diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
index 0a549473a6..aef9055bc5 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Actor.scala
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ case class UnlinkAndStop(child: ActorRef) extends AutoReceivedMessage with LifeC
 
 case object PoisonPill extends AutoReceivedMessage with LifeCycleMessage
 
+case object Kill extends AutoReceivedMessage with LifeCycleMessage
+
 case object ReceiveTimeout extends LifeCycleMessage
 
 case class MaximumNumberOfRestartsWithinTimeRangeReached(
@@ -457,6 +459,7 @@ trait Actor {
     case Unlink(child)             => self.unlink(child)
     case UnlinkAndStop(child)      => self.unlink(child); child.stop
     case Restart(reason)           => throw reason
+    case Kill                      => throw new ActorKilledException("Kill")
     case PoisonPill                =>
       val f = self.senderFuture
       self.stop
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/actor/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala b/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/actor/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala
index 2967bf8821..d379f3f98c 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/actor/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/test/scala/akka/actor/actor/ActorRefSpec.scala
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import org.scalatest.matchers.MustMatchers
 import akka.testing._
 import akka.util.duration._
 import akka.testing.Testing.sleepFor
-
+import akka.config.Supervision.{OneForOneStrategy}
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.dispatch.Future
-
+import java.util.concurrent.{TimeUnit, CountDownLatch}
 
 object ActorRefSpec {
 
@@ -123,5 +123,28 @@ class ActorRefSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers {
       ref.isRunning must be (false)
       ref.isShutdown must be (true)
     }
+
+    "restart when Kill:ed" in {
+      val latch = new CountDownLatch(2)
+
+      val boss = Actor.actorOf(new Actor{
+        self.faultHandler = OneForOneStrategy(List(classOf[Throwable]), scala.Some(2), scala.Some(1000))
+
+        val ref = Actor.actorOf(
+          new Actor {
+            def receive = { case _ => }
+            override def preRestart(reason: Throwable) = latch.countDown
+            override def postRestart(reason: Throwable) = latch.countDown
+          }
+        ).start
+
+        self link ref
+
+        protected def receive = { case "sendKill" => ref ! Kill }
+      }).start
+
+      boss ! "sendKill"
+      latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) must be === true
+    }
   }
 }