diff --git a/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py b/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py
index 0966e7d..ca37c3f 100755
--- a/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/ipkernel.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class Kernel(Configurable):
 
     def shutdown_request(self, ident, parent):
         self.shell.exit_now = True
-        self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply', {}, parent)
+        self._shutdown_message = self.session.msg(u'shutdown_reply', parent['content'], parent)
         sys.exit(0)
 
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ class Kernel(Configurable):
         # io.rprint("Kernel at_shutdown") # dbg
         if self._shutdown_message is not None:
             self.reply_socket.send_json(self._shutdown_message)
+            self.pub_socket.send_json(self._shutdown_message)
             io.raw_print(self._shutdown_message)
             # A very short sleep to give zmq time to flush its message buffers
             # before Python truly shuts down.
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/kernelmanager.py b/IPython/zmq/kernelmanager.py
index 3794574..46e70cd 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/kernelmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/kernelmanager.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class XReqSocketChannel(ZmqSocketChannel):
         self._queue_request(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
-    def shutdown(self):
+    def shutdown(self, restart=False):
         """Request an immediate kernel shutdown.
 
         Upon receipt of the (empty) reply, client code can safely assume that
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class XReqSocketChannel(ZmqSocketChannel):
         """
         # Send quit message to kernel. Once we implement kernel-side setattr,
         # this should probably be done that way, but for now this will do.
-        msg = self.session.msg('shutdown_request', {})
+        msg = self.session.msg('shutdown_request', {'restart':restart})
         self._queue_request(msg)
         return msg['header']['msg_id']
 
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ class KernelManager(HasTraits):
         self.rep_address = (LOCALHOST, req)
         self.hb_address = (LOCALHOST, hb)
 
-    def shutdown_kernel(self):
+    def shutdown_kernel(self, restart=False):
         """ Attempts to the stop the kernel process cleanly. If the kernel
         cannot be stopped, it is killed, if possible.
         """
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ class KernelManager(HasTraits):
         # Don't send any additional kernel kill messages immediately, to give
         # the kernel a chance to properly execute shutdown actions. Wait for at
         # most 1s, checking every 0.1s.
-        self.xreq_channel.shutdown()
+        self.xreq_channel.shutdown(restart=restart)
         for i in range(10):
             if self.is_alive:
                 time.sleep(0.1)
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ class KernelManager(HasTraits):
                 if now:
                     self.kill_kernel()
                 else:
-                    self.shutdown_kernel()
+                    self.shutdown_kernel(restart=True)
             self.start_kernel(**self._launch_args)
 
             # FIXME: Messages get dropped in Windows due to probable ZMQ bug
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/pykernel.py b/IPython/zmq/pykernel.py
index 3991a17..4938a2a 100755
--- a/IPython/zmq/pykernel.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/pykernel.py
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ class Kernel(HasTraits):
         content = dict(parent['content'])
         msg = self.session.send(self.reply_socket, 'shutdown_reply',
                                 content, parent, ident)
+        msg = self.session.send(self.pub_socket, 'shutdown_reply',
+                                content, parent, ident)
         print >> sys.__stdout__, msg
         time.sleep(0.1)
         sys.exit(0)