diff --git a/src/java/rt/Constants.java b/src/java/rt/Constants.java
index 268fb7b..c5f9900 100644
--- a/src/java/rt/Constants.java
+++ b/src/java/rt/Constants.java
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ public class Constants {
 	static final String TEXT = "text";
 	static final String CUSTOM_FIELD = "custom_field";
 	
+	static final String RESOLVED = "resolved";
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/java/rt/RT.java b/src/java/rt/RT.java
index 95631de..dfed7cd 100644
--- a/src/java/rt/RT.java
+++ b/src/java/rt/RT.java
@@ -75,6 +75,58 @@ public String createIssue() {
 			return null;
 		}
 		
+	}
+	/**
+	 * ISplints does not have an issue closure method and the documentation for RT does not provide anything regarding
+	 * issue closure therefore it is assumed that closing an issue is done by using the Resolved parameter along with
+	 * id to identify the issue.
+	 */
+	public void closeIssue(){
+		
+		String uri = Config.BASE_URI+"/ticket/new?user="+Config.AGENT_USERNAME+"&pass="+Config.AGENT_PASSWORD;
+		
+		HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(uri);	
+		HttpClient httpclient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
+		HttpEntity responseEntity = null;
+		HttpResponse response = null;
+
+		try {
+			
+			StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+			stringBuilder.append("id: " + Constants.ID);
+			stringBuilder.append("Resolved: "+Constants.RESOLVED);
+
+			
+			StringBody content = new StringBody(stringBuilder.toString(),ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+			MultipartEntityBuilder builder = MultipartEntityBuilder.create();
+			builder.addPart("content", content);
+			httppost.setEntity(builder.build());
+			System.out.println("Request: " + httppost.getRequestLine()+"\n");
+			
+			response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
+			responseEntity = response.getEntity();
+			
+		}
+		catch(Exception e){
+			System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+		}
+		
+		if (response !=null){
+			System.out.println(response.getStatusLine()+"\n");
+			}
+		else {
+			System.out.println("An error occurred");
+		}
+		
+		if (responseEntity != null) {
+            System.out.println(responseEntity.getContentType()+"\nContent-Length: "+responseEntity.getContentLength());
+            System.out.println("Response for issue closure received: " + responseEntity.toString());
+        }
+		else {
+			System.out.println("An error occurred");
+		}
+
+		
 	}
 
 	@Override