diff --git a/signald/signald.go b/signald/signald.go
index 9f646f0..202ec46 100644
--- a/signald/signald.go
+++ b/signald/signald.go
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ func (s *Signald) connect() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+
+func (s *Signald) Close() error {
+	return s.socket.Close()
+}
+
 // Listen listens for events from signald
 func (s *Signald) Listen(c chan client_protocol.BasicResponse) {
 	for {