diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
index 6bb85c0a4..f682a5ef3 100644
--- a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
@@ -483,6 +483,15 @@ public void run() {
                 finally {
                     // Close the offset storage and finally the connector ...
                     stopOffsetStoreAndConnector(connector, connectorClassName, offsetStore, connectorCallback);
+                    // Close the transformation chain.
+                    if (transformations != null) {
+                        try {
+                            transformations.close();
+                        }
+                        catch (IOException e) {
+                            fail("Failed to close transformations: ", e);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
             catch (EmbeddedEngineRuntimeException e) {
diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngine.java b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngine.java
index ec56a4b40..5ff804eef 100644
--- a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngine.java
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngine.java
@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ private void close(final State stateBeforeStop) {
                 LOGGER.warn("Failed to close header converter: ", e);
             }
         }
+        if (transformations != null) {
+            try {
+                transformations.close();
+            }
+            catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Failed to close transformations: ", e);
+            }
+        }
         shutDownLatch.countDown();
     }
 
diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngineTest.java b/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngineTest.java
index 09fcf0e5e..b8ff8b7cb 100644
--- a/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngineTest.java
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/async/AsyncEmbeddedEngineTest.java
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.connector.Task;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.ConnectorConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.standalone.StandaloneConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.source.SourceRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.Transformation;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import org.awaitility.core.ConditionTimeoutException;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -451,6 +453,46 @@ public void testExecuteSmt() throws Exception {
         stopEngine();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @FixFor("DBZ-8106")
+    public void testCloseSmt() throws Exception {
+        final Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.setProperty(ConnectorConfig.NAME_CONFIG, "debezium-engine");
+        props.setProperty(ConnectorConfig.TASKS_MAX_CONFIG, "1");
+        props.setProperty(ConnectorConfig.CONNECTOR_CLASS_CONFIG, FileStreamSourceConnector.class.getName());
+        props.setProperty(StandaloneConfig.OFFSET_STORAGE_FILE_FILENAME_CONFIG, OFFSET_STORE_PATH.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+        props.setProperty(WorkerConfig.OFFSET_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG, "0");
+        props.setProperty(FileStreamSourceConnector.FILE_CONFIG, TEST_FILE_PATH.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+        props.setProperty(FileStreamSourceConnector.TOPIC_CONFIG, "testTopic");
+        props.setProperty("transforms", "close");
+        props.setProperty("transforms.close.type", "io.debezium.embedded.async.AsyncEmbeddedEngineTest$CloseTestTransform");
+
+        CountDownLatch callbackLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        DebeziumEngine.Builder<SourceRecord> builder = new AsyncEmbeddedEngine.AsyncEngineBuilder();
+        engine = builder
+                .using(props)
+                .using(new TestEngineConnectorCallback())
+                .using((success, message, error) -> {
+                    if (success) {
+                        callbackLatch.countDown();
+                    }
+                })
+                .notifying((records, committer) -> {
+                })
+                .build();
+
+        engineExecSrv.submit(() -> {
+            LoggingContext.forConnector(getClass().getSimpleName(), "", "engine");
+            engine.run();
+        });
+
+        callbackLatch.await(AbstractConnectorTest.waitTimeForEngine(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        stopEngine();
+
+        assertThat(CloseTestTransform.wasClosed).isTrue();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testPollingIsRetriedUponFailure() throws Exception {
         final Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -756,4 +798,31 @@ public List<SourceRecord> poll() throws InterruptedException {
         }
     }
 
+    public static class CloseTestTransform implements Transformation<SourceRecord> {
+
+        public static boolean wasClosed;
+
+        @Override
+        public SourceRecord apply(SourceRecord record) {
+            // Nothing to do.
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ConfigDef config() {
+            // Nothing to do.
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+            wasClosed = true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void configure(Map<String, ?> map) {
+            wasClosed = false;
+        }
+    }
+
 }