diff --git a/inc/saiswitch.h b/inc/saiswitch.h
index a1dc737a5..9cf1b40aa 100644
--- a/inc/saiswitch.h
+++ b/inc/saiswitch.h
@@ -1676,6 +1676,25 @@ typedef enum _sai_switch_attr_t
      */
     SAI_SWITCH_ATTR_UNINIT_DATA_PLANE_ON_REMOVAL,
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Instruct SAI to execute switch pre-shutdown
+     *
+     * Indicates controlled switch pre-shutdown as first step of warm shutdown.
+     * This hint is optional, SAI application could skip this step and
+     * go directly to warm shutdown.
+     * This hint should be ignored, if at the time SAI receives this hint,
+     * SAI_SWITCH_ATTR_RESTART_WARM is NOT already set to TRUE.
+     * The scope of pre-shutdown is to backup SAI/SDK data, but leave CPU port
+     * active for some final control plane traffic to go out.
+     * TRUE - Execute switch pre-shutdown for warm shutdown
+     * FALSE - No-op, does NOT mean cancelling already executed pre-shutdown
+     *
+     * @type bool
+     * @flags CREATE_AND_SET
+     * @default false
+     */
+    SAI_SWITCH_ATTR_PRE_SHUTDOWN,
+
     /**
      * @brief End of attributes
      */
diff --git a/meta/aspell.en.pws b/meta/aspell.en.pws
index b4fa509fb..6ca578fec 100644
--- a/meta/aspell.en.pws
+++ b/meta/aspell.en.pws
@@ -121,3 +121,4 @@ wildcard
 www
 timestamp
 watchlist
+pre