diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/StatelessSession.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/StatelessSession.java
index b6129c35ca80..a7b39f64fc10 100755
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/StatelessSession.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/StatelessSession.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public interface StatelessSession extends SharedSessionContract {
+public interface StatelessSession extends SharedSessionContract, java.io.Closeable {
 	/**
 	 * Close the stateless session and release the JDBC connection.
 	 */
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/HibernateIterator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/HibernateIterator.java
index 7411162d6d21..27afa0492b9c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/HibernateIterator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/HibernateIterator.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public interface HibernateIterator extends Iterator {
+public interface HibernateIterator extends Iterator, java.io.Closeable {
 	/**
 	 * Close the Hibernate query result iterator
 	 *