diff --git a/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp b/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp
index c3aec66e..8aa40605 100644
--- a/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp
@@ -4568,8 +4568,8 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		}
 	}
 
-	bool BootEncryption::RestartComputer (void)
+	bool BootEncryption::RestartComputer (BOOL bShutdown)
 	{
-		return (::RestartComputer() != FALSE);
+		return (::RestartComputer(bShutdown) != FALSE);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Common/BootEncryption.h b/src/Common/BootEncryption.h
index 06da2bba..4bf31fec 100644
--- a/src/Common/BootEncryption.h
+++ b/src/Common/BootEncryption.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		void RegisterSystemFavoritesService (BOOL registerService, BOOL noFileHandling);
 		void UpdateSystemFavoritesService ();
 		void RenameDeprecatedSystemLoaderBackup ();
-		bool RestartComputer (void);
+		bool RestartComputer (BOOL bShutdown = FALSE);
 		void InitialSecurityChecksForHiddenOS ();
 		void RestrictPagingFilesToSystemPartition ();
 		void SetDriverConfigurationFlag (uint32 flag, bool state);
diff --git a/src/Common/Dlgcode.c b/src/Common/Dlgcode.c
index c2e15390..810b6e8a 100644
--- a/src/Common/Dlgcode.c
+++ b/src/Common/Dlgcode.c
@@ -10017,7 +10017,7 @@ BOOL EnableWow64FsRedirection (BOOL enable)
 }
 
 
-BOOL RestartComputer (void)
+BOOL RestartComputer (BOOL bShutdown)
 {
 	TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tokenPrivil;
 	HANDLE hTkn;
@@ -10038,7 +10038,7 @@ BOOL RestartComputer (void)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!ExitWindowsEx (EWX_REBOOT,
+	if (!ExitWindowsEx (bShutdown? EWX_POWEROFF: EWX_REBOOT,
 		SHTDN_REASON_MAJOR_OTHER | SHTDN_REASON_MINOR_OTHER | SHTDN_REASON_FLAG_PLANNED))
 	{
 		CloseHandle(hTkn);
diff --git a/src/Common/Dlgcode.h b/src/Common/Dlgcode.h
index 9ae9d5b2..a950ae22 100644
--- a/src/Common/Dlgcode.h
+++ b/src/Common/Dlgcode.h
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ BOOL Is64BitOs ();
 BOOL IsServerOS ();
 BOOL IsHiddenOSRunning (void);
 BOOL EnableWow64FsRedirection (BOOL enable);
-BOOL RestartComputer (void);
+BOOL RestartComputer (BOOL bShutdown);
 void Applink (char *dest, BOOL bSendOS, char *extraOutput);
 wchar_t *RelativePath2Absolute (wchar_t *szFileName);
 void HandleDriveNotReadyError (HWND hwnd);
diff --git a/src/Format/Tcformat.c b/src/Format/Tcformat.c
index 66ec3ac3..d83d9f49 100644
--- a/src/Format/Tcformat.c
+++ b/src/Format/Tcformat.c
@@ -8157,7 +8157,7 @@ BOOL CALLBACK MainDialogProc (HWND hwndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPa
 
 				try
 				{
-					BootEncObj->RestartComputer ();
+					BootEncObj->RestartComputer (bSystemIsGPT);
 				}
 				catch (Exception &e)
 				{
@@ -10112,7 +10112,7 @@ static void AfterWMInitTasks (HWND hwndDlg)
 
 							try
 							{
-								BootEncObj->RestartComputer ();
+								BootEncObj->RestartComputer (bSystemIsGPT);
 							}
 							catch (Exception &e)
 							{