diff --git a/rpc/cloudagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_cloudagent_virtualmachine.proto b/rpc/cloudagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_cloudagent_virtualmachine.proto
index ce175e6c..a5d292af 100644
--- a/rpc/cloudagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_cloudagent_virtualmachine.proto
+++ b/rpc/cloudagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_cloudagent_virtualmachine.proto
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ message VirtualMachineOperationRequest {
 	repeated VirtualMachine VirtualMachines = 1;
 	VirtualMachineOperation OBSOLETE_OperationType = 2 [deprecated=true];
 	ProviderAccessOperation OperationType = 3;
+	bool skipShutdown = 4;
 }
 
 message VirtualMachineOperationResponse {
diff --git a/rpc/nodeagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_nodeagent_virtualmachine.proto b/rpc/nodeagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_nodeagent_virtualmachine.proto
index 77ed97cf..ca87622d 100644
--- a/rpc/nodeagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_nodeagent_virtualmachine.proto
+++ b/rpc/nodeagent/compute/virtualmachine/moc_nodeagent_virtualmachine.proto
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ message VirtualMachine {
 message VirtualMachineOperationRequest {
 	repeated VirtualMachine VirtualMachines = 1;
 	VirtualMachineOperation OperationType = 2;
+	bool skipShutdown = 3;
 }
 
 message VirtualMachineOperationResponse {