diff --git a/cookbook/graceful-multi/server.go b/cookbook/graceful-multi/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9ceb9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/graceful-multi/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os/signal"
+	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
+	"github.com/labstack/gommon/log"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+)
+
+// TaskFunc is a errorgroup.Go compatible function signature
+type TaskFunc func() error
+
+func main() {
+	// create a context that automatically cancels thenever one of the
+	// configured os signals is received
+	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGKILL)
+	defer stop()
+
+	// HTTP servers
+	e1 := NewHTTPServer()
+	e2 := NewHTTPServer()
+
+	// an errorgroup runs multiple goroutines, and allows all goroutines to be
+	// stopped whenever one of the goroutines fails/errors
+	group, gctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	group.Go(NewStartServerTask(e1, ":8888"))
+	group.Go(NewStartServerTask(e2, ":8889"))
+	group.Go(NewWatchDogTask(gctx, stop, e1, e2, 10*time.Second))
+
+	// simply wait for all tasks in the group to be done
+	if err := group.Wait(); err != nil && err != context.Canceled && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+		fmt.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println("exit.")
+}
+
+// NewHTTPServer returns a dummy echo instance
+func NewHTTPServer() *echo.Echo {
+	e := echo.New()
+	e.HideBanner = true
+	e.Logger.SetLevel(log.INFO)
+	e.GET("/", func(c echo.Context) error {
+		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+		return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, "OK")
+	})
+	// please note we can't use Logger.Fatal, because echo has implemented that
+	// with an os.Exit(1), which prevents any graceful handling from code
+	e.GET("/panic", func(c echo.Context) error {
+		e.Logger.Error("something went horribly wrong..")
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		return e.Shutdown(ctx)
+	})
+	return e
+}
+
+// NewStartServerTask returns a TaskFunc that starts/runs a HTTP server
+func NewStartServerTask(e *echo.Echo, listenAddr string) TaskFunc {
+	return func() error {
+		return e.Start(listenAddr)
+	}
+}
+
+// NewWatchDogTask returns the watchdog task that is responsible for doing
+// a graceful shutdown of the HTTP servers when an os interrupt is received
+func NewWatchDogTask(ctx context.Context, stop context.CancelFunc, e1, e2 *echo.Echo, timeout time.Duration) TaskFunc {
+	return func() error {
+		// waitgroup for parallellising shutdown of multiple servers
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+		// wait for context cancellation (== os interrupt, e.g. ctrl-C)
+		<-ctx.Done()
+		stop()
+		fmt.Println("signal received: shutting down servers")
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go TryGracefulShutdown(&wg, e1, timeout)
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go TryGracefulShutdown(&wg, e2, timeout)
+
+		// wait for shutdown routines to finish
+		wg.Wait()
+		fmt.Println("shutdown complete")
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// TryGracefulShutdown tries to shutdown a server, giving it a maximum timeout
+// for finishing the shutdown. Any shutdown errors are logged.
+func TryGracefulShutdown(wg *sync.WaitGroup, e *echo.Echo, timeout time.Duration) {
+	// decrement waitgroup to signal this gorouting has finished when we return
+	defer wg.Done()
+
+	// set context with a timeout to use for graceful shutdown
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// try graceful shutdown
+	e.Logger.Warn("received shutdown signal")
+	if err := e.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error shutting down server: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1d1259ba..0e6a719e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49ad9222..69095ae6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 h1:aCL9BSgETF1k+blQaYUBx9hJ9LOGP3gAVemcZlf1Kpo=
 golang.org/x/net v0.20.0/go.mod h1:z8BVo6PvndSri0LbOE3hAn0apkU+1YvI6E70E9jsnvY=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/website/docs/cookbook/graceful-multi.md b/website/docs/cookbook/graceful-multi.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..098fec60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/docs/cookbook/graceful-multi.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+description: Graceful shutdown for multiple instances recipe
+---
+
+# Multi-instance
+
+This example will start two echo instances that can not only be shutdown gracefully
+using ctrl-C, but also automatically tries a graceful shutdown of the other servers
+when one (or more) instance(s) shutdown/fail.
+
+This allows for e.g. running seperate echo instances for e.g. a private and public
+api on different ports in a single binary.
+
+Using [signal.NotifyContext()](https://pkg.go.dev/os/signal#NotifyContext)
+and [errgroup](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup)
+
+## Recipe
+
+```go reference
+https://github.com/labstack/echox/blob/master/cookbook/graceful-multi/server.go
+```
+
+:::note
+
+Requires go1.16+
+
+:::