diff --git a/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.cc b/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.cc
index 238867a73b3bd..9bf5d4f6ab687 100644
--- a/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.cc
+++ b/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ namespace arrow::matlab::io::ipc::proxy {
   
   RecordBatchFileWriter::RecordBatchFileWriter(std::shared_ptr<arrow::ipc::RecordBatchWriter> writer) : writer{std::move(writer)} {
     REGISTER_METHOD(RecordBatchFileWriter, writeBatch);
+    REGISTER_METHOD(RecordBatchFileWriter, close);
+
   }
 
 libmexclass::proxy::MakeResult RecordBatchFileWriter::make(
@@ -79,4 +81,12 @@ libmexclass::proxy::MakeResult RecordBatchFileWriter::make(
 
     MATLAB_ERROR_IF_NOT_OK_WITH_CONTEXT(writer->WriteRecordBatch(*record_batch), context, "arrow:matlab:writefailed");
   }
+
+  void RecordBatchFileWriter::close(libmexclass::proxy::method::Context& context) {
+    namespace mda = ::matlab::data;
+    using RecordBatchProxy = ::arrow::matlab::tabular::proxy::RecordBatch;
+
+    MATLAB_ERROR_IF_NOT_OK_WITH_CONTEXT(writer->Close(), context, "arrow:matlab:ipc:close");
+
+  }
 } // namespace arrow::matlab::io::ipc::proxy
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diff --git a/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.h b/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.h
index 9052662f628ed..efbba21757de7 100644
--- a/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.h
+++ b/matlab/src/cpp/arrow/matlab/io/ipc/proxy/record_batch_file_writer.h
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ class RecordBatchFileWriter : public libmexclass::proxy::Proxy {
   protected:
 
     void writeBatch(libmexclass::proxy::method::Context& context);
-    
+
+    void close(libmexclass::proxy::method::Context& context);
+
     std::shared_ptr<arrow::ipc::RecordBatchWriter> writer;
+    
 };
 
 } // namespace arrow::matlab::io::ipc::proxy 
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diff --git a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m
index f11a887ec9ede..a1daf0931f9df 100644
--- a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m
+++ b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ function write(obj, recordBatch)
             obj.Proxy.writeBatch(args);
         end
 
+        function close(obj)
+            arguments
+                obj(1, 1) arrow.io.ipc.RecordBatchFileWriter
+            end
+            obj.Proxy.close();
+        end
+
     end
 
 end
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