diff --git a/scapy/utils.py b/scapy/utils.py
index bb51a51b63beb6267d457653f506c4e13992c643..adaf63fe11ae2e70f26aceb8148966121c055a96 100644
--- a/scapy/utils.py
+++ b/scapy/utils.py
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ class PcapReader:
 
     def fileno(self):
         return self.f.fileno()
+
+    def close(self):
+        return self.f.close()