1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt/progress/base.py b/apt/progress/base.py
index 4943978c..88b1ad21 100644
--- a/apt/progress/base.py
+++ b/apt/progress/base.py
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ class InstallProgress(object):
         self.status_stream = os.fdopen(self.statusfd, "r")
         fcntl.fcntl(self.statusfd, fcntl.F_SETFL, os.O_NONBLOCK)
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.write_stream.close()
+        self.status_stream.close()
+
     def start_update(self):
         """(Abstract) Start update."""