diff --git a/src/go/rdctl/cmd/internalProcessWaitKill.go b/src/go/rdctl/cmd/internalProcessWaitKill.go
index b581d21086f..b4a29109fc1 100644
--- a/src/go/rdctl/cmd/internalProcessWaitKill.go
+++ b/src/go/rdctl/cmd/internalProcessWaitKill.go
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/src/go/rdctl/pkg/process"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -39,6 +43,20 @@ exit, and once it does, terminates all processes within the same process group.`
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get process ID: %w", err)
 		}
+		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+			// TODO: We can't use the process group on Linux, because Electron does
+			// not always create a new one.
+			proc, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to find process for pid %d: %w", pid, err)
+			}
+			// The pid might not exist even if we did not receive an error.
+			err = proc.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
+			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrProcessDone) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to terminate process %d: %w", pid, err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
 		return process.KillProcessGroup(pid, true)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/src/go/rdctl/pkg/shutdown/shutdown.go b/src/go/rdctl/pkg/shutdown/shutdown.go
index 9c048e9255e..2e4a3f02618 100644
--- a/src/go/rdctl/pkg/shutdown/shutdown.go
+++ b/src/go/rdctl/pkg/shutdown/shutdown.go
@@ -237,17 +237,21 @@ func terminateRancherDesktopFunc(appDir string) func(context.Context) error {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		var errors *multierror.Error
 
-		errors = multierror.Append(errors, (func() error {
-			mainExe, err := p.GetMainExecutable(ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			pid, err := process.FindPidOfProcess(mainExe)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			return process.KillProcessGroup(pid, false)
-		})())
+		// TODO: We can't use the process group on Linux, because Electron does
+		// not always create a new one.
+		if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+			errors = multierror.Append(errors, (func() error {
+				mainExe, err := p.GetMainExecutable(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				pid, err := process.FindPidOfProcess(mainExe)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return process.KillProcessGroup(pid, false)
+			})())
+		}
 
 		errors = multierror.Append(errors, process.TerminateProcessInDirectory(appDir, true))