diff --git a/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs b/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs
index fce0567..71391e1 100755
--- a/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ namespace winsw
         {
             get
             {
-                return SingleElement("stopexecutable");
+                return SingleElement("stopexecutable", true);
             }
         }