diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClient.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClient.java
index 7520706..b8d42d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/sqs/javamessaging/AmazonSQSExtendedClient.java
@@ -1017,4 +1017,11 @@ private static <T extends AwsRequest.Builder> T appendUserAgent(final T builder)
                                         .version(USER_AGENT_VERSION).build())
                                 .build());
     }
+
+	@Override
+	public void close() {
+		super.close();
+		this.clientConfiguration.getS3Client().close();
+	}    
+    
 }