diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/Pool.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/Pool.java
index 659c731..106f9d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/Pool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/Pool.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package redis.clients.util;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
+
 import org.apache.commons.pool2.PooledObjectFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool;
 import org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPoolConfig;
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPoolConfig;
 import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisConnectionException;
 import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisException;
 
-public abstract class Pool<T> {
+public abstract class Pool<T> implements Closeable {
     protected GenericObjectPool<T> internalPool;
 
     /**
@@ -17,6 +19,15 @@ public abstract class Pool<T> {
     public Pool() {
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+	closeInternalPool();
+    }
+
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+	return this.internalPool.isClosed();
+    }
+
     public Pool(final GenericObjectPoolConfig poolConfig,
 	    PooledObjectFactory<T> factory) {
 	initPool(poolConfig, factory);
diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/ConnectionCloseTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/ConnectionCloseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5717641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/ConnectionCloseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package redis.clients.jedis.tests;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import redis.clients.jedis.Connection;
+import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisConnectionException;
+
+public class ConnectionCloseTest extends Assert {
+
+	private Connection client;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+	    client = new Connection();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+	    client.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = JedisConnectionException.class)
+	public void checkUnkownHost() {
+	    client.setHost("someunknownhost");
+	    client.connect();
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = JedisConnectionException.class)
+	public void checkWrongPort() {
+	    client.setHost("localhost");
+	    client.setPort(55665);
+	    client.connect();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void connectIfNotConnectedWhenSettingTimeoutInfinite() {
+	    client.setHost("localhost");
+	    client.setPort(6379);
+	    client.setTimeoutInfinite();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisPoolTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisPoolTest.java
index 9904c1e..cadb208 100644
--- a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisPoolTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisPoolTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	assertEquals("bar", jedis.get("foo"));
 	pool.returnResource(jedis);
 	pool.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkCloseableConnections() throws Exception {
+	JedisPool pool = new JedisPool(new JedisPoolConfig(), hnp.getHost(),
+		     hnp.getPort(), 2000);
+	Jedis jedis = pool.getResource();
+	jedis.auth("foobared");
+	jedis.set("foo", "bar");
+	assertEquals("bar", jedis.get("foo"));
+	pool.returnResource(jedis);
+	pool.close();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -39,6 +53,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	assertEquals("bar", jedis.get("foo"));
 	pool.returnResource(jedis);
 	pool.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -56,6 +71,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	jedis.incr("foo");
 	pool.returnResource(jedis);
 	pool.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -72,6 +88,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	jedis.incr("foo");
 	pool.returnResource(jedis);
 	pool.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test(expected = JedisConnectionException.class)
@@ -99,6 +116,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	jedis.set("foo", "bar");
 	pool.returnResource(jedis);
 	pool.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -110,6 +128,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	assertEquals("bar", jedis0.get("foo"));
 	pool0.returnResource(jedis0);
 	pool0.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool0.isClosed());
 
 	JedisPool pool1 = new JedisPool(new JedisPoolConfig(), hnp.getHost(),
 		hnp.getPort(), 2000, "foobared", 1);
@@ -117,6 +136,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	assertNull(jedis1.get("foo"));
 	pool1.returnResource(jedis1);
 	pool1.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool1.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -163,6 +183,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 
 	pool.returnResource(jedis1);
 	pool.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -176,6 +197,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 
 	pool0.returnResource(jedis);
 	pool0.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool0.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -204,6 +226,7 @@ public class JedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	}
 
 	pool.destroy();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisSentinelPoolTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisSentinelPoolTest.java
index 5a43b3f..0308d0a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisSentinelPoolTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisSentinelPoolTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,21 @@ public class JedisSentinelPoolTest extends JedisTestBase {
 	sentinelJedis1 = new Jedis(sentinel1.getHost(), sentinel1.getPort());
 	sentinelJedis2 = new Jedis(sentinel2.getHost(), sentinel2.getPort());
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void checkCloseableConnections() throws Exception {
+	GenericObjectPoolConfig config = new GenericObjectPoolConfig();
+
+	JedisSentinelPool pool = new JedisSentinelPool(
+		MASTER_NAME, sentinels, config, 1000, "foobared", 2);
+	Jedis jedis = pool.getResource();
+	jedis.auth("foobared");
+	jedis.set("foo", "bar");
+	assertEquals("bar", jedis.get("foo"));
+	pool.returnResource(jedis);
+	pool.close();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void ensureSafeTwiceFailover() throws InterruptedException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/ShardedJedisPoolTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/ShardedJedisPoolTest.java
index b1350e9..4b2da9c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/ShardedJedisPoolTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/ShardedJedisPoolTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ public class ShardedJedisPoolTest extends Assert {
 	pool.destroy();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void checkCloseableConnections() throws Exception {
+	ShardedJedisPool pool = new ShardedJedisPool(
+		new GenericObjectPoolConfig(), shards);
+	ShardedJedis jedis = pool.getResource();
+	jedis.set("foo", "bar");
+	assertEquals("bar", jedis.get("foo"));
+	pool.returnResource(jedis);
+	pool.close();
+	assertTrue(pool.isClosed());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void checkConnectionWithDefaultPort() {
 	ShardedJedisPool pool = new ShardedJedisPool(