diff --git a/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm b/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
index 4284755..5a8b78c 100644
--- a/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
+++ b/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
@@ -311,4 +311,56 @@ sub delete
   die("issue " . $id . " not found\n");
 }
 
+
+=method close
+
+  set a issue as closed
+
+=cut
+sub close
+{
+  my $self  = shift;
+  my $id    = shift;
+  my @statusse = ("open","assigned","inprogress");
+
+  die("IssueManager not initialized") unless $self->ready();
+  my $ref   = $self->repository->getReference('refs/heads/issues');
+  my $tag   = $ref->find(".tag")->content();
+  my $root  = $ref->getTree();
+
+
+  for my $s (@statusse)
+  {
+    for my $status ($root->find($s))
+    {
+      for my $i ($status->get())
+      {
+        if (ref($i) eq "Git::LowLevel::Tree")
+        {
+          my $mytag = $tag . "-" . substr($i->hash(),0,8);
+          if ($id eq  $mytag)
+          {
+             $status->del($i);
+             my $issue = $self->parseIssue($i, $tag, "open");
+             $issue->status("closed");
+             my $issueTree=$issue->createIssue($self->repository);
+             my $closed=$root->find("closed");
+             if (!defined($closed))
+             {
+               $closed = $root->newTree();
+               $closed->path("closed");
+               $root->add($closed);
+             }
+             $closed->add($issueTree);
+             $ref->commit("closed issue " . $i->mypath);
+             return;
+           }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  die("issue " . $id . " not found\n");
+}
+
+
 1;