Index: head/etc/defaults/rc.conf
===================================================================
--- head/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ head/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@
 jail_enable="NO"	# Set to NO to disable starting of any jails
 jail_parallel_start="NO"	# Start jails in the background
 jail_list=""		# Space separated list of names of jails
+jail_reverse_stop="NO"	# Stop jails in reverse order
 
 ##############################################################
 ### Define source_rc_confs, the mechanism used by /etc/rc.* ##
Index: head/etc/rc.d/jail
===================================================================
--- head/etc/rc.d/jail
+++ head/etc/rc.d/jail
@@ -521,7 +521,11 @@
 		command=$jail_program
 		rc_flags=$jail_flags
 		command_args="-f $jail_conf -r"
-		$jail_jls name | while read _j; do
+		if checkyesno jail_reverse_stop; then
+			$jail_jls name | tail -r
+		else
+			$jail_jls name
+		fi | while read _j; do
 			echo -n " $_j"
 			_tmp=`mktemp -t jail` || exit 3
 			$command $rc_flags $command_args $_j >> $_tmp 2>&1
@@ -536,6 +540,7 @@
 		return
 	;;
 	esac
+	checkyesno jail_reverse_stop && set -- $(reverse_list $@)
 	for _j in $@; do
 		_j=$(echo $_j | tr /. _)
 		_jv=$(echo -n $_j | tr -c '[:alnum:]' _)
@@ -571,5 +576,6 @@
 load_rc_config $name
 case $# in
 1)	run_rc_command $@ ${jail_list:-_ALL} ;;
-*)	run_rc_command $@ ;;
+*)	jail_reverse_stop="no"
+	run_rc_command $@ ;;
 esac