diff --git a/Zip/Zip.swift b/Zip/Zip.swift
index 1284835c7756fb6fa3b5f76fa6073488ce35c1f4..4ae40fecf68b50a209a68d8dfb220e14d96f24ae 100644
--- a/Zip/Zip.swift
+++ b/Zip/Zip.swift
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public class Zip {
         
         // Begin unzipping
         let zip = unzOpen64(path)
+        defer {
+            unzClose(zip)
+        }
         if unzGoToFirstFile(zip) != UNZ_OK {
             throw ZipError.UnzipFail
         }