diff --git a/Sources/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementation.swift b/Sources/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementation.swift
index 26e2881e8..e7e449a6c 100644
--- a/Sources/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementation.swift
+++ b/Sources/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementation.swift
@@ -99,13 +99,11 @@ extension MessagingInAppImplementation: GistDelegate {
         logger.debug("in-app action made. \(action), \(message.describeForLogs)")
 
         // a close action does not count as a clicked action.
-        guard action != "gist://close" else {
-            return
-        }
-
-        if let deliveryId = getDeliveryId(from: message) {
-            // the state of the SDK does not change if adding this queue task isn't successful so ignore result
-            _ = queue.addTrackInAppDeliveryTask(deliveryId: deliveryId, event: .clicked)
+        if action != "gist://close" {
+            if let deliveryId = getDeliveryId(from: message) {
+                // the state of the SDK does not change if adding this queue task isn't successful so ignore result
+                _ = queue.addTrackInAppDeliveryTask(deliveryId: deliveryId, event: .clicked)
+            }
         }
 
         eventListener?.messageActionTaken(
diff --git a/Tests/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementationTest.swift b/Tests/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementationTest.swift
index e181e46d4..be5dc6ca8 100644
--- a/Tests/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementationTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/MessagingInApp/MessagingInAppImplementationTest.swift
@@ -167,4 +167,25 @@ class MessagingInAppImplementationTest: UnitTest {
         messagingInApp.action(message: givenGistMessage, currentRoute: .random, action: .random, name: .random)
         XCTAssertEqual(eventListenerMock.messageActionTakenCallsCount, 2)
     }
+
+    func test_eventListeners_givenCloseAction_expectListenerEvent() {
+        let givenGistMessage = Message.random
+        let expectedInAppMessage = InAppMessage(gistMessage: givenGistMessage)
+        let givenCurrentRoute = String.random
+        let givenAction = "gist://close"
+        let givenName = String.random
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(eventListenerMock.messageActionTakenCallsCount, 0)
+
+        messagingInApp.action(
+            message: givenGistMessage,
+            currentRoute: givenCurrentRoute,
+            action: givenAction,
+            name: givenName
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(eventListenerMock.messageActionTakenCallsCount, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(eventListenerMock.messageActionTakenReceivedArguments?.message, expectedInAppMessage)
+        XCTAssertEqual(eventListenerMock.messageActionTakenReceivedArguments?.actionValue, givenAction)
+        XCTAssertEqual(eventListenerMock.messageActionTakenReceivedArguments?.actionName, givenName)
+    }
 }