diff --git a/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go b/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
index e2b4a5ab..89fc88c6 100755
--- a/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package compose
 
 import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
+
 	libcomposeyaml "github.com/docker/libcompose/yaml"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
@@ -311,6 +312,10 @@ func dockerComposeToKomposeMapping(composeObject *types.Config) (kobject.Kompose
 		serviceConfig.DomainName = composeServiceConfig.DomainName
 		serviceConfig.Secrets = composeServiceConfig.Secrets
 
+		if composeServiceConfig.StopGracePeriod != nil {
+			serviceConfig.StopGracePeriod = composeServiceConfig.StopGracePeriod.String()
+		}
+
 		parseV3Network(&composeServiceConfig, &serviceConfig, composeObject)
 
 		if err := parseV3Resources(&composeServiceConfig, &serviceConfig); err != nil {
@@ -726,9 +731,6 @@ func mergeComposeObject(oldCompose *types.Config, newCompose *types.Config) (*ty
 		if service.StdinOpen != tmpOldService.StdinOpen {
 			tmpOldService.StdinOpen = service.StdinOpen
 		}
-		if service.StopGracePeriod != nil {
-			tmpOldService.StopGracePeriod = service.StopGracePeriod
-		}
 		if service.StopSignal != "" {
 			tmpOldService.StopSignal = service.StopSignal
 		}
diff --git a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json
index 912f62c5..a5066e87 100644
--- a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json
+++ b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-k8s-full-example.json
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@
           }
         ],
         "restartPolicy": "OnFailure",
+        "terminationGracePeriodSeconds": 20,
         "hostname": "foo",
         "subdomain": "foo.com"
       },
diff --git a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json
index 8d72db1b..97799228 100644
--- a/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json
+++ b/script/test/fixtures/v3/output-os-full-example.json
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@
           }
         ],
         "restartPolicy": "OnFailure",
+	"terminationGracePeriodSeconds": 20,
         "hostname": "foo",
         "subdomain": "foo.com"
       },