diff --git a/src/vpp-api/vapi/vapi.c b/src/vpp-api/vapi/vapi.c
index 3bf56cf..7700eb0 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/vapi/vapi.c
+++ b/src/vpp-api/vapi/vapi.c
@@ -1420,6 +1420,16 @@
   return __vapi_metadata.msgs[id]->name;
 }
 
+void
+vapi_stop_rx_thread (vapi_ctx_t ctx)
+{
+  if (!ctx || !ctx->connected || !ctx->vl_input_queue)
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+
+  vl_client_stop_rx_thread (ctx->vl_input_queue);
+}
 /*
  * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
  *