diff --git a/jsmpp/src/main/java/org/jsmpp/session/connection/socket/SocketConnection.java b/jsmpp/src/main/java/org/jsmpp/session/connection/socket/SocketConnection.java
index e4e2cf1..cdb403b 100644
--- a/jsmpp/src/main/java/org/jsmpp/session/connection/socket/SocketConnection.java
+++ b/jsmpp/src/main/java/org/jsmpp/session/connection/socket/SocketConnection.java
@@ -20,14 +20,18 @@
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.Socket;
 
+import org.jsmpp.session.SMPPSession;
 import org.jsmpp.session.connection.Connection;
 import org.jsmpp.util.StrictBufferedInputStream;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author uudashr
  *
  */
 public class SocketConnection implements Connection {
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SocketConnection.class);
     
     private final Socket socket;
     private final InputStream in;
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ public void close() {
         try {
             socket.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
+        	logger.warn("Suppressing IOException while closing socket: " + e);
         }
     }