diff --git a/src/mca/coll/base/coll_base_close.c b/src/mca/coll/base/coll_base_close.c
index 0fbb8cd986..7ccfc39eb9 100644
--- a/src/mca/coll/base/coll_base_close.c
+++ b/src/mca/coll/base/coll_base_close.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "util/output.h"
 #include "include/constants.h"
 #include "mca/mca.h"
 #include "mca/base/base.h"
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ int mca_coll_base_close(void)
     mca_coll_base_components_available_valid = false;
   }
 
+  /* Close the output stream for this framework */
+  ompi_output_close(mca_coll_base_output);
+
   /* All done */
 
   return OMPI_SUCCESS;