diff --git a/lib/appenders/loggly.js b/lib/appenders/loggly.js
index 085f8b3..b2da578 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/loggly.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/loggly.js
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 var layouts = require('../layouts')
 , loggly = require('loggly')
 , os = require('os')
-, passThrough = layouts.messagePassThroughLayout;
-
+, passThrough = layouts.messagePassThroughLayout
+, openRequests = 0
+, shutdownCB;
 
 function isAnyObject(value) {
 	return value !== null && (typeof value === 'object' || typeof value === 'function');
@@ -68,12 +69,26 @@ function logglyAppender(config, layout) {
 
     var msg = layout(loggingEvent);
 
+		openRequests++;
+
 		client.log({
 			msg: msg,
 			level: loggingEvent.level.levelStr,
 			category: loggingEvent.categoryName,
 			hostname: os.hostname().toString(),
-		}, additionalTags);
+		}, additionalTags, function (error, result) {
+			if (error) {
+				console.error("log4js.logglyAppender - error occurred: ", error);
+			}
+
+			openRequests--;
+
+			if (shutdownCB && openRequests === 0) {
+				shutdownCB();
+
+				shutdownCB = undefined;
+			}
+		});
   };
 }
 
@@ -85,6 +100,15 @@ function configure(config) {
 	return logglyAppender(config, layout);
 }
 
+function shutdown (cb) {
+	if (openRequests === 0) {
+		cb();
+	}	else {
+		shutdownCB = cb;
+	}
+}
+
 exports.name      = 'loggly';
 exports.appender  = logglyAppender;
 exports.configure = configure;
+exports.shutdown  = shutdown;
diff --git a/lib/log4js.js b/lib/log4js.js
index 653d4bc..25e89a2 100644
--- a/lib/log4js.js
+++ b/lib/log4js.js
@@ -186,11 +186,16 @@ function getLogger (loggerCategoryName) {
 }
 
 /**
- * args are appender, then zero or more categories
+ * args are appender, optional shutdown function, then zero or more categories
  */
 function addAppender () {
   var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
   var appender = args.shift();
+  //check for a shutdown fn
+  if (args.length > 0 && typeof args[0] === 'function') {
+    appenderShutdowns[appender] = args.shift();
+  }
+
   if (args.length === 0 || args[0] === undefined) {
     args = [ ALL_CATEGORIES ];
   }
@@ -232,6 +237,9 @@ function addAppenderToCategory(appender, category) {
 }
 
 function clearAppenders () {
+  //if we're calling clearAppenders, we're probably getting ready to write
+  //so turn log writes back on, just in case this is after a shutdown
+  loggerModule.enableAllLogWrites();
   appenders = {};
   for (var logger in loggers) {
     if (hasLogger(logger)) {
diff --git a/test/vows/logglyAppender-test.js b/test/vows/logglyAppender-test.js
index d5dc3c4..ce7c6a6 100644
--- a/test/vows/logglyAppender-test.js
+++ b/test/vows/logglyAppender-test.js
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ function setupLogging(category, options) {
     createClient: function(options) {
       return {
         config: options,
-        log: function(msg, tags) {
+        log: function(msg, tags, cb) {
           msgs.push({
             msg: msg,
-            tags: tags
+            tags: tags,
+            cb: cb
           });
         }
       };
@@ -49,7 +50,10 @@ function setupLogging(category, options) {
     }
   });
 
-  log4js.addAppender(logglyModule.configure(options), category);
+  log4js.addAppender(
+    logglyModule.configure(options),
+    logglyModule.shutdown,
+    category);
 
   return {
     logger: log4js.getLogger(category),
@@ -107,4 +111,31 @@ vows.describe('log4js logglyAppender').addBatch({
       assert.deepEqual(topic.results[0].tags, []);
     }
   }
+}).addBatch({
+  'with shutdown callback': {
+    topic: function() {
+      var setup = setupTaggedLogging();
+
+      setup.logger.log('trace', 'Log event #1', 'Log 2', {
+        tags: ['tag1', 'tag2']
+      });
+
+      return setup;
+    },
+    'after the last message has been sent': {
+      topic: function (topic) {
+        var that = this;
+
+        log4js.shutdown(this.callback);
+        topic.results[0].cb();
+
+        // setTimeout(function() {
+        //   that.callback(new Error('Shutdown callback has not been called'));
+        // }, 0);
+      },
+      'calls `log4js.shutdown`s callback function.': function(error, result) {
+        assert.equal(error, undefined);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }).export(module);