diff --git a/bin/pt-archiver b/bin/pt-archiver
index 99182d9f..c6992c41 100755
--- a/bin/pt-archiver
+++ b/bin/pt-archiver
@@ -6240,6 +6240,14 @@ sub main {
       return 0;
    }
 
+   # Remove sentinel file.
+   if ( $o->get('unstop') ) {
+      unlink $sentinel 
+         or die "Cannot unlink sentinel file ${sentinel}: $OS_ERROR\n";
+      print STDOUT "Successfully removed file $sentinel\n"
+         unless $quiet;
+   }
+
    # Generate a filename with sprintf-like formatting codes.
    if ( $archive_file ) {
       my @time = localtime();
@@ -8347,7 +8355,7 @@ Stop running instances by creating the sentinel file.
 
 Causes pt-archiver to create the sentinel file specified by L<"--sentinel"> and
 exit.  This should have the effect of stopping all running instances which are
-watching the same sentinel file.
+watching the same sentinel file. See also L<"--unstop">.
 
 =item --txn-size
 
@@ -8374,6 +8382,13 @@ autocommit, dropped performance to 38 seconds per thousand rows.
 If you are not archiving from or to a transactional storage engine, you may
 want to disable transactions so pt-archiver doesn't try to commit.
 
+=item --unstop
+
+Remove sentinel file
+
+Causes pt-archiver to remove the sentinel file specified by L<"--sentinel"> and
+continue. See also L<"--stop">.
+
 =item --user
 
 short form: -u; type: string
diff --git a/t/pt-archiver/standard_options.t b/t/pt-archiver/standard_options.t
index 38055ca5..0d941414 100644
--- a/t/pt-archiver/standard_options.t
+++ b/t/pt-archiver/standard_options.t
@@ -84,7 +84,26 @@ like(
    'Created the sentinel OK'
 );
 
-diag(`rm -f $sentinel`);
+# Test --unstop, which removes the sentinel
+$output = output(
+   sub { pt_archiver::main("--source", "D=test,t=table_1,F=$cnf",
+      qw(--where 1=1 --why-quit --purge),
+      "--sentinel", $sentinel, "--unstop")
+   },
+);
+
+like(
+   $output,
+   qr/Successfully removed file $sentinel/,
+   'Removed the sentinel OK'
+) or diag($output);
+
+$output = `/tmp/12345/use -N -e "select count(*) from test.table_1"`;
+is(
+   $output + 0,
+   0,
+   'Rows were deleted'
+) or diag($output);
 
 # #############################################################################
 # Issue 391: Add --pid option to mk-table-sync