diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index b180f7d56fa87..808cb6fd19fe0 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -18637,6 +18637,7 @@ package android.service.textservice {
     method public android.os.Bundle getBundle();
     method public java.lang.String getLocale();
     method public void onCancel();
+    method public void onClose();
     method public abstract void onCreate();
     method public abstract android.view.textservice.SuggestionsInfo onGetSuggestions(android.view.textservice.TextInfo, int);
     method public android.view.textservice.SuggestionsInfo[] onGetSuggestionsMultiple(android.view.textservice.TextInfo[], int, boolean);
diff --git a/core/java/android/service/textservice/SpellCheckerService.java b/core/java/android/service/textservice/SpellCheckerService.java
index 2ecf307bad826..28251a6245c90 100644
--- a/core/java/android/service/textservice/SpellCheckerService.java
+++ b/core/java/android/service/textservice/SpellCheckerService.java
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ public abstract class SpellCheckerService extends Service {
          */
         public void onCancel() {}
 
+        /**
+         * Request to close this session.
+         * This function will run on the incoming IPC thread.
+         * So, this is not called on the main thread,
+         * but will be called in series on another thread.
+         */
+        public void onClose() {}
+
         /**
          * @return Locale for this session
          */
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@ public abstract class SpellCheckerService extends Service {
 
     // Preventing from exposing ISpellCheckerSession.aidl, create an internal class.
     private static class InternalISpellCheckerSession extends ISpellCheckerSession.Stub {
-        private final ISpellCheckerSessionListener mListener;
+        private ISpellCheckerSessionListener mListener;
         private final Session mSession;
         private final String mLocale;
         private final Bundle mBundle;
@@ -192,6 +200,12 @@ public abstract class SpellCheckerService extends Service {
             mSession.onCancel();
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void onClose() {
+            mSession.onClose();
+            mListener = null;
+        }
+
         public String getLocale() {
             return mLocale;
         }
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSession.java b/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSession.java
index 5c3f08918aef9..01b114cfd9294 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSession.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/textservice/SpellCheckerSession.java
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ public class SpellCheckerSession {
     public void close() {
         mIsUsed = false;
         try {
+            mSpellCheckerSessionListenerImpl.close();
             mTextServicesManager.finishSpellCheckerService(mSpellCheckerSessionListenerImpl);
         } catch (RemoteException e) {
             // do nothing
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ public class SpellCheckerSession {
     private static class SpellCheckerSessionListenerImpl extends ISpellCheckerSessionListener.Stub {
         private static final int TASK_CANCEL = 1;
         private static final int TASK_GET_SUGGESTIONS_MULTIPLE = 2;
+        private static final int TASK_CLOSE = 3;
         private final Queue<SpellCheckerParams> mPendingTasks =
                 new LinkedList<SpellCheckerParams>();
         private final Handler mHandler;
@@ -224,6 +226,9 @@ public class SpellCheckerSession {
                 case TASK_GET_SUGGESTIONS_MULTIPLE:
                     processGetSuggestionsMultiple(scp);
                     break;
+                case TASK_CLOSE:
+                    processClose();
+                    break;
             }
         }
 
@@ -247,6 +252,13 @@ public class SpellCheckerSession {
                             suggestionsLimit, sequentialWords));
         }
 
+        public void close() {
+            if (DBG) {
+                Log.w(TAG, "close");
+            }
+            processOrEnqueueTask(new SpellCheckerParams(TASK_CLOSE, null, 0, false));
+        }
+
         public boolean isDisconnected() {
             return mOpened && mISpellCheckerSession == null;
         }
@@ -284,6 +296,21 @@ public class SpellCheckerSession {
             }
         }
 
+        private void processClose() {
+            if (!checkOpenConnection()) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if (DBG) {
+                Log.w(TAG, "Close spell checker tasks.");
+            }
+            try {
+                mISpellCheckerSession.onClose();
+                mISpellCheckerSession = null;
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                Log.e(TAG, "Failed to close " + e);
+            }
+        }
+
         private void processGetSuggestionsMultiple(SpellCheckerParams scp) {
             if (!checkOpenConnection()) {
                 return;
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/textservice/ISpellCheckerSession.aidl b/core/java/com/android/internal/textservice/ISpellCheckerSession.aidl
index 5a006039d3e73..3c61968664f3d 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/textservice/ISpellCheckerSession.aidl
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/textservice/ISpellCheckerSession.aidl
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ oneway interface ISpellCheckerSession {
     void onGetSuggestionsMultiple(
             in TextInfo[] textInfos, int suggestionsLimit, boolean multipleWords);
     void onCancel();
+    void onClose();
 }