diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaHelperLibs/EventsLuaLibrary.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaHelperLibs/EventsLuaLibrary.cs
index 1f548c3c27..6c4e5b6dcf 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaHelperLibs/EventsLuaLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaHelperLibs/EventsLuaLibrary.cs
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			=> _luaLibsImpl.CreateAndRegisterNamedFunction(luaf, "OnExit", LogOutputCallback, CurrentFile, name)
 				.Guid.ToString();
 
+		[LuaMethodExample("local closeGuid = event.onconsoleclose(\r\n\tfunction()\r\n\t\tconsole.log( \"Fires when the emulator console closes\" );\r\n\tend\r\n\t, \"Frame name\" );")]
+		[LuaMethod("onconsoleclose", "Fires when the emulator console closes")]
+		public string OnConsoleClose(LuaFunction luaf, string name = null)
+			=> _luaLibsImpl.CreateAndRegisterNamedFunction(luaf, "OnConsoleClose", LogOutputCallback, CurrentFile, name)
+				.Guid.ToString();
+
 		[LuaMethodExample("if ( event.unregisterbyid( \"4d1810b7 - 0d28 - 4acb - 9d8b - d87721641551\" ) ) then\r\n\tconsole.log( \"Removes the registered function that matches the guid.If a function is found and remove the function will return true.If unable to find a match, the function will return false.\" );\r\nend;")]
 		[LuaMethod("unregisterbyid", "Removes the registered function that matches the guid. If a function is found and remove the function will return true. If unable to find a match, the function will return false.")]
 		public bool UnregisterById(string guid) => _luaLibsImpl.RemoveNamedFunctionMatching(nlf => nlf.Guid.ToString() == guid);
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs
index 8f1d5d3115..6c346f7ae7 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Win32LuaLibraries.cs
@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		public void Close()
 		{
+			foreach (var closeCallback in RegisteredFunctions
+				.Where(l => l.Event == "OnConsoleClose"))
+			{
+				closeCallback.Call();
+			}
+
 			RegisteredFunctions.Clear(_mainForm.Emulator);
 			ScriptList.Clear();
 			FormsLibrary.DestroyAll();