diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index cfbcb88f85..1f7beb76e9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -371,4 +371,10 @@
     <className>com/google/cloud/spanner/ResultSets</className>
     <method>com.google.cloud.spanner.AsyncResultSet toAsyncResultSet(com.google.cloud.spanner.ResultSet, com.google.api.gax.core.ExecutorProvider)</method>
   </difference>
+
+  <difference>
+    <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
+    <className>com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManager</className>
+    <method>com.google.api.core.ApiFuture closeAsync()</method>
+  </difference>
 </differences>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManager.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManager.java
index d519c68013..02d4a9dbd2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManager.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManager.java
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.cloud.Timestamp;
-import com.google.cloud.spanner.AsyncTransactionManager.AsyncTransactionFunction;
-import com.google.cloud.spanner.AsyncTransactionManager.CommitTimestampFuture;
-import com.google.cloud.spanner.AsyncTransactionManager.TransactionContextFuture;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionManager.TransactionState;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
@@ -200,4 +197,11 @@ public interface AsyncTransactionFunction<I, O> {
    */
   @Override
   void close();
+
+  /**
+   * Closes the transaction manager. If there is an active transaction, it will be rolled back. The
+   * underlying session will be released back to the session pool. The returned {@link ApiFuture} is
+   * done when the transaction (if any) has been rolled back.
+   */
+  ApiFuture<Void> closeAsync();
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerImpl.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerImpl.java
index 082fa827e7..350349af16 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerImpl.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.SessionImpl.SessionTransaction;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionContextFutureImpl.CommittableAsyncTransactionManager;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionManager.TransactionState;
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Span;
@@ -54,7 +55,17 @@ public void setSpan(Span span) {
 
   @Override
   public void close() {
+    closeAsync();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ApiFuture<Void> closeAsync() {
+    ApiFuture<Void> res = null;
+    if (txnState == TransactionState.STARTED) {
+      res = rollbackAsync();
+    }
     txn.close();
+    return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(res, ApiFutures.<Void>immediateFuture(null));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolAsyncTransactionManager.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolAsyncTransactionManager.java
index 55b6102a27..54b621b93b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolAsyncTransactionManager.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolAsyncTransactionManager.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
 import com.google.api.core.SettableApiFuture;
 import com.google.cloud.Timestamp;
-import com.google.cloud.spanner.AsyncTransactionManager.TransactionContextFuture;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.SessionPool.PooledSessionFuture;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionContextFutureImpl.CommittableAsyncTransactionManager;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionManager.TransactionState;
@@ -59,14 +58,41 @@ public void run() {
 
   @Override
   public void close() {
-    delegate.addListener(
-        new Runnable() {
+    SpannerApiFutures.get(closeAsync());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ApiFuture<Void> closeAsync() {
+    final SettableApiFuture<Void> res = SettableApiFuture.create();
+    ApiFutures.addCallback(
+        delegate,
+        new ApiFutureCallback<AsyncTransactionManagerImpl>() {
           @Override
-          public void run() {
+          public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
             session.close();
           }
+
+          @Override
+          public void onSuccess(AsyncTransactionManagerImpl result) {
+            ApiFutures.addCallback(
+                result.closeAsync(),
+                new ApiFutureCallback<Void>() {
+                  @Override
+                  public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
+                    res.setException(t);
+                  }
+
+                  @Override
+                  public void onSuccess(Void result) {
+                    session.close();
+                    res.set(result);
+                  }
+                },
+                MoreExecutors.directExecutor());
+          }
         },
         MoreExecutors.directExecutor());
+    return res;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerTest.java
index c7b95f33f6..bf1f214a71 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/AsyncTransactionManagerTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.MockSpannerServiceImpl.SimulatedExecutionTime;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.MockSpannerServiceImpl.StatementResult;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Options.ReadOption;
+import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionRunnerImpl.TransactionContextImpl;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@
 import com.google.spanner.v1.CommitRequest;
 import com.google.spanner.v1.ExecuteBatchDmlRequest;
 import com.google.spanner.v1.ExecuteSqlRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.RollbackRequest;
+import com.google.spanner.v1.TransactionSelector;
 import io.grpc.Status;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -181,6 +185,30 @@ public void onSuccess(long[] input) {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void asyncTransactionManager_shouldRollbackOnCloseAsync() throws Exception {
+    AsyncTransactionManager manager = client().transactionManagerAsync();
+    TransactionContext txn = manager.beginAsync().get();
+    txn.executeUpdateAsync(UPDATE_STATEMENT).get();
+    final TransactionSelector selector = ((TransactionContextImpl) txn).getTransactionSelector();
+
+    SpannerApiFutures.get(manager.closeAsync());
+    // The mock server should already have the Rollback request, as we are waiting for the returned
+    // ApiFuture to be done.
+    mockSpanner.waitForRequestsToContain(
+        new Predicate<AbstractMessage>() {
+          @Override
+          public boolean apply(AbstractMessage input) {
+            if (input instanceof RollbackRequest) {
+              RollbackRequest request = (RollbackRequest) input;
+              return request.getTransactionId().equals(selector.getId());
+            }
+            return false;
+          }
+        },
+        0L);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void asyncTransactionManagerUpdate() throws Exception {
     final SettableApiFuture<Long> updateCount = SettableApiFuture.create();
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java
index 4f55cd5ebd..5ecf9607a4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.TransactionRunnerImpl.TransactionContextImpl;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Uninterruptibles;
 import com.google.protobuf.AbstractMessage;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
@@ -1927,6 +1929,23 @@ public void waitForRequestsToContain(Class<? extends AbstractMessage> type, long
     }
   }
 
+  public void waitForRequestsToContain(
+      Predicate<? super AbstractMessage> predicate, long timeoutMillis)
+      throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
+    Stopwatch watch = Stopwatch.createStarted();
+    while (true) {
+      Iterable<AbstractMessage> msg = Iterables.filter(getRequests(), predicate);
+      if (msg.iterator().hasNext()) {
+        break;
+      }
+      Thread.sleep(10L);
+      if (watch.elapsed(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) > timeoutMillis) {
+        throw new TimeoutException(
+            "Timeout while waiting for requests to contain the wanted request");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void addResponse(AbstractMessage response) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();