diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index 00d293a238..0b081bd79b 100644
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -1151,6 +1151,10 @@ def disconnect(self, inuse_connections=True):
             for connection in connections:
                 connection.disconnect()
 
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        """Close the pool, disconnecting all connections"""
+        self.disconnect()
+
     def set_retry(self, retry: "Retry") -> None:
         self.connection_kwargs.update({"retry": retry})
         for conn in self._available_connections:
diff --git a/tests/test_connection_pool.py b/tests/test_connection_pool.py
index ab0fc6be98..ef70a8ff35 100644
--- a/tests/test_connection_pool.py
+++ b/tests/test_connection_pool.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import time
+from contextlib import closing
 from threading import Thread
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -51,6 +52,16 @@ def test_connection_creation(self):
         assert isinstance(connection, DummyConnection)
         assert connection.kwargs == connection_kwargs
 
+    def test_closing(self):
+        connection_kwargs = {"foo": "bar", "biz": "baz"}
+        pool = redis.ConnectionPool(
+            connection_class=DummyConnection,
+            max_connections=None,
+            **connection_kwargs,
+        )
+        with closing(pool):
+            pass
+
     def test_multiple_connections(self, master_host):
         connection_kwargs = {"host": master_host[0], "port": master_host[1]}
         pool = self.get_pool(connection_kwargs=connection_kwargs)