diff --git a/src/Driver/PgSQL/Result.php b/src/Driver/PgSQL/Result.php
index 2ddbc343633..18494bd05fe 100644
--- a/src/Driver/PgSQL/Result.php
+++ b/src/Driver/PgSQL/Result.php
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ public function __construct($result)
         $this->result = $result;
     }
 
+    public function __destruct()
+    {
+        if (! isset($this->result)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->free();
+    }
+
     /** {@inheritdoc} */
     public function fetchNumeric()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Driver/PgSQL/ResultTest.php b/tests/Functional/Driver/PgSQL/ResultTest.php
index 4526dbb7c7c..f7f1504ad70 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Driver/PgSQL/ResultTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Driver/PgSQL/ResultTest.php
@@ -4,12 +4,27 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Driver\PgSQL;
 
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PgSQL\Result;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\TestUtil;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
+use Error;
+use ErrorException;
 use Generator;
+use PgSql\Connection as PgSqlConnection;
 
+use function array_slice;
+use function assert;
 use function chr;
+use function func_get_args;
+use function is_resource;
+use function pg_query;
+use function pg_result_status;
+use function restore_error_handler;
+use function set_error_handler;
+
+use const PGSQL_TUPLES_OK;
+use const PHP_VERSION_ID;
 
 class ResultTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
@@ -222,4 +237,34 @@ public function testTypeConversionWithDuplicateFieldNames(): void
             $this->connection->fetchFirstColumn('SELECT a.*, b.* FROM types_test a, types_test2 b'),
         );
     }
+
+    public function testResultIsFreedOnDestruct(): void
+    {
+        $pgsqlConnection = $this->connection->getNativeConnection();
+        assert($pgsqlConnection instanceof PgSqlConnection || is_resource($pgsqlConnection));
+        $pgsqlResult = pg_query($pgsqlConnection, 'SELECT 1');
+        assert($pgsqlResult !== false);
+
+        self::assertSame(PGSQL_TUPLES_OK, pg_result_status($pgsqlResult));
+
+        new Result($pgsqlResult);
+
+        set_error_handler(static function (int $severity, string $message): void {
+            throw new ErrorException($message, 0, $severity, ...array_slice(func_get_args(), 2, 2));
+        });
+
+        try {
+            if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80100) {
+                $this->expectException(Error::class);
+                $this->expectExceptionMessage('PostgreSQL result has already been closed');
+            } else {
+                $this->expectException(ErrorException::class);
+                $this->expectExceptionMessage('supplied resource is not a valid PostgreSQL result resource');
+            }
+
+            pg_result_status($pgsqlResult);
+        } finally {
+            restore_error_handler();
+        }
+    }
 }