diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ScrollableResults.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ScrollableResults.java
index 4cfd86010d..eeb4f152e8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ScrollableResults.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ScrollableResults.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.Type;
  *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public interface ScrollableResults {
+public interface ScrollableResults extends java.io.Closeable {
 	/**
 	 * Advance to the next result.
 	 *