diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index 2d3ad6d6..94243f29 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 ## Release 0.3.8 (NOT RELEASED YET)
 
+
+ * [Fixed Issue 298][issue-298]
+   
+   Added Closeable support to JenkinsServer and JenkinsHttpClient so that
+   underlying resources can be cleaned up when instances no longer required
+
+
  * [JENKINS-46472](https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-46472)
 
    Added ability to modify offline cause for offline computers.
diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServer.java b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServer.java
index 0a6f79a4..6f707824 100644
--- a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServer.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServer.java
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.model.QueueItem;
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.model.QueueReference;
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.model.View;
+import java.io.Closeable;
 
 /**
  * The main starting point for interacting with a Jenkins server.
  */
-public class JenkinsServer {
+public class JenkinsServer implements Closeable {
     private final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
     private final JenkinsHttpClient client;
@@ -882,6 +883,18 @@ public void renameJob(FolderJob folder, String oldJobName, String newJobName, Bo
             + "/doRename?newName=" + EncodingUtils.encodeParam(newJobName),
                crumbFlag);
     }
+    
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Closes underlying resources.
+     * Closed instances should no longer be used
+     * Closing an already closed instance has no side effects
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        client.close();
+    }
 
 
 }
diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
index 37414993..ce7428c8 100755
--- a/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/main/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClient.java
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@
 import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES;
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.client.util.ResponseUtils;
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.client.util.UrlUtils;
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isNotBlank;
 
 //import com.offbytwo.jenkins.client.util.HttpResponseContentExtractor;
 
-public class JenkinsHttpClient {
+public class JenkinsHttpClient implements Closeable {
     private final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
     private URI uri;
@@ -498,7 +499,27 @@ public boolean isJenkinsVersionSet() {
         return !EMPTY_VERSION.equals( this.jenkinsVersion );
     }
     
+    
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Closes underlying resources.
+     * Any I/O errors whilst closing are logged with debug log level
+     * Closed instances should no longer be used
+     * Closing an already closed instance has no side effects
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        try {
+            client.close();
+        } catch (final IOException ex) {
+            LOGGER.debug("I/O exception closing client", ex);
+        }        
+    }
+    
 
+    
+    
     private void releaseConnection(HttpRequestBase httpRequestBase) {
         httpRequestBase.releaseConnection();
     }
@@ -524,4 +545,6 @@ protected HttpContext getLocalContext() {
     protected void setLocalContext(HttpContext localContext) {
         this.localContext = localContext;
     }
+
+    
 }
diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServerTest.java b/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServerTest.java
index 444d6d3b..e9853b30 100644
--- a/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServerTest.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/JenkinsServerTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.model.JobWithDetails;
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.model.MainView;
 import com.offbytwo.jenkins.model.View;
+import java.net.URI;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
@@ -328,6 +329,20 @@ public void getVersionShouldNotFailWithNPE()
         
     }
     
+    
+    @Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
+    public void testClose() throws Exception {
+        final String uri = "http://localhost/jenkins";
+        JenkinsServer srv = new JenkinsServer(new URI(uri));
+        srv.close();
+        srv.close(); //check multiple calls yield no errors
+        srv.getComputers();
+    }
+    
+    
+  
+    
+    
     private void shouldGetFolderJobs(String... jobNames) throws IOException {
         // given
         String path = "http://localhost/jobs/someFolder/";
diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClientTest.java b/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClientTest.java
index a55e0560..b4a121d6 100644
--- a/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/client/JenkinsHttpClientTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ public void testGet_String() throws Exception {
         final String s = jclient.get("job/someJob");
         assertEquals("someJson", s);
     }
+    
+    
+    
+    @Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
+    public void testClose() throws Exception {
+        final JenkinsHttpClient jclient = new JenkinsHttpClient(new URI(URI));
+        jclient.close();
+        jclient.close(); //check multiple calls yield no errors
+        jclient.get("job/someJob");       
+    }
 
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/integration/JenkinsServerIT.java b/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/integration/JenkinsServerIT.java
index 59100302..d7f19a10 100644
--- a/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/integration/JenkinsServerIT.java
+++ b/jenkins-client/src/test/java/com/offbytwo/jenkins/integration/JenkinsServerIT.java
@@ -183,4 +183,26 @@ public void testUpdateJob() throws Exception {
         String confirmXml = server.getJobXml(JENKINS_TEST_JOB);
         assertTrue(confirmXml.contains(description));
     }
+    
+    
+    @Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
+    public void testClose_ReuseAfterClosed() throws Exception {
+        final FreeStyleProject proj = jenkinsRule.getInstance().createProject(
+                FreeStyleProject.class, JENKINS_TEST_JOB);
+        final Map<String, Job> jobs = server.getJobs();
+        assertNotNull(jobs.get(proj.getName()));
+        server.close();
+        server.getJobs();        
+    }
+    
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testClose_CloseMultipleTimes() throws Exception {
+        final FreeStyleProject proj = jenkinsRule.getInstance().createProject(
+                FreeStyleProject.class, JENKINS_TEST_JOB);
+        final Map<String, Job> jobs = server.getJobs();
+        assertNotNull(jobs.get(proj.getName()));
+        server.close();
+        server.close();
+    }
 }