diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67a79e00..20094574 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The name mux stands for "HTTP request multiplexer". Like the standard `http.Serv
 * [Static Files](#static-files)
 * [Registered URLs](#registered-urls)
 * [Walking Routes](#walking-routes)
+* [Graceful Shutdown](#graceful-shutdown)
 * [Full Example](#full-example)
 
 ---
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ Let's start registering a couple of URL paths and handlers:
 
 ```go
 func main() {
-	r := mux.NewRouter()
-	r.HandleFunc("/", HomeHandler)
-	r.HandleFunc("/products", ProductsHandler)
-	r.HandleFunc("/articles", ArticlesHandler)
-	http.Handle("/", r)
+    r := mux.NewRouter()
+    r.HandleFunc("/", HomeHandler)
+    r.HandleFunc("/products", ProductsHandler)
+    r.HandleFunc("/articles", ArticlesHandler)
+    http.Handle("/", r)
 }
 ```
 
@@ -68,9 +69,9 @@ The names are used to create a map of route variables which can be retrieved cal
 
 ```go
 func ArticlesCategoryHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	vars := mux.Vars(r)
-	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Category: %v\n", vars["category"])
+    vars := mux.Vars(r)
+    w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+    fmt.Fprintf(w, "Category: %v\n", vars["category"])
 }
 ```
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ r.Queries("key", "value")
 
 ```go
 r.MatcherFunc(func(r *http.Request, rm *RouteMatch) bool {
-	return r.ProtoMajor == 0
+    return r.ProtoMajor == 0
 })
 ```
 
@@ -243,24 +244,24 @@ request that matches "/static/*". This makes it easy to serve static files with
 
 ```go
 func main() {
-	var dir string
+    var dir string
 
-	flag.StringVar(&dir, "dir", ".", "the directory to serve files from. Defaults to the current dir")
-	flag.Parse()
-	r := mux.NewRouter()
+    flag.StringVar(&dir, "dir", ".", "the directory to serve files from. Defaults to the current dir")
+    flag.Parse()
+    r := mux.NewRouter()
 
-	// This will serve files under http://localhost:8000/static/<filename>
-	r.PathPrefix("/static/").Handler(http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(dir))))
+    // This will serve files under http://localhost:8000/static/<filename>
+    r.PathPrefix("/static/").Handler(http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(dir))))
 
-	srv := &http.Server{
-		Handler:      r,
-		Addr:         "127.0.0.1:8000",
-		// Good practice: enforce timeouts for servers you create!
-		WriteTimeout: 15 * time.Second,
-		ReadTimeout:  15 * time.Second,
-	}
+    srv := &http.Server{
+        Handler:      r,
+        Addr:         "127.0.0.1:8000",
+        // Good practice: enforce timeouts for servers you create!
+        WriteTimeout: 15 * time.Second,
+        ReadTimeout:  15 * time.Second,
+    }
 
-	log.Fatal(srv.ListenAndServe())
+    log.Fatal(srv.ListenAndServe())
 }
 ```
 
@@ -383,6 +384,69 @@ r.Walk(func(route *mux.Route, router *mux.Router, ancestors []*mux.Route) error
 })
 ```
 
+### Graceful Shutdown
+
+Go 1.8 introduced the ability to [gracefully shutdown](https://golang.org/doc/go1.8#http_shutdown) a `*http.Server`. Here's how to do that alongside `mux`:
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+    "context"
+    "flag"
+    "log"
+    "net/http"
+    "os"
+    "os/signal"
+
+    "github.com/gorilla/mux"
+)
+
+func main() {
+    var wait time.Duration
+    flag.DurationVar(&wait, "graceful-timeout", time.Second * 15, "the duration for which the server gracefully wait for existing connections to finish - e.g. 15s or 1m")
+    flag.Parse()
+
+    r := mux.NewRouter()
+    // Add your routes as needed
+    
+    srv := &http.Server{
+        Addr:         "0.0.0.0:8080",
+        // Good practice to set timeouts to avoid Slowloris attacks.
+        WriteTimeout: time.Second * 15,
+        ReadTimeout:  time.Second * 15,
+        IdleTimeout:  time.Second * 60,
+        Handler: r, // Pass our instance of gorilla/mux in.
+    }
+
+    // Run our server in a goroutine so that it doesn't block.
+    go func() {
+        if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+            log.Println(err)
+        }
+    }()
+    
+    c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+    // We'll accept graceful shutdowns when quit via SIGINT (Ctrl+C)
+    // SIGKILL, SIGQUIT or SIGTERM (Ctrl+/) will not be caught.
+    signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt)
+
+    // Block until we receive our signal.
+    <-c
+
+    // Create a deadline to wait for.
+    ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, wait)
+    // Doesn't block if no connections, but will otherwise wait
+    // until the timeout deadline.
+    srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+    // Optionally, you could run srv.Shutdown in a goroutine and block on
+    // <-ctx.Done() if your application should wait for other services
+    // to finalize based on context cancellation.
+    log.Println("shutting down")
+    os.Exit(0)
+}
+```
+
 ## Full Example
 
 Here's a complete, runnable example of a small `mux` based server:
@@ -391,22 +455,22 @@ Here's a complete, runnable example of a small `mux` based server:
 package main
 
 import (
-	"net/http"
-	"log"
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+    "net/http"
+    "log"
+    "github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
 func YourHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	w.Write([]byte("Gorilla!\n"))
+    w.Write([]byte("Gorilla!\n"))
 }
 
 func main() {
-	r := mux.NewRouter()
-	// Routes consist of a path and a handler function.
-	r.HandleFunc("/", YourHandler)
+    r := mux.NewRouter()
+    // Routes consist of a path and a handler function.
+    r.HandleFunc("/", YourHandler)
 
-	// Bind to a port and pass our router in
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8000", r))
+    // Bind to a port and pass our router in
+    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8000", r))
 }
 ```