diff --git a/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporter.java b/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporter.java
index 6837151..465f62d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporter.java
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ public void report(
     timeTracker.tick();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void close() {
+    super.close();
+    sender.shutdown();
+  }
+
   private <T> Stream<Metric> transform(
       Map<String, T> metrics, BiFunction<String, T, Collection<Metric>> supplier) {
     return metrics
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterTest.java
index d98c463..6605e2c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/newrelic/NewRelicReporterTest.java
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static java.util.Collections.singleton;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
-import com.codahale.metrics.newrelic.transformer.*;
+import com.codahale.metrics.newrelic.transformer.CounterTransformer;
+import com.codahale.metrics.newrelic.transformer.GaugeTransformer;
+import com.codahale.metrics.newrelic.transformer.HistogramTransformer;
+import com.codahale.metrics.newrelic.transformer.MeterTransformer;
+import com.codahale.metrics.newrelic.transformer.TimerTransformer;
 import com.codahale.metrics.newrelic.util.TimeTracker;
 import com.newrelic.telemetry.Attributes;
 import com.newrelic.telemetry.TelemetryClient;
@@ -188,4 +194,26 @@ void testStopRemovesListener() {
     verify(registry).removeListener(timerTransformer);
     verify(registry).removeListener(counterTransformer);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void testCloseCallsShutdownOnTelemetryClient() {
+    NewRelicReporter testClass =
+        new NewRelicReporter(
+            null,
+            metricRegistry,
+            null,
+            null,
+            TimeUnit.SECONDS,
+            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
+            sender,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            emptySet());
+    testClass.close();
+    verify(sender).shutdown();
+  }
 }