diff --git a/rclpy/rclpy/executors.py b/rclpy/rclpy/executors.py
index a72036d7a..db41f58b3 100644
--- a/rclpy/rclpy/executors.py
+++ b/rclpy/rclpy/executors.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def shutdown(self, timeout_sec: Optional[float] = None) -> bool:
         :param timeout_sec: Seconds to wait. Block forever if ``None`` or negative.
             Don't wait if 0.
         :return: ``True`` if all outstanding callbacks finished executing, or ``False`` if the
-            timeot expires before all outstanding work is done.
+            timeout expires before all outstanding work is done.
         """
         with self._shutdown_lock:
             if not self._is_shutdown:
@@ -931,3 +931,23 @@ def spin_once_until_future_complete(
     ) -> None:
         future.add_done_callback(lambda x: self.wake())
         self._spin_once_impl(timeout_sec, future.done)
+
+    def shutdown(
+        self,
+        timeout_sec: float = None,
+        *,
+        wait_for_threads: bool = True
+    ) -> bool:
+        """
+        Stop executing callbacks and wait for their completion.
+
+        :param timeout_sec: Seconds to wait. Block forever if ``None`` or negative.
+            Don't wait if 0.
+        :param wait_for_threads: If true, this function will block until all executor threads
+            have joined.
+        :return: ``True`` if all outstanding callbacks finished executing, or ``False`` if the
+            timeout expires before all outstanding work is done.
+        """
+        success: bool = super().shutdown(timeout_sec)
+        self._executor.shutdown(wait=wait_for_threads)
+        return success
diff --git a/rclpy/test/test_executor.py b/rclpy/test/test_executor.py
index 223a34db2..e663d1e3c 100644
--- a/rclpy/test/test_executor.py
+++ b/rclpy/test/test_executor.py
@@ -168,6 +168,24 @@ def test_multi_threaded_executor_executes(self):
         finally:
             executor.shutdown()
 
+    def test_multi_threaded_executor_closes_threads(self):
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.node.handle)
+
+        def get_threads():
+            return {t.name for t in threading.enumerate()}
+
+        main_thread_name = get_threads()
+        # Explicitly specify 2_threads for single thread system failure
+        executor = MultiThreadedExecutor(context=self.context, num_threads=2)
+
+        try:
+            # Give the executor a callback so at least one thread gets spun up
+            self.assertTrue(self.func_execution(executor))
+        finally:
+            self.assertTrue(main_thread_name != get_threads())
+            executor.shutdown(wait_for_threads=True)
+            self.assertTrue(main_thread_name == get_threads())
+
     def test_add_node_to_executor(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(self.node.handle)
         executor = SingleThreadedExecutor(context=self.context)