diff --git a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonGenerator.java b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonGenerator.java
index a58760281..b37ac6ced 100644
--- a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonGenerator.java
+++ b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonGenerator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import com.google.api.client.util.Preconditions;
 import com.google.api.client.util.Types;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.Flushable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@
  * @since 1.3
  * @author Yaniv Inbar
  */
-public abstract class JsonGenerator {
+public abstract class JsonGenerator implements Closeable, Flushable {
 
   /** Returns the JSON factory from which this generator was created. */
   public abstract JsonFactory getFactory();
diff --git a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonParser.java b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonParser.java
index 0c3a5b249..e91c71306 100644
--- a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonParser.java
+++ b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/json/JsonParser.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.util.Sets;
 import com.google.api.client.util.Types;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
  * @since 1.3
  * @author Yaniv Inbar
  */
-public abstract class JsonParser {
+public abstract class JsonParser implements Closeable {
 
   /**
    * Maps a polymorphic {@link Class} to its {@link Field} with the {@link JsonPolymorphicTypeMap}