diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.markdown b/doc/api/dgram.markdown
index 09bacaf098c117..ce205c0f5c6fae 100644
--- a/doc/api/dgram.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/dgram.markdown
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ are created.
 
 ### Event: 'close'
 
-Emitted when a socket is closed with `close()`.  No new `message` events will be emitted
+Emitted after a socket is closed with `close()`.  No new `message` events will be emitted
 on this socket.
 
 ### Event: 'error'
@@ -228,9 +228,10 @@ shown below.
     });
 
 
-### socket.close()
+### socket.close([callback])
 
-Close the underlying socket and stop listening for data on it.
+Close the underlying socket and stop listening for data on it. If a callback is
+provided, it is added as a listener for the ['close'](#dgram_event_close) event.
 
 ### socket.address()
 
diff --git a/doc/api/tls.markdown b/doc/api/tls.markdown
index c03845e8721d5c..d63a6eba013e96 100644
--- a/doc/api/tls.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/tls.markdown
@@ -602,11 +602,11 @@ when the server has been bound.
 See `net.Server` for more information.
 
 
-### server.close()
+### server.close([callback])
 
 Stops the server from accepting new connections. This function is
 asynchronous, the server is finally closed when the server emits a `'close'`
-event.
+event.  Optionally, you can pass a callback to listen for the `'close'` event.
 
 ### server.address()
 
diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index ac7a054a4c4681..255b9fb5941372 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -352,12 +352,17 @@ function afterSend(err) {
 }
 
 
-Socket.prototype.close = function() {
+Socket.prototype.close = function(callback) {
+  if (callback)
+    this.on('close', callback);
   this._healthCheck();
   this._stopReceiving();
   this._handle.close();
   this._handle = null;
-  this.emit('close');
+  var self = this;
+  process.nextTick(function() {
+    self.emit('close');
+  });
 
   return this;
 };
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js
index 1eed54c91f4106..6ac19339e4dd42 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js
@@ -31,8 +31,16 @@ buf.fill(42);
 
 var socket = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 var handle = socket._handle;
+var closeEvents = 0;
+var closeCallbacks = 0;
 socket.send(buf, 0, buf.length, common.PORT, 'localhost');
-assert.strictEqual(socket.close(), socket);
+assert.strictEqual(socket.close(function() {
+  ++closeCallbacks;
+}), socket);
+socket.on('close', function() {
+  assert.equal(closeCallbacks, 1);
+  ++closeEvents;
+});
 socket = null;
 
 // Verify that accessing handle after closure doesn't throw
@@ -41,3 +49,8 @@ setImmediate(function() {
     console.log('Handle fd is: ', handle.fd);
   });
 });
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.equal(closeEvents, 1);
+  assert.equal(closeCallbacks, 1);
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-connect-simple.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-connect-simple.js
index e896dd9e22a51f..55e15221b1b0c9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-connect-simple.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-connect-simple.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 
 var clientConnected = 0;
 var serverConnected = 0;
+var serverCloseCallbacks = 0;
+var serverCloseEvents = 0;
 
 var options = {
   key: fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent1-key.pem'),
@@ -34,7 +36,12 @@ var options = {
 
 var server = tls.Server(options, function(socket) {
   if (++serverConnected === 2) {
-    server.close();
+    server.close(function() {
+      ++serverCloseCallbacks;
+    });
+    server.on('close', function() {
+      ++serverCloseEvents;
+    });
   }
 });
 
@@ -60,4 +67,6 @@ server.listen(common.PORT, function() {
 process.on('exit', function() {
   assert.equal(clientConnected, 2);
   assert.equal(serverConnected, 2);
+  assert.equal(serverCloseCallbacks, 1);
+  assert.equal(serverCloseEvents, 1);
 });