diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/javaio.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/javaio.kt
index a5fd8ed741e..5bfe30234a4 100644
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/core/javaio.kt
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/core/javaio.kt
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ package java.io
 
 library
 public class IOException(message: String = "") : Exception() {}
+
+library
+public trait Closeable {
+    public open fun close() : Unit;
+}
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testFiles/kotlin_lib.js b/js/js.translator/testFiles/kotlin_lib.js
index edcc2b741a0..540267ac256 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testFiles/kotlin_lib.js
+++ b/js/js.translator/testFiles/kotlin_lib.js
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ var kotlin = {set:function (receiver, key, value) {
         append: throwAbstractFunctionInvocationError("Appendable#append")
     });
 
+    Kotlin.Closeable = Kotlin.$createClass({
+        initialize: function () {
+        },
+        close: throwAbstractFunctionInvocationError("Closeable#close")
+    });
+
     Kotlin.parseInt = function (str) {
         return parseInt(str, 10);
     };