diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index ac5086f..60f3f31 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export RUNNER_NIX_STORE_URL=${RUNNER_NIX_STORE_URL:-auto}
 export RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE=${RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE:-.runner}
 export RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE_APPEND_HOSTNAME=${RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE_APPEND_HOSTNAME:-true}
 export RUNNER_SHARED_NIX_STORE_MOUNT_PATH=${RUNNER_SHARED_NIX_STORE_MOUNT_PATH:-}
+export RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH=${RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH:-/var/action-runner-canary}
 export RUNNER_USERNAME=${RUNNER_USERNAME:-}
 export RUNNER_WORKDIR=${RUNNER_WORKDIR:-/tmp}
 export SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET=${SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET:-}
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ echo "RUNNER_NIX_STORE_URL=\"${RUNNER_NIX_STORE_URL}"\"
 echo "RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE=\"${RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE}"\"
 echo "RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE_APPEND_HOSTNAME=\"${RUNNER_RUNNER_FILE_APPEND_HOSTNAME}"\"
 echo "RUNNER_SHARED_NIX_STORE_MOUNT_PATH=\"${RUNNER_SHARED_NIX_STORE_MOUNT_PATH}"\"
+echo "RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH=\"${RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH}"\"
 echo "RUNNER_USERNAME=\"${RUNNER_USERNAME}"\"
 echo "RUNNER_WORKDIR=\"${RUNNER_WORKDIR}"\"
 echo "SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET=\"${SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET}"\"
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ RUNNER_NIX_STORE_URL="$RUNNER_NIX_STORE_URL"
 SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET="$SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET"
 SCCACHE_GCS_RW_MODE="$SCCACHE_GCS_RW_MODE"
 TWINE_NON_INTERACTIVE="$TWINE_NON_INTERACTIVE"
+RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH="$RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH"
 EOF
 
 CURRENT_CONFIG_HASH=$(cat "$CONFIG_HASH_FILE" | sha256sum)
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ NIX_S3_CACHE_LOCATION=$NIX_S3_CACHE_LOCATION
 SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET=$SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET
 SCCACHE_GCS_KEY_PATH=$SCCACHE_GCS_KEY_PATH
 SCCACHE_GCS_RW_MODE=$SCCACHE_GCS_RW_MODE
+RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH=$RUNNER_SHUTDOWN_CANARY_PATH
 EOF
 else
   echo "== \$GITHUB_ENV is not set. not running as an action. =="