diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8e83cf8..5341f4e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ use std::{fmt::Display, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use axum::Router;
-use futures::{
-    FutureExt,
-    future::{BoxFuture, join_all},
-};
+use futures::{FutureExt, future::BoxFuture};
 
 // State extraction utilities
 
@@ -86,11 +83,17 @@ where
             router = plugin.on_setup(router, &state)?;
         }
 
-        let shutdown_fns = self
+        let shutdown_fns: Vec<_> = self
             .plugins
             .into_iter()
-            .filter_map(|mut p| p.on_shutdown(&state));
-        let on_shutdown = join_all(shutdown_fns);
+            .rev()
+            .filter_map(|mut p| p.on_shutdown(&state))
+            .collect();
+        let on_shutdown = async move {
+            for shutdown_fn in shutdown_fns {
+                shutdown_fn.await;
+            }
+        };
 
         Ok((router, state, on_shutdown))
     }
@@ -187,7 +190,14 @@ impl<S> AppPlugin<S> for AdHocPlugin<S> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use std::convert::Infallible;
+    use std::{
+        convert::Infallible,
+        sync::{
+            Mutex,
+            atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+        },
+        task::Poll,
+    };
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -227,4 +237,76 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(state.value.as_str(), "ready");
     }
+
+    struct ShutdownOrderPlugin {
+        name: &'static str,
+        events: Arc<Mutex<Vec<String>>>,
+        active_shutdowns: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+    }
+
+    impl AppPlugin<TestState> for ShutdownOrderPlugin {
+        fn on_shutdown(&mut self, _state: &TestState) -> Option<BoxFuture<'static, ()>> {
+            let name = self.name;
+            let events = Arc::clone(&self.events);
+            let active_shutdowns = Arc::clone(&self.active_shutdowns);
+            let mut yielded = false;
+
+            Some(Box::pin(futures::future::poll_fn(move |cx| {
+                if !yielded {
+                    yielded = true;
+                    let previously_active = active_shutdowns.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                    assert_eq!(previously_active, 0, "shutdown hooks ran concurrently");
+                    events
+                        .lock()
+                        .expect("events lock poisoned")
+                        .push(format!("{name}:start"));
+                    cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
+                    return Poll::Pending;
+                }
+
+                events
+                    .lock()
+                    .expect("events lock poisoned")
+                    .push(format!("{name}:finish"));
+                active_shutdowns.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                Poll::Ready(())
+            })))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn shutdown_hooks_order() {
+        let events = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+        let active_shutdowns = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+
+        let app = App::<TestState>::new()
+            .register(AdHocPlugin::<TestState>::new().on_init(async |mut state| {
+                state.insert(Arc::new(String::from("ready")));
+                Ok(state)
+            }))
+            .register(ShutdownOrderPlugin {
+                name: "first",
+                events: Arc::clone(&events),
+                active_shutdowns: Arc::clone(&active_shutdowns),
+            })
+            .register(ShutdownOrderPlugin {
+                name: "second",
+                events: Arc::clone(&events),
+                active_shutdowns,
+            });
+
+        let (_router, _state, on_shutdown) =
+            futures::executor::block_on(app.init()).expect("app should initialize");
+        futures::executor::block_on(on_shutdown);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            *events.lock().expect("events lock poisoned"),
+            [
+                "second:start",
+                "second:finish",
+                "first:start",
+                "first:finish"
+            ]
+        );
+    }
 }