diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index ac7a054a4c..75e494cbf2 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -357,7 +357,10 @@ Socket.prototype.close = function() {
   this._stopReceiving();
   this._handle.close();
   this._handle = null;
-  this.emit('close');
+  var self = this;
+  process.nextTick(function() {
+    self.emit('close');
+  });
 
   return this;
 };
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js
index 1eed54c91f..14204bf05e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-close.js
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ buf.fill(42);
 
 var socket = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 var handle = socket._handle;
+var closeEvents = 0;
 socket.send(buf, 0, buf.length, common.PORT, 'localhost');
 assert.strictEqual(socket.close(), socket);
+socket.on('close', function() {
+  ++closeEvents;
+});
 socket = null;
 
 // Verify that accessing handle after closure doesn't throw
@@ -41,3 +45,7 @@ setImmediate(function() {
     console.log('Handle fd is: ', handle.fd);
   });
 });
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.equal(closeEvents, 1);
+});