diff --git a/luigi/interface.py b/luigi/interface.py
index 0f51b07783..5fd33b947e 100644
--- a/luigi/interface.py
+++ b/luigi/interface.py
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ def _schedule_and_run(tasks, worker_scheduler_factory=None, override_defaults=No
         success &= worker.run()
     luigi_run_result = LuigiRunResult(worker, success)
     logger.info(luigi_run_result.summary_text)
+    if hasattr(sch, 'close'):
+        sch.close()
     return luigi_run_result
 
 
diff --git a/luigi/rpc.py b/luigi/rpc.py
index e30146c7bd..2066cbbc62 100644
--- a/luigi/rpc.py
+++ b/luigi/rpc.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 rpc.py implements the client side of it, server.py implements the server side.
 See :doc:`/central_scheduler` for more info.
 """
+import abc
 import os
 import json
 import logging
@@ -69,7 +70,17 @@ def __init__(self, message, sub_exception=None):
         self.sub_exception = sub_exception
 
 
-class URLLibFetcher:
+class _FetcherInterface(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def fetch(self, full_url, body, timeout):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class URLLibFetcher(_FetcherInterface):
     raises = (URLError, socket.timeout)
 
     def _create_request(self, full_url, body=None):
@@ -96,12 +107,15 @@ def fetch(self, full_url, body, timeout):
         req = self._create_request(full_url, body=body)
         return urlopen(req, timeout=timeout).read().decode('utf-8')
 
+    def close(self):
+        pass
 
-class RequestsFetcher:
-    def __init__(self, session):
+
+class RequestsFetcher(_FetcherInterface):
+    def __init__(self):
         from requests import exceptions as requests_exceptions
         self.raises = requests_exceptions.RequestException
-        self.session = session
+        self.session = requests.Session()
         self.process_id = os.getpid()
 
     def check_pid(self):
@@ -117,6 +131,9 @@ def fetch(self, full_url, body, timeout):
         resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.text
 
+    def close(self):
+        self.session.close()
+
 
 class RemoteScheduler:
     """
@@ -140,10 +157,13 @@ def __init__(self, url='http://localhost:8082/', connect_timeout=None):
         self._rpc_log_retries = config.getboolean('core', 'rpc-log-retries', True)
 
         if HAS_REQUESTS:
-            self._fetcher = RequestsFetcher(requests.Session())
+            self._fetcher = RequestsFetcher()
         else:
             self._fetcher = URLLibFetcher()
 
+    def close(self):
+        self._fetcher.close()
+
     def _get_retryer(self):
         def retry_logging(retry_state):
             if self._rpc_log_retries:
diff --git a/test/rpc_test.py b/test/rpc_test.py
index 1537f5c9e2..d99152a8c4 100644
--- a/test/rpc_test.py
+++ b/test/rpc_test.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 from server_test import ServerTestBase
 import socket
 from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
-import requests
 
 
 class RemoteSchedulerTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -147,8 +146,8 @@ def test_get_work_speed(self):
 
 class RequestsFetcherTest(ServerTestBase):
     def test_fork_changes_session(self):
-        session = requests.Session()
-        fetcher = luigi.rpc.RequestsFetcher(session)
+        fetcher = luigi.rpc.RequestsFetcher()
+        session = fetcher.session
 
         q = Queue()