diff --git a/src/windows/wslc/commands/ContainerStopCommand.cpp b/src/windows/wslc/commands/ContainerStopCommand.cpp
index f66ccfdff..b3af2c474 100644
--- a/src/windows/wslc/commands/ContainerStopCommand.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/wslc/commands/ContainerStopCommand.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace wsl::windows::wslc {
 std::vector<Argument> ContainerStopCommand::GetArguments() const
 {
     return {
-        Argument::Create(ArgType::ContainerId, std::nullopt, NO_LIMIT),
+        Argument::Create(ArgType::ContainerId, true, NO_LIMIT),
         Argument::Create(ArgType::Signal),
         Argument::Create(ArgType::Time),
     };
diff --git a/test/windows/wslc/CommandLineTestCases.h b/test/windows/wslc/CommandLineTestCases.h
index ea35e27a4..8877c2903 100644
--- a/test/windows/wslc/CommandLineTestCases.h
+++ b/test/windows/wslc/CommandLineTestCases.h
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container run ubuntu", L"run", true)
 COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container run --cidfile C:\\temp\\cidfile ubuntu", L"run", true)
 COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container run -it --name foo ubuntu", L"run", true)
 COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container run --rm -it --name foo ubuntu", L"run", true)
-COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"stop", L"stop", true)
+COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"stop", L"stop", false)           // Missing required container-id positional
+COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container stop", L"stop", false) // Missing required container-id positional
 COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container stop cont1 --signal 9", L"stop", true)
 COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container stop cont1 --signal SIGALRM", L"stop", true)
 COMMAND_LINE_TEST_CASE(L"container stop cont1 --signal sigkill", L"stop", true)