diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignAutoConfiguration.java
index 461012d8..4f17ac1c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.openfeign;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Timer;
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ import feign.Feign;
 import feign.httpclient.ApacheHttpClient;
 import feign.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
 import okhttp3.ConnectionPool;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.config.RegistryBuilder;
@@ -63,6 +66,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 @Import(DefaultGzipDecoderConfiguration.class)
 public class FeignAutoConfiguration {
 
+	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(FeignAutoConfiguration.class);
+
 	@Autowired(required = false)
 	private List<FeignClientSpecification> configurations = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -163,10 +168,17 @@ public class FeignAutoConfiguration {
 		}
 
 		@PreDestroy
-		public void destroy() throws Exception {
+		public void destroy() {
 			this.connectionManagerTimer.cancel();
 			if (this.httpClient != null) {
-				this.httpClient.close();
+				try {
+					this.httpClient.close();
+				}
+				catch (IOException e) {
+					if (LOG.isErrorEnabled()) {
+						LOG.error("Could not correctly close httpClient.");
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/clientconfig/HttpClientFeignConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/clientconfig/HttpClientFeignConfiguration.java
index c5ae09fd..a3164469 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/clientconfig/HttpClientFeignConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/clientconfig/HttpClientFeignConfiguration.java
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.clientconfig;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
 import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.config.RegistryBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.conn.HttpClientConnectionManager;
@@ -48,6 +51,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 @ConditionalOnMissingBean(CloseableHttpClient.class)
 public class HttpClientFeignConfiguration {
 
+	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HttpClientFeignConfiguration.class);
+
 	private final Timer connectionManagerTimer = new Timer(
 			"FeignApacheHttpClientConfiguration.connectionManagerTimer", true);
 
@@ -113,10 +118,17 @@ public class HttpClientFeignConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@PreDestroy
-	public void destroy() throws Exception {
+	public void destroy() {
 		this.connectionManagerTimer.cancel();
 		if (this.httpClient != null) {
-			this.httpClient.close();
+			try {
+				this.httpClient.close();
+			}
+			catch (IOException e) {
+				if (LOG.isErrorEnabled()) {
+					LOG.error("Could not correctly close httpClient.");
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}