enum ha_stat_type stat);
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 62b6ad5c33b..b3fb330f13c 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -5743,7 +5743,7 @@ int mysqld_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
 
   close_connections();
-
+  ha_pre_shutdown();
   clean_up(1);
   sd_notify(0, "STATUS=MariaDB server is down");