@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdRm(args ...string) error {

 	cmd := cli.Subcmd("rm", "[OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]", "Remove one or more containers")

 	v := cmd.Bool([]string{"v", "-volumes"}, false, "Remove the volumes associated to the container")

 	link := cmd.Bool([]string{"l", "#link", "-link"}, false, "Remove the specified link and not the underlying container")

+	force := cmd.Bool([]string{"f", "-force"}, false, "Force removal of running container")

 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {

 		return nil

@@ -898,6 +899,9 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdRm(args ...string) error {

 	if *link {

 		val.Set("link", "1")

 	}

+	if *force {

+		val.Set("force", "1")

+	}

 	var encounteredError error

 	for _, name := range cmd.Args() {

@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ func deleteContainers(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.Respon

 	job := eng.Job("container_delete", vars["name"])

 	job.Setenv("removeVolume", r.Form.Get("v"))

 	job.Setenv("removeLink", r.Form.Get("link"))

+	job.Setenv("forceRemove", r.Form.Get("force"))

 	if err := job.Run(); err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ What's new

    **New!** You can now use the force parameter to force delete of an image, even if it's

    tagged in multiple repositories.

+.. http:delete:: /containers/(id)

+

+  **New!** You can now use the force paramter to force delete a container, even if

+  it is currently running

+

 v1.9

 ****

@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ Remove a container

            HTTP/1.1 204 OK

         :query v: 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Remove the volumes associated to the container. Default false

+        :query force: 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Removes the container even if it was running. Default false

         :statuscode 204: no error

         :statuscode 400: bad parameter

         :statuscode 404: no such container

@@ -971,7 +971,8 @@ The last container is marked as a ``Ghost`` container. It is a container that wa

     Usage: docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER

     Remove one or more containers

-        --link="": Remove the link instead of the actual container

+        -l, --link="": Remove the link instead of the actual container

+        -f, --force=false: Force removal of running container

 Known Issues (rm)

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

@@ -199,6 +199,68 @@ func TestCreateRmVolumes(t *testing.T) {

 	}

 }

+func TestCreateRmRunning(t *testing.T) {

+	eng := NewTestEngine(t)

+	defer mkRuntimeFromEngine(eng, t).Nuke()

+

+	config, hostConfig, _, err := runconfig.Parse([]string{"-name", "foo", unitTestImageID, "sleep 300"}, nil)

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	id := createTestContainer(eng, config, t)

+

+	job := eng.Job("containers")

+	job.SetenvBool("all", true)

+	outs, err := job.Stdout.AddListTable()

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+	if err := job.Run(); err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	if len(outs.Data) != 1 {

+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 container, %v found", len(outs.Data))

+	}

+

+	job = eng.Job("start", id)

+	if err := job.ImportEnv(hostConfig); err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+	if err := job.Run(); err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	// Test cannot remove running container

+	job = eng.Job("container_delete", id)

+	job.SetenvBool("forceRemove", false)

+	if err := job.Run(); err == nil {

+		t.Fatal("Expected container delete to fail")

+	}

+

+	// Test can force removal of running container

+	job = eng.Job("container_delete", id)

+	job.SetenvBool("forceRemove", true)

+	if err := job.Run(); err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	job = eng.Job("containers")

+	job.SetenvBool("all", true)

+	outs, err = job.Stdout.AddListTable()

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+	if err := job.Run(); err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	if len(outs.Data) != 0 {

+		t.Errorf("Expected 0 container, %v found", len(outs.Data))

+	}

+}

+

 func TestCommit(t *testing.T) {

 	eng := NewTestEngine(t)

 	defer mkRuntimeFromEngine(eng, t).Nuke()

@@ -1703,6 +1703,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerDestroy(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {

 	name := job.Args[0]

 	removeVolume := job.GetenvBool("removeVolume")

 	removeLink := job.GetenvBool("removeLink")

+	forceRemove := job.GetenvBool("forceRemove")

 	container := srv.runtime.Get(name)

@@ -1740,7 +1741,13 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerDestroy(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {

 	if container != nil {

 		if container.State.IsRunning() {

-			return job.Errorf("Impossible to remove a running container, please stop it first")

+			if forceRemove {

+				if err := container.Stop(5); err != nil {

+					return job.Errorf("Could not stop running container, cannot remove - %v", err)

+				}

+			} else {

+				return job.Errorf("Impossible to remove a running container, please stop it first or use -f")

+			}

 		}

 		if err := srv.runtime.Destroy(container); err != nil {

 			return job.Errorf("Cannot destroy container %s: %s", name, err)