diff --git a/src/viam/sdk/module/service.cpp b/src/viam/sdk/module/service.cpp
index 911be9bb3..b09b795ed 100644
--- a/src/viam/sdk/module/service.cpp
+++ b/src/viam/sdk/module/service.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ struct ModuleService::ServiceImpl : viam::module::v1::ModuleService::Service {
             Registry::get().lookup_model(cfg.name());
         if (reg) {
             try {
+                res->close();
                 const std::shared_ptr<Resource> res = reg->construct_resource(deps, cfg);
                 manager->replace_one(cfg.resource_name(), res);
             } catch (const std::exception& exc) {
diff --git a/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.cpp b/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.cpp
index caf4b94d1..71d6e1ee6 100644
--- a/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.cpp
+++ b/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.cpp
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@ Name Resource::get_resource_name() const {
     return get_resource_name(kResource);
 }
 
+// default behavior is to just return
+void Resource::close() {}
+
 }  // namespace sdk
 }  // namespace viam
diff --git a/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.hpp b/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.hpp
index dcf9f4363..32cd83940 100644
--- a/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.hpp
+++ b/src/viam/sdk/resource/resource.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class Resource {
     /// @brief Return the resource's name.
     virtual std::string name() const;
 
+    /// @brief Closes a resource
+    virtual void close();
+
    private:
     std::string name_;