diff --git a/patches/nginx-1.4.3-cache_manager_exit.patch b/patches/nginx-1.4.3-cache_manager_exit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1f81da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/nginx-1.4.3-cache_manager_exit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Yichun Zhang <agentzh@gmail.com>
+# Date 1383598130 28800
+# Node ID f64218e1ac963337d84092536f588b8e0d99bbaa
+# Parent  dea321e5c0216efccbb23e84bbce7cf3e28f130c
+Cache: gracefully exit the cache manager process.
+
+diff -r dea321e5c021 -r f64218e1ac96 src/os/unix/ngx_process_cycle.c
+--- a/src/os/unix/ngx_process_cycle.c	Thu Oct 31 18:23:49 2013 +0400
++++ b/src/os/unix/ngx_process_cycle.c	Mon Nov 04 12:48:50 2013 -0800
+@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@
+ 
+         if (ngx_terminate || ngx_quit) {
+             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "exiting");
+-            exit(0);
++            ngx_worker_process_exit(cycle);
+         }
+ 
+         if (ngx_reopen) {
diff --git a/util/mirror-tarballs b/util/mirror-tarballs
index fc6d087..bc13508 100755
--- a/util/mirror-tarballs
+++ b/util/mirror-tarballs
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ echo "$info_txt applying the proxy_host_port_vars patch for nginx $ver"
 patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$ver-proxy_host_port_vars.patch || exit 1
 echo
 
+echo "$info_txt applying the cache_manager_exit patch for nginx $ver"
+patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$ver-cache_manager_exit.patch || exit 1
+echo
+
 rm -f *.patch || exit 1
 
 cd .. || exit 1