diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBCUtils.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBCUtils.java
index b16b41c5c7..ec171331dc 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBCUtils.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/JDBCUtils.java
@@ -158,6 +158,21 @@ public class JDBCUtils {
         return SQLDialect.SQL99;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Safely close a connection.
+     * <p>
+     * This method will silently ignore if <code>connection</code> is
+     * <code>null</code>, or if {@link Connection#close()} throws an exception.
+     */
+    public static final void safeClose(Connection connection) {
+        if (connection != null) {
+            try {
+                connection.close();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ignore) {}
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Safely close a statement.
      * <p>