diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
index 1bb93e0e2675..20714c38aada 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
@@ -2255,7 +2255,9 @@ static void php_sqlite3_object_free_storage(zend_object *object) /* {{{ */
 	}
 
 	if (intern->initialised && intern->db) {
-		sqlite3_close(intern->db);
+		/* Use sqlite3_close_v2() because the object may be destroyed while resources depending on the connection are still alive,
+		 * e.g. a blob stream created by SQLite3::openBlob(). */
+		sqlite3_close_v2(intern->db);
 		intern->initialised = 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_close_blob_stream.phpt b/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_close_blob_stream.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2426445a7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_close_blob_stream.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--TEST--
+Destroying the SQLite3 object while a blob stream is still open must not leak the connection
+--EXTENSIONS--
+sqlite3
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$db = new SQLite3(':memory:');
+$db->exec('CREATE TABLE test (data BLOB)');
+$db->exec("INSERT INTO test (data) VALUES (x'34323432')");
+
+$stream = $db->openBlob('test', 'data', 1);
+var_dump($db->close());
+unset($db);
+var_dump(fread($stream, 4));
+fclose($stream);
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Warning: SQLite3::close(): Unable to close database: %s in %s on line %d
+bool(false)
+string(4) "4242"