diff --git a/Lib/telnetlib.py b/Lib/telnetlib.py
index 72dabc7..b0863b1 100644
--- a/Lib/telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/telnetlib.py
@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@
             raise EOFError
         return (-1, None, text)
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+        self.close()
+
 
 def test():
     """Test program for telnetlib.
@@ -660,11 +666,10 @@
             port = int(portstr)
         except ValueError:
             port = socket.getservbyname(portstr, 'tcp')
-    tn = Telnet()
-    tn.set_debuglevel(debuglevel)
-    tn.open(host, port, timeout=0.5)
-    tn.interact()
-    tn.close()
+    with Telnet() as tn:
+        tn.set_debuglevel(debuglevel)
+        tn.open(host, port, timeout=0.5)
+        tn.interact()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py b/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py
index 524bba3..23029e0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
         telnet = telnetlib.Telnet(HOST, self.port)
         telnet.sock.close()
 
+    def testContextManager(self):
+        with telnetlib.Telnet(HOST, self.port) as tn:
+            self.assertIsNotNone(tn.get_socket())
+        self.assertIsNone(tn.get_socket())
+
     def testTimeoutDefault(self):
         self.assertTrue(socket.getdefaulttimeout() is None)
         socket.setdefaulttimeout(30)