diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmedia.cpp b/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmedia.cpp
index 41ace629640ced60f4ffbf41a747548bd36aa20d..6209a09bbd68f5d6e54534cde6be969ba2431904 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmedia.cpp
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmedia.cpp
@@ -1010,6 +1010,10 @@ void LLPluginClassMedia::receivePluginMessage(const LLPluginMessage &message)
 				mOwner->handleCookieSet(this, message.getValue("cookie"));
 			}
 		}
+		else if(message_name == "close_request")
+		{
+			mediaEvent(LLPluginClassMediaOwner::MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST);
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			LL_WARNS("Plugin") << "Unknown " << message_name << " class message: " << message_name << LL_ENDL;
diff --git a/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmediaowner.h b/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmediaowner.h
index 5669b81fd1f15ff2b3797f2a8a2e844cef6207aa..ac4fdd9ada2065a54acd15da3937f9e061db5341 100644
--- a/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmediaowner.h
+++ b/indra/llplugin/llpluginclassmediaowner.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class LLPluginClassMediaOwner
 		MEDIA_EVENT_LOCATION_CHANGED,		// browser location (URL) has changed (maybe due to internal navagation/frames/etc)
 		MEDIA_EVENT_CLICK_LINK_HREF,		// I'm not entirely sure what the semantics of these two are
 		MEDIA_EVENT_CLICK_LINK_NOFOLLOW,
+		MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST,			// The plugin requested its window be closed (currently hooked up to javascript window.close in webkit)
 		
 		MEDIA_EVENT_PLUGIN_FAILED_LAUNCH,	// The plugin failed to launch 
 		MEDIA_EVENT_PLUGIN_FAILED			// The plugin died unexpectedly
diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/webkit/media_plugin_webkit.cpp b/indra/media_plugins/webkit/media_plugin_webkit.cpp
index 3b00edec4e698161e3a49d6a52b98747dc4467df..2dc0c9352116f19c2dabb18f2f75f84056e84034 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/webkit/media_plugin_webkit.cpp
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/webkit/media_plugin_webkit.cpp
@@ -539,6 +539,15 @@ class MediaPluginWebKit :
 //		message.setValueBoolean("dead", (event.getIntValue() != 0))
 		sendMessage(message);
 	}
+
+	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+	// virtual
+	void onWindowCloseRequested(const EventType& event)
+	{
+		llwarns << "onWindowCloseRequested " << llendl;
+		LLPluginMessage message(LLPLUGIN_MESSAGE_CLASS_MEDIA_BROWSER, "close_request");
+		sendMessage(message);
+	}
 	
 	LLQtWebKit::EKeyboardModifier decodeModifiers(std::string &modifiers)
 	{
diff --git a/indra/newview/llfloatermediabrowser.cpp b/indra/newview/llfloatermediabrowser.cpp
index ad996b5dc8c228cdd661a10e457a9de0e37f3821..bf797fdc9568ca3e4037be2e695e04456661cf19 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llfloatermediabrowser.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llfloatermediabrowser.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ void LLFloaterMediaBrowser::handleMediaEvent(LLPluginClassMedia* self, EMediaEve
 		getChildView("back")->setEnabled(self->getHistoryBackAvailable());
 		getChildView("forward")->setEnabled(self->getHistoryForwardAvailable());
 	}
+	else if(event == MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST)
+	{
+		// The browser instance wants its window closed.
+		closeFloater();
+	}
 }
 void LLFloaterMediaBrowser::setCurrentURL(const std::string& url)
 {
diff --git a/indra/newview/llmediactrl.cpp b/indra/newview/llmediactrl.cpp
index d6d128eb297a4905dd0f9870787c78315a9d3c1f..07391250817603023bfaf0f38d652d735850eea6 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llmediactrl.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llmediactrl.cpp
@@ -956,6 +956,12 @@ void LLMediaCtrl::handleMediaEvent(LLPluginClassMedia* self, EMediaEvent event)
 			LL_DEBUGS("Media") <<  "Media event:  MEDIA_EVENT_NAME_CHANGED" << LL_ENDL;
 		};
 		break;
+		
+		case MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST:
+		{
+			LL_DEBUGS("Media") <<  "Media event:  MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST" << LL_ENDL;
+		}
+		break;
 	};
 
 	// chain all events to any potential observers of this object.
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerparcelmedia.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerparcelmedia.cpp
index 202f8822e37eaf9e126a67fb67fb1a4bc28739e0..e1d88c799ba81387e3789c134315eb7da0d6a534 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerparcelmedia.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerparcelmedia.cpp
@@ -574,6 +574,12 @@ void LLViewerParcelMedia::handleMediaEvent(LLPluginClassMedia* self, EMediaEvent
 			LL_DEBUGS("Media") <<  "Media event:  MEDIA_EVENT_NAME_CHANGED" << LL_ENDL;
 		};
 		break;
+
+		case MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST:
+		{
+			LL_DEBUGS("Media") <<  "Media event:  MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST" << LL_ENDL;
+		}
+		break;
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp b/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp
index 166905c37cfb8e710d6d0a6bdf79ab0fd91d7127..4e39f1ccd1eb0418d26cde3193da5df4776513dc 100644
--- a/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp
+++ b/indra/test_apps/llplugintest/llmediaplugintest.cpp
@@ -2213,6 +2213,10 @@ void LLMediaPluginTest::handleMediaEvent(LLPluginClassMedia* self, EMediaEvent e
 		case MEDIA_EVENT_PLUGIN_FAILED_LAUNCH:
 			std::cerr <<  "Media event:  MEDIA_EVENT_PLUGIN_FAILED_LAUNCH" << std::endl;
 		break;
+
+		case MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST:
+			std::cerr <<  "Media event:  MEDIA_EVENT_CLOSE_REQUEST" << std::endl;
+		break;
 	}
 }