diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 643cf65..224cedb 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -225,16 +225,22 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
     return this
   }
   obj.close = function(callback) {
-    if (server && server.close && keepOpen === false) {
+    if (server && server.close) {
       server.close(callback);
     }
+    else if(callback) {
+      callback();
+    }
+    
     return this
   }
   methods.forEach(function (method) {
     obj[method] = function (path) {
       return new Test(server, method, path)
         .on('end', function() {
-          obj.close();
+          if(keepOpen === false) {
+            obj.close();
+          }
         });
     };
   });
diff --git a/test/request.js b/test/request.js
index 217b4a4..75125dc 100644
--- a/test/request.js
+++ b/test/request.js
@@ -205,8 +205,20 @@ describe('request', function () {
       });
     });
 
+  it('can close server after using keepOpen()', function (done) {
+    var server = require('http').createServer(function (req, res) {
+      res.writeHeader(200, { 'content-type' : 'text/plain' });
+      res.end('hello world');
+    });
+    var cachedRequest = request(server).keepOpen();
+    cachedRequest.close(function (err) {
+      should.not.exist(server.address());
+      done();
+    });
   });
 
+});
+
   isBrowser && describe('Browser', function () {
     it('cannot request a functioned "app"', function () {
       function tryToRequestAFunctionedApp() {