diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 40cb7128806..2663795eed5 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-02-21  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
+
+	* java/util/zip/ZipFile.java (finalize): New method.
+
 2003-02-21  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* gnu/java/nio/natSocketChannelImpl.cc:
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java b/libjava/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java
index 4b027b088a9..8f7ef6f8d6f 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java
@@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ public class ZipFile implements ZipConstants
       }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Calls the <code>close()</code> method when this ZipFile has not yet
+   * been explicitly closed.
+   */
+  protected void finalize() throws IOException
+  {
+    if (!closed) close();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns an enumeration of all Zip entries in this Zip file.
    */