diff --git a/realtime/connection.py b/realtime/connection.py
index 5ee9e8b..b87c014 100644
--- a/realtime/connection.py
+++ b/realtime/connection.py
@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ async def _connect(self) -> None:
         else:
             raise Exception("Connection Failed")
 
+    @ensure_connection
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Wrapper for async def _close() to expose a non-async interface
+        """
+        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        loop.run_until_complete(self._close())
+        self.connected = False
+
+    async def _close(self) -> None:
+        await self.ws_connection.close()
+
     async def _keep_alive(self) -> None:
         """
         Sending heartbeat to server every 5 seconds
diff --git a/tests/tests_close.py b/tests/tests_close.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6f6002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests_close.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+
+from realtime.connection import Socket
+
+
+def callback(payload):
+    print("Callback:\t", payload)
+
+
+def test():
+    SUPABASE_ID = os.environ.get("SUPABASE_TEST_URL")
+    API_KEY = os.environ.get("SUPABASE_TEST_KEY")
+
+    URL = f"wss://{SUPABASE_ID}.supabase.co/realtime/v1/websocket?apikey={API_KEY}&vsn=1.0.0"
+
+    s = Socket(URL)
+    s.connect()
+
+    channel_1 = s.set_channel("realtime:public:sample")
+    channel_1.join().on("INSERT", callback)
+
+    s.close()
+    assert s.ws_connection.closed, "Connection was not closed as expected."
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test()