diff --git a/io/iob_addfile_close.c b/io/iob_addfile_close.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9df76da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/io/iob_addfile_close.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "iob_internal.h"
+
+int iob_addfile_close(io_batch* b,int64 fd,uint64 off,uint64 n) {
+  iob_entry* e=array_allocate(&b->b,sizeof(iob_entry),
+			     array_length(&b->b,sizeof(iob_entry)));
+  if (!e) return 0;
+  e->type=FROMFILE_CLOSE;
+  e->fd=fd;
+  e->buf=0;
+  e->n=n;
+  e->offset=off;
+  b->bytesleft+=n;
+  ++b->files;
+  return 1;
+}
diff --git a/io/iob_prefetch.c b/io/iob_prefetch.c
index b16db6f..53ac735 100644
--- a/io/iob_prefetch.c
+++ b/io/iob_prefetch.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void iob_prefetch(io_batch* b,uint64 bytes) {
   e=(iob_entry*)array_start(&b->b);
   if (!e) return;
   for (; e<last; ++e) {
-    if (e->type==FROMFILE) {
+    if (e->type==FROMFILE || e->type==FROMFILE_CLOSE) {
       char* c,* d;
       uint64 before=bytes;
       if (e->n<bytes) bytes=e->n;
diff --git a/io/iob_reset.c b/io/iob_reset.c
index 00a722d..2f99424 100644
--- a/io/iob_reset.c
+++ b/io/iob_reset.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ void iob_reset(io_batch* b) {
   for (i=0; i<l; ++i) {
     if (x[i].type==FROMBUF_FREE)
       free((char*)x[i].buf);
+    if (x[i].type==FROMFILE_CLOSE)
+      io_close(x[i].fd);
   }
   array_reset(&b->b);
   byte_zero(b,sizeof(*b));
diff --git a/io/iob_send.c b/io/iob_send.c
index 74cd5af..855ca20 100644
--- a/io/iob_send.c
+++ b/io/iob_send.c
@@ -36,18 +36,18 @@ int64 iob_send(int64 s,io_batch* b) {
     headers=trailers=0;
 #endif
     for (i=0; e+i<last; ++i) {
-      if (e[i].type==FROMFILE) break;
+      if (e[i].type==FROMFILE || e[i].type==FROMFILE_CLOSE) break;
       v[i].iov_base=(char*)(e[i].buf+e[i].offset);
       v[i].iov_len=e[i].n;
     }
     headers=i;
 #ifdef HAVE_BSDSENDFILE
-    if (e[i].type==FROMFILE) {
+    if (e[i].type==FROMFILE || e[i].type==FROMFILE_CLOSE) {
       off_t sbytes;
       struct sf_hdtr hdr;
       int r;
       for (++i; e+i<last; ++i) {
-	if (e[i].type==FROMFILE) break;
+	if (e[i].type==FROMFILE || e[i].type==FROMFILE_CLOSE) break;
 	v[i-1].iov_base=(char*)(e[i].buf+e[i].offset);
 	v[i-1].iov_len=e[i].n;
 	++trailers;
diff --git a/iob.h b/iob.h
index 0a46fa6..61e284e 100644
--- a/iob.h
+++ b/iob.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int iob_addbuf_free(io_batch* b,const void* buf,uint64 n);
 int iob_adds(io_batch* b,const char* s);
 int iob_adds_free(io_batch* b,const char* s);
 int iob_addfile(io_batch* b,int64 fd,uint64 off,uint64 n);
+int iob_addfile_close(io_batch* b,int64 fd,uint64 off,uint64 n);
 int64 iob_send(int64 s,io_batch* b);
 void iob_reset(io_batch* b);
 void iob_prefetch(io_batch* b,uint64 bytes);
diff --git a/iob_internal.h b/iob_internal.h
index 3174c8b..d14b879 100644
--- a/iob_internal.h
+++ b/iob_internal.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "array.h"
 
 typedef struct iob_entry {
-  enum { FROMBUF, FROMBUF_FREE, FROMFILE } type;
+  enum { FROMBUF, FROMBUF_FREE, FROMFILE, FROMFILE_CLOSE } type;
   int64 fd;
   const char* buf;
   uint64 offset,n;