diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 877f8d40fa..f3f3d768e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Changed
 
   Contributed by @lukepatrick
 
+* Actionrunner worker shutdown should stop Kombu consumer thread. #5338
+
+  Contributed by @khushboobhatia01
+
 3.5.0 - June 23, 2021
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/st2actions/tests/integration/test_actions_queue_consumer.py b/st2actions/tests/integration/test_actions_queue_consumer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4b57698de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/st2actions/tests/integration/test_actions_queue_consumer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Copyright 2021 The StackStorm Authors.
+#
+# 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.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import random
+import eventlet
+
+from kombu import Exchange
+from kombu import Queue
+from unittest2 import TestCase
+
+from st2common.transport.consumers import ActionsQueueConsumer
+from st2common.transport.publishers import PoolPublisher
+from st2common.transport import utils as transport_utils
+from st2common.models.db.liveaction import LiveActionDB
+
+__all__ = ["ActionsQueueConsumerTestCase"]
+
+
+class ActionsQueueConsumerTestCase(TestCase):
+    message_count = 0
+    message_type = LiveActionDB
+
+    def test_stop_consumption_on_shutdown(self):
+        exchange = Exchange("st2.execution.test", type="topic")
+        queue_name = "test-" + str(random.randint(1, 10000))
+        queue = Queue(
+            name=queue_name, exchange=exchange, routing_key="#", auto_delete=True
+        )
+        publisher = PoolPublisher()
+        with transport_utils.get_connection() as connection:
+            connection.connect()
+            watcher = ActionsQueueConsumer(
+                connection=connection, queues=queue, handler=self
+            )
+            watcher_thread = eventlet.greenthread.spawn(watcher.run)
+
+        # Give it some time to start up since we are publishing on a new queue
+        eventlet.sleep(0.5)
+        body = LiveActionDB(
+            status="scheduled", action="core.local", action_is_workflow=False
+        )
+        publisher.publish(payload=body, exchange=exchange)
+        eventlet.sleep(0.2)
+        self.assertEqual(self.message_count, 1)
+        body = LiveActionDB(
+            status="scheduled", action="core.local", action_is_workflow=True
+        )
+        watcher.shutdown()
+        eventlet.sleep(1)
+        publisher.publish(payload=body, exchange=exchange)
+        # Second published message won't be consumed.
+        self.assertEqual(self.message_count, 1)
+        watcher_thread.kill()
+
+    def process(self, liveaction):
+        self.message_count = self.message_count + 1
diff --git a/st2common/st2common/transport/consumers.py b/st2common/st2common/transport/consumers.py
index dd2f47cb55..47752f035f 100644
--- a/st2common/st2common/transport/consumers.py
+++ b/st2common/st2common/transport/consumers.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def process(self, body, message):
     def shutdown(self):
         self._workflows_dispatcher.shutdown()
         self._actions_dispatcher.shutdown()
+        self.should_stop = True
 
 
 class VariableMessageQueueConsumer(QueueConsumer):