diff --git a/src/util/hooks.c b/src/util/hooks.c
index a409d773e1d40dd8121b04ff7aee2de75d437f9c..30e20acc070bec1ba2ba4122cd4e371fd4f4f966 100644
--- a/src/util/hooks.c
+++ b/src/util/hooks.c
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ virHookCall(int driver, const char *id, int op, int sub_op, const char *extra,
      */
     if ((virHooksFound == -1) ||
         ((driver == VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_DAEMON) &&
-         (op == VIR_HOOK_DAEMON_OP_RELOAD)))
+         (op == VIR_HOOK_DAEMON_OP_RELOAD ||
+         op == VIR_HOOK_DAEMON_OP_SHUTDOWN)))
         virHookInitialize();
 
     if ((virHooksFound & (1 << driver)) == 0)