diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
index 2380f7a2c2..a8c283ab64 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/KeyProvider.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Public
 @InterfaceStability.Unstable
-public abstract class KeyProvider {
+public abstract class KeyProvider implements Closeable {
   public static final String DEFAULT_CIPHER_NAME =
       CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.HADOOP_SECURITY_KEY_DEFAULT_CIPHER_KEY;
   public static final String DEFAULT_CIPHER =