diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index 2e8cd6d..045e230 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -378,17 +378,25 @@
         self.close_called = False
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
+        # Attribute lookups are delegated to the underlying file
+        # and cached for non-numeric results
+        # (i.e. methods are cached, closed and friends are not)
         file = self.__dict__['file']
         a = getattr(file, name)
         if type(a) != type(0):
             setattr(self, name, a)
         return a
 
+    # The underlying __enter__ method returns the wrong object
+    # (self.file) so override it to return the wrapper
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.file.__enter__()
+        return self
+
     # NT provides delete-on-close as a primitive, so we don't need
     # the wrapper to do anything special.  We still use it so that
     # file.name is useful (i.e. not "(fdopen)") with NamedTemporaryFile.
     if _os.name != 'nt':
-
         # Cache the unlinker so we don't get spurious errors at
         # shutdown when the module-level "os" is None'd out.  Note
         # that this must be referenced as self.unlink, because the
@@ -405,6 +413,14 @@
         def __del__(self):
             self.close()
 
+        # Need to trap __exit__ as well to ensure the file gets
+        # deleted when used in a with statement
+        def __exit__(self, exc, value, tb):
+            result = self.file.__exit__(exc, value, tb)
+            self.close()
+            return result
+
+
 def NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+b', bufsize=-1, suffix="",
                        prefix=template, dir=None):
     """Create and return a temporary file.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
index 2047a63..cd7ff4e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # tempfile.py unit tests.
-
+from __future__ import with_statement
 import tempfile
 import os
 import sys
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
         # On Windows a spawn* /path/ with embedded spaces shouldn't be quoted,
         # but an arg with embedded spaces should be decorated with double
         # quotes on each end
-        if sys.platform in ('win32'):
+        if sys.platform in ('win32',):
             decorated = '"%s"' % sys.executable
             tester = '"%s"' % tester
         else:
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@
 
     def test_multiple_close(self):
         # A NamedTemporaryFile can be closed many times without error
-
         f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
         f.write('abc\n')
         f.close()
@@ -611,6 +610,16 @@
         except:
             self.failOnException("close")
 
+    def test_context_manager(self):
+        # A NamedTemporaryFile can be used as a context manager
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
+            self.failUnless(os.path.exists(f.name))
+        self.failIf(os.path.exists(f.name))
+        def use_closed():
+            with f:
+                pass
+        self.failUnlessRaises(ValueError, use_closed)
+
     # How to test the mode and bufsize parameters?
 
 test_classes.append(test_NamedTemporaryFile)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cf73bca..e9473dd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- #2021: Allow tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile to be used in with statements
+  by correctly supporting the context management protocol.
+
 - Fixed _ctypes.COMError so that it must be called with exactly three
   arguments, instances now have the hresult, text, and details
   instance variables.