diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperator.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperator.java
index a2af9eafe..709e3b99e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperator.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperator.java
@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ public class JsrJobOperator implements JobOperator, InitializingBean {
 							factoryBean.close();
 						}
 
+						batchContext.close();
+
 						if(semaphore.availablePermits() == 0) {
 							semaphore.release();
 						}
@@ -541,6 +543,10 @@ public class JsrJobOperator implements JobOperator, InitializingBean {
 
 			jobRepository.update(jobExecution);
 
+			if(batchContext.isActive()) {
+				batchContext.close();
+			}
+
 			throw new JobRestartException(e);
 		}
 
@@ -656,6 +662,8 @@ public class JsrJobOperator implements JobOperator, InitializingBean {
 							factoryBean.close();
 						}
 
+						batchContext.close();
+
 						if(semaphore.availablePermits() == 0) {
 							semaphore.release();
 						}
@@ -679,6 +687,10 @@ public class JsrJobOperator implements JobOperator, InitializingBean {
 			}
 			jobRepository.update(jobExecution);
 
+			if(batchContext.isActive()) {
+				batchContext.close();
+			}
+
 			throw new JobStartException(e);
 		}
 		return jobExecution.getId();
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperatorTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperatorTests.java
index 52aafee51..cb118f498 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/jsr/launch/JsrJobOperatorTests.java
@@ -544,6 +544,15 @@ public class JsrJobOperatorTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testApplicationContextClosingAfterJobSuccessful() throws Exception {
+		for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+			javax.batch.runtime.JobExecution execution = runJob("contextClosingTests", new Properties(), TIMEOUT);
+
+			assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, execution.getBatchStatus());
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static class LongRunningBatchlet implements Batchlet {
 
 		private boolean stopped = false;
@@ -568,4 +577,25 @@ public class JsrJobOperatorTests {
 			throw new RuntimeException("blah");
 		}
 	}
+
+	public static class MustBeClosedBatchlet extends AbstractBatchlet {
+
+		public static boolean closed = true;
+
+		public MustBeClosedBatchlet() {
+			if(!closed) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Batchlet wasn't closed last time");
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void close() {
+			closed = true;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String process() throws Exception {
+			closed = false;
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/contextClosingTests.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/contextClosingTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..584a7a938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/contextClosingTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+						http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/jobXML_1_0.xsd">
+
+    <bean id="mustBeClosedBatchlet" class="org.springframework.batch.core.jsr.launch.JsrJobOperatorTests$MustBeClosedBatchlet"
+          destroy-method="close"/>
+
+    <job id="jsrUniqueInstanceTests" xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" version="1.0">
+        <step id="step1">
+            <batchlet ref="mustBeClosedBatchlet"/>
+        </step>
+    </job>
+</beans>
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