diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/StopProcessAction.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/StopProcessAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e38cac95243c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/StopProcessAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.execution.actions;
+
+import com.intellij.execution.KillableProcess;
+import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessHandler;
+import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.Presentation;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Sergey Simonchik
+ */
+public class StopProcessAction extends DumbAwareAction implements AnAction.TransparentUpdate {
+
+  private final ProcessHandler myProcessHandler;
+
+  public StopProcessAction(@NotNull String text, @Nullable String description, @NotNull ProcessHandler processHandler) {
+    super(text, description, AllIcons.Actions.Suspend);
+    myProcessHandler = processHandler;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void update(final AnActionEvent e) {
+    update(e.getPresentation(), getTemplatePresentation(), myProcessHandler);
+  }
+
+  public static void update(@NotNull Presentation presentation,
+                            @NotNull Presentation templatePresentation,
+                            @Nullable ProcessHandler processHandler) {
+    boolean enable = false;
+    Icon icon = templatePresentation.getIcon();
+    String description = templatePresentation.getDescription();
+    if (processHandler != null && !processHandler.isProcessTerminated()) {
+      enable = true;
+      if (processHandler.isProcessTerminating() && processHandler instanceof KillableProcess) {
+        KillableProcess killableProcess = (KillableProcess) processHandler;
+        if (killableProcess.canKillProcess()) {
+          // 'force quite' action presentation
+          icon = AllIcons.Debugger.KillProcess;
+          description = "Kill process";
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    presentation.setEnabled(enable);
+    presentation.setIcon(icon);
+    presentation.setDescription(description);
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent e) {
+    stopProcess(myProcessHandler);
+  }
+
+  public static void stopProcess(@NotNull ProcessHandler processHandler) {
+    if (processHandler instanceof KillableProcess && processHandler.isProcessTerminating()) {
+      // process termination was requested, but it's still alive
+      // in this case 'force quit' will be performed
+      ((KillableProcess)processHandler).killProcess();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (processHandler.detachIsDefault()) {
+      processHandler.detachProcess();
+    }
+    else {
+      processHandler.destroyProcess();
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ScriptRunnerUtil.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ScriptRunnerUtil.java
index fd0d79be3c62..c3028a9be72e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ScriptRunnerUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ScriptRunnerUtil.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.intellij.execution.process;
 
 import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionBundle;
 import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionException;
+import com.intellij.execution.KillableProcess;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
@@ -201,4 +202,32 @@ public final class ScriptRunnerUtil {
       myMergedOutput.append(text);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Gracefully terminates a process.
+   * Initially, 'soft kill' is performed (on UNIX it's equivalent to SIGINT signal sending).
+   * If the process didn't terminate within a given timeout, 'force quite' is performed (on UNIX it's equivalent to SIGKILL
+   * signal sending).
+   *
+   * @param processHandler {@link ProcessHandler} instance
+   */
+  public static void terminateProcess(@NotNull ProcessHandler processHandler,
+                                      long millisTimeout,
+                                      @Nullable String commandLine) {
+    if (processHandler.isProcessTerminated()) {
+      LOG.warn("Process '" + commandLine + "' is already terminated!");
+      return;
+    }
+    processHandler.destroyProcess();
+    if (processHandler instanceof KillableProcess) {
+      KillableProcess killableProcess = (KillableProcess) processHandler;
+      if (killableProcess.canKillProcess()) {
+        if (!processHandler.waitFor(millisTimeout)) {
+          // doing 'force quite'
+          killableProcess.killProcess();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 }