diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
index 7e384f8a568c1c..91632b1c05216c 100644
--- a/Lib/gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ def __init__(self, filename=None, mode=None,
 
         """
 
+        # Ensure attributes exist at __del__
+        self.mode = None
+        self.fileobj = None
+        self._buffer = None
+
         if mode and ('t' in mode or 'U' in mode):
             raise ValueError("Invalid mode: {!r}".format(mode))
         if mode and 'b' not in mode:
@@ -358,7 +363,9 @@ def closed(self):
 
     def close(self):
         fileobj = self.fileobj
-        if fileobj is None or self._buffer.closed:
+        if fileobj is None:
+            return
+        if self._buffer is None or self._buffer.closed:
             return
         try:
             if self.mode == WRITE:
@@ -435,6 +442,13 @@ def readline(self, size=-1):
         self._check_not_closed()
         return self._buffer.readline(size)
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        if self.mode == WRITE and not self.closed:
+            import warnings
+            warnings.warn("unclosed GzipFile",
+                          ResourceWarning, source=self, stacklevel=2)
+
+        super().__del__()
 
 def _read_exact(fp, n):
     '''Read exactly *n* bytes from `fp`
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
index 0940bb114df625..7047220900f827 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import struct
 import sys
 import unittest
+import warnings
 from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
 from test.support import catch_unraisable_exception
 from test.support import import_helper
@@ -867,9 +868,10 @@ def test_refloop_unraisable(self):
         # fileobj would be closed before the GzipFile as the result of a
         # reference loop. See issue gh-129726
         with catch_unraisable_exception() as cm:
-            gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=io.BytesIO(), mode="w")
-            gc.collect()
-            self.assertIsNone(cm.unraisable)
+            with self.assertWarns(ResourceWarning):
+                gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=io.BytesIO(), mode="w")
+                gc.collect()
+                self.assertIsNone(cm.unraisable)
 
 
 class TestOpen(BaseTest):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-05-20-02-21.gh-issue-130806.o0l2FJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-05-20-02-21.gh-issue-130806.o0l2FJ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..37c3d12549eb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-05-20-02-21.gh-issue-130806.o0l2FJ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Deleting :class:`gzip.GzipFile` before it is closed now emits a
+:exc:`ResourceWarning`.