diff --git a/backportpackage b/backportpackage
index de24221..37f6396 100755
--- a/backportpackage
+++ b/backportpackage
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ def parse(args):
                       action='store_true',
                       help='Target the release pocket in the .changes file. '
                            'Necessary (and default) for uploads to PPAs')
+    parser.add_option('-c', '--close',
+                      metavar='BUG',
+                      help='Bug to close in the changelog entry.')
     parser.add_option('-m', '--mirror',
                       metavar='INSTANCE',
                       help='Preferred mirror (default: Launchpad)')
@@ -232,8 +235,8 @@ def do_upload(workdir, package, bp_version, changes, upload, prompt):
 
     check_call(['dput', upload, changes], cwd=workdir)
 
-def do_backport(workdir, pkg, suffix, release, release_pocket, build, builder,
-                update, upload, prompt):
+def do_backport(workdir, pkg, suffix, close, release, release_pocket, build,
+                builder, update, upload, prompt):
     dirname = '%s-%s' % (pkg.source, release)
     srcdir = os.path.join(workdir, dirname)
 
@@ -249,13 +252,16 @@ def do_backport(workdir, pkg, suffix, release, release_pocket, build, builder,
                                       upload, release)
     bp_dist = get_backport_dist(release, release_pocket)
 
+    changelog = 'No-change backport to %s' % (release,)
+    if close:
+        changelog += ' (LP: #%s)' % (close,)
     check_call(['dch',
                 '--force-bad-version',
                 '--force-distribution',
                 '--preserve',
                 '--newversion', bp_version,
                 '--distribution', bp_dist,
-                'No-change backport to %s' % release],
+                changelog],
                cwd=srcdir)
     check_call(['debuild', '--no-lintian', '-S', '-nc', '-sa'], cwd=srcdir)
 
@@ -305,6 +311,7 @@ def main(args):
             do_backport(workdir,
                         pkg,
                         opts.suffix,
+                        opts.close,
                         release,
                         opts.release_pocket,
                         opts.build,
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6d209e0..fe3261a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.142) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  [ Stefano Rivera ]
   * mk-sbuild: Support kmod, when checking for overlayfs availability.
   * pbuilder-dist: improve bash_completion for *.dsc files. Thanks Maarten
     Bezemer. (Closes: #670924, LP: #770529)
 
- -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org>  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:38:58 +0200
+  [ Evan Broder ]
+  * backportpackage: Add -c, --close flag to include a changelog closer.
+
+ -- Evan Broder <evan@ebroder.net>  Fri, 11 May 2012 09:54:01 -0700
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.141) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/doc/backportpackage.1 b/doc/backportpackage.1
index 8bd2bcc..721e2ed 100644
--- a/doc/backportpackage.1
+++ b/doc/backportpackage.1
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ Should be in the form \fBhttp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu\fR.
 If the package isn't found on this mirror, \fBbackportpackage\fR
 will use Launchpad.
 .TP
+.B \-c \fIBUG\fR, \fB\-\-close\fR=\fIBUG\fR
+Include a Launchpad closer for the specified bug in the auto-generated
+changelog. In the future, this may actually close the bug, but
+currently does not.
+.TP
 .B \-l \fIINSTANCE\fR, \fB\-\-lpinstance\fR=\fIINSTANCE\fR
 Use the specified instance of Launchpad (e.g. "staging"), instead of
 the default of "production".