diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/cfgxml/internal/ConfigLoader.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/cfgxml/internal/ConfigLoader.java
index c58f0e35ed..ab094f769b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/cfgxml/internal/ConfigLoader.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/cfgxml/internal/ConfigLoader.java
@@ -52,12 +52,23 @@ public class ConfigLoader {
 		if ( stream == null ) {
 			throw new ConfigurationException( "Could not locate cfg.xml resource [" + cfgXmlResourceName + "]" );
 		}
-		final JaxbCfgHibernateConfiguration jaxbCfg = jaxbProcessorHolder.getValue().unmarshal(
-				stream,
-				new Origin( SourceType.RESOURCE, cfgXmlResourceName )
-		);
 
-		return LoadedConfig.consume( jaxbCfg );
+		try {
+			final JaxbCfgHibernateConfiguration jaxbCfg = jaxbProcessorHolder.getValue().unmarshal(
+					stream,
+					new Origin( SourceType.RESOURCE, cfgXmlResourceName )
+			);
+
+			return LoadedConfig.consume( jaxbCfg );
+		}
+		finally {
+			try {
+				stream.close();
+			}
+			catch (IOException e) {
+				log.debug( "Unable to close cfg.xml resource stream", e );
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public LoadedConfig loadConfigXmlFile(File cfgXmlFile) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/CfgXmlResourceNameClosingTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/CfgXmlResourceNameClosingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ec3c4bcfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/CfgXmlResourceNameClosingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.boot.cfgXml;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.cfgxml.internal.ConfigLoader;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.BootstrapServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.BootstrapServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.internal.ClassLoaderServiceImpl;
+import org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.ConfigurationService;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Test that makes sure the input stream inside {@link ConfigLoader#loadConfigXmlResource(java.lang.String)}
+ * gets closed.
+ *
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-10120" )
+public class CfgXmlResourceNameClosingTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+	private static class InputStreamWrapper extends InputStream {
+		private final InputStream wrapped;
+		private boolean wasClosed = false;
+
+		public InputStreamWrapper(InputStream wrapped) {
+			this.wrapped = wrapped;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int read() throws IOException {
+			return wrapped.read();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void close() throws IOException {
+			wrapped.close();
+			wasClosed = true;
+			super.close();
+		}
+
+		public boolean wasClosed() {
+			return wasClosed;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class LocalClassLoaderServiceImpl extends ClassLoaderServiceImpl {
+		final List<InputStreamWrapper> openedStreams = new ArrayList<InputStreamWrapper>();
+		boolean stopped = false;
+
+		@Override
+		public InputStream locateResourceStream(String name) {
+			InputStreamWrapper stream = new InputStreamWrapper( super.locateResourceStream( name ) );
+			openedStreams.add( stream );
+			return stream;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void stop() {
+			for ( InputStreamWrapper openedStream : openedStreams ) {
+				if ( !openedStream.wasClosed ) {
+					try {
+						openedStream.close();
+					}
+					catch (IOException ignore) {
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			openedStreams.clear();
+			stopped = true;
+			super.stop();
+		}
+	}
+
+	LocalClassLoaderServiceImpl classLoaderService = new LocalClassLoaderServiceImpl();
+
+	@Test
+	public void testStreamClosing() {
+		BootstrapServiceRegistry bsr = new BootstrapServiceRegistryBuilder()
+				.applyClassLoaderService( classLoaderService )
+				.build();
+		StandardServiceRegistry ssr = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder( bsr )
+				.configure( "org/hibernate/test/boot/cfgXml/hibernate.cfg.xml" )
+				.build();
+		try {
+			for ( InputStreamWrapper openedStream : classLoaderService.openedStreams ) {
+				assertTrue( openedStream.wasClosed );
+			}
+		}
+		finally {
+			StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.destroy( ssr );
+		}
+
+		assertTrue( classLoaderService.stopped );
+	}
+}