diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
index cc84f197a..64556acc1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.FileTreeIterator;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
 /**
@@ -187,6 +188,13 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		trash = db.getWorkTree();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+		db.close();
+		super.tearDown();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Represent the state of the index in one String. This representation is
 	 * useful when writing tests which do assertions on the state of the index.