diff --git a/ansible/roles/service-stop/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/service-stop/tasks/main.yml
index 54265ed411..ea502f7144 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/service-stop/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/service-stop/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     action: "stop_container"
     common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
     name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
+    ignore_missing: "{{ kolla_action_stop_ignore_missing | bool }}"
   when:
     - service.container_name not in skip_stop_containers
   with_dict: "{{ project_services | select_services_enabled_and_mapped_to_host }}"
diff --git a/kolla_ansible/cli/commands.py b/kolla_ansible/cli/commands.py
index bbeeece893..29c59eb097 100644
--- a/kolla_ansible/cli/commands.py
+++ b/kolla_ansible/cli/commands.py
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ class Stop(KollaAnsibleMixin, Command):
             required=True,
             help="WARNING! This action will remove the Openstack deployment!",
         )
+        group.add_argument(
+            "--ignore-missing",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Don't fail if there are missing containers"
+        )
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
@@ -288,6 +293,9 @@ class Stop(KollaAnsibleMixin, Command):
 
         extra_vars = {}
         extra_vars["kolla_action"] = "stop"
+        extra_vars["kolla_action_stop_ignore_missing"] = (
+            "yes" if parsed_args.ignore_missing else "no"
+        )
 
         playbooks = _choose_playbooks(parsed_args)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/kolla-ansible-stop-ignore-missing-be57276213f0a7cd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/kolla-ansible-stop-ignore-missing-be57276213f0a7cd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..247af74f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/kolla-ansible-stop-ignore-missing-be57276213f0a7cd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds the flag ``--ignore-missing`` to ``kolla-ansible stop`` to avoid
+    failing when containers are absent.