diff --git a/src/foreign_toplevel.cpp b/src/foreign_toplevel.cpp
index 69dc4c854..5b042e8ff 100644
--- a/src/foreign_toplevel.cpp
+++ b/src/foreign_toplevel.cpp
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ static void foreign_toplevel_handle_request_activate_notify(wl_listener* listene
 }
 
 static void foreign_toplevel_handle_request_close_notify(wl_listener* listener, void* data) {
-	(void) listener;
+	const ForeignToplevelHandle& handle = magpie_container_of(listener, handle, request_close);
 	(void) data;
+
+	handle.view.close();
 }
 
 static void foreign_toplevel_handle_set_rectangle_notify(wl_listener* listener, void* data) {
diff --git a/src/surface/view.hpp b/src/surface/view.hpp
index 366fccff9..64c7ef298 100644
--- a/src/surface/view.hpp
+++ b/src/surface/view.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct View : Surface {
 	[[nodiscard]] virtual wlr_box get_geometry() const = 0;
 	virtual void map() = 0;
 	virtual void unmap() = 0;
+	virtual void close() = 0;
 
 	[[nodiscard]] constexpr bool is_view() const override {
 		return true;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ class XdgView final : public View {
 	[[nodiscard]] wlr_box get_geometry() const override;
 	void map() override;
 	void unmap() override;
+	void close() override;
 
   protected:
 	void impl_set_position(int new_x, int new_y) override;
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ class XWaylandView final : public View {
 	[[nodiscard]] constexpr wlr_box get_geometry() const override;
 	void map() override;
 	void unmap() override;
+	void close() override;
 
   protected:
 	void impl_set_position(int new_x, int new_y) override;
diff --git a/src/surface/xdg_view.cpp b/src/surface/xdg_view.cpp
index 297b5e726..715b8748f 100644
--- a/src/surface/xdg_view.cpp
+++ b/src/surface/xdg_view.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ void XdgView::unmap() {
 	}
 }
 
+void XdgView::close() {
+	wlr_xdg_toplevel_send_close(&xdg_toplevel);
+}
+
 void XdgView::impl_set_position(const int new_x, const int new_y) {
 	(void) new_x;
 	(void) new_y;
diff --git a/src/surface/xwayland_view.cpp b/src/surface/xwayland_view.cpp
index 97bc52b41..14a638fa8 100644
--- a/src/surface/xwayland_view.cpp
+++ b/src/surface/xwayland_view.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ void XWaylandView::unmap() {
 	toplevel_handle.reset();
 }
 
+void XWaylandView::close() {
+	wlr_xwayland_surface_close(&xwayland_surface);
+}
+
 static constexpr int16_t trunc(const int32_t int32) {
 	if (int32 > INT16_MAX) {
 		return INT16_MAX;