diff --git a/omxplayer/player.py b/omxplayer/player.py
index 4819ff6..d90e0ae 100644
--- a/omxplayer/player.py
+++ b/omxplayer/player.py
@@ -863,6 +863,10 @@ def quit(self):
         """
         Quit the player, blocking until the process has died
         """
+        # Close dbus socket to avoid leaking unix socket.
+        if self._connection._bus is not None:
+            self._connection._bus.close()
+            logger.debug('BusConnection closed')
         if self._process is None:
             logger.debug('Quit was called after self._process had already been released')
             return