diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index fd6e430a..d314b9ba 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@
                    (instance? java.util.Map v)
                    java.util.Map
                    ;; added for issue #239 regarding clj-http-lite
+                   ;; can potentially be removed due to fix for #1061
                    (instance? java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream v)
                    java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
                    (instance? java.security.MessageDigest v)
@@ -458,7 +459,10 @@
                    ;; this makes interop on reified classes work
                    ;; see java_net_http_test/interop-test
                    (instance? sci.impl.types.IReified v)
-                   (first (t/getInterfaces v)))))))
+                   (first (t/getInterfaces v))
+                   ;; fix for #1061
+                   (instance? java.io.Closeable v)
+                   java.io.Closeable)))))
 
 (def class-map (gen-class-map))
 
diff --git a/test/babashka/main_test.clj b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
index 3b10f9f7..51eb69d5 100644
--- a/test/babashka/main_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@
     (is (.exists f2))
     (let [v (bb nil "-f" (.getPath (io/file "test-resources" "babashka" "glob.clj")))]
       (is (vector? v))
-      (is (.exists (io/file (first v)))))))
+      (is (.exists (io/file (first v)))))
+    (is (= :success (bb nil "(with-open [str (java.nio.file.Files/newDirectoryStream (.toPath (clojure.java.io/file \".\")))] :success)")))))
 
 (deftest future-print-test
   (testing "the root binding of sci/*out*"