diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
index 931c9ef..f568796 100644
--- a/Lib/gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -454,6 +454,14 @@
         else:
             raise StopIteration
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        if self.fileobj is None:
+            raise ValueError("I/O operation on closed GzipFile object")
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        self.close()
+
 
 def _test():
     # Act like gzip; with -d, act like gunzip.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
index c4d9b69..2f627c3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
@@ -284,6 +284,28 @@
         bz2f.close()
         self.assertEqual(xlines, ['Test'])
 
+    def testContextProtocol(self):
+        # BZ2File supports the context management protocol
+        f = None
+        with BZ2File(self.filename, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(b"xxx")
+        f = BZ2File(self.filename, "rb")
+        f.close()
+        try:
+            with f:
+                pass
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("__enter__ on a closed file didn't raise an exception")
+        try:
+            with BZ2File(self.filename, "wb") as f:
+                1/0
+        except ZeroDivisionError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("1/0 didn't raise an exception")
+
 
 class BZ2CompressorTest(BaseTest):
     def testCompress(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
index 25f9ee6..b7250db 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
         fWrite = gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, 'w', mtime = mtime)
         fWrite.write(data1)
         fWrite.close()
-
         fRead = gzip.GzipFile(self.filename)
         dataRead = fRead.read()
         self.assertEqual(dataRead, data1)
@@ -222,6 +221,27 @@
 
         fRead.close()
 
+    def test_with_open(self):
+        # GzipFile supports the context management protocol
+        with gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(b"xxx")
+        f = gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, "rb")
+        f.close()
+        try:
+            with f:
+                pass
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("__enter__ on a closed file didn't raise an exception")
+        try:
+            with gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, "wb") as f:
+                1/0
+        except ZeroDivisionError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("1/0 didn't raise an exception")
+
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     test_support.run_unittest(TestGzip)