diff --git a/pool.go b/pool.go
index 5606694..bae1e15 100644
--- a/pool.go
+++ b/pool.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const maxInt = int(maxUint >> 1)
 // ErrClosedPool occurs on an attempt to get a connection from a closed pool.
 var ErrClosedPool = errors.New("cannot get from closed pool")
 
-type CreateFunc func(ctx context.Context) (res interface{}, err error)
-type CloseFunc func(res interface{})
+type Constructor func(ctx context.Context) (res interface{}, err error)
+type Destructor func(res interface{})
 
 type Resource struct {
 	value  interface{}
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ func (res *Resource) Destroy() {
 
 // Pool is a thread-safe resource pool.
 type Pool struct {
-	cond *sync.Cond
+	cond       *sync.Cond
+	destructWG *sync.WaitGroup
 
 	allResources       []*Resource
 	availableResources []*Resource
@@ -50,34 +51,37 @@ type Pool struct {
 	maxSize int
 	closed  bool
 
-	createRes CreateFunc
-	closeRes  CloseFunc
+	constructor Constructor
+	destructor  Destructor
 }
 
-func NewPool(createRes CreateFunc, closeRes CloseFunc) *Pool {
+func NewPool(constructor Constructor, destructor Destructor) *Pool {
 	return &Pool{
-		cond:      sync.NewCond(new(sync.Mutex)),
-		maxSize:   maxInt,
-		createRes: createRes,
-		closeRes:  closeRes,
+		cond:        sync.NewCond(new(sync.Mutex)),
+		destructWG:  &sync.WaitGroup{},
+		maxSize:     maxInt,
+		constructor: constructor,
+		destructor:  destructor,
 	}
 }
 
 // Close closes all resources in the pool and rejects future Acquire calls.
-// Unavailable resources will be closes when they are returned to the pool.
+// Blocks until all resources are returned to pool and closed.
 func (p *Pool) Close() {
 	p.cond.L.Lock()
 	p.closed = true
 
 	for _, res := range p.availableResources {
-		p.closeRes(res.value)
 		p.allResources = removeResource(p.allResources, res)
+		go p.destructResourceValue(res.value)
 	}
 	p.availableResources = nil
 	p.cond.L.Unlock()
 
 	// Wake up all go routines waiting for a resource to be returned so they can terminate.
 	p.cond.Broadcast()
+
+	p.destructWG.Wait()
 }
 
 // Size returns the current size of the pool.
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ func (p *Pool) Acquire(ctx context.Context) (*Resource, error) {
 			p.allResources = append(p.allResources, res)
 			p.cond.L.Unlock()
 
-			value, err := p.createRes(ctx)
+			value, err := p.constructResourceValue(ctx)
 			p.cond.L.Lock()
 			if err != nil {
 				p.allResources = removeResource(p.allResources, res)
@@ -217,16 +221,14 @@ func (p *Pool) lockedAvailableAcquire() *Resource {
 func (p *Pool) releaseBorrowedResource(res *Resource) {
 	p.cond.L.Lock()
 
-	if p.closed {
+	if !p.closed {
+		res.status = resourceStatusAvailable
+		p.availableResources = append(p.availableResources, res)
+	} else {
 		p.allResources = removeResource(p.allResources, res)
-		p.cond.L.Unlock()
-		go p.closeRes(res.value)
-		return
+		go p.destructResourceValue(res.value)
 	}
 
-	res.status = resourceStatusAvailable
-	p.availableResources = append(p.availableResources, res)
-
 	p.cond.L.Unlock()
 	p.cond.Signal()
 }
@@ -235,12 +237,12 @@ func (p *Pool) releaseBorrowedResource(res *Resource) {
 // pool Remove will panic.
 func (p *Pool) destroyBorrowedResource(res *Resource) {
 	p.cond.L.Lock()
+
 	p.allResources = removeResource(p.allResources, res)
+	go p.destructResourceValue(res.value)
+
 	p.cond.L.Unlock()
 	p.cond.Signal()
-
-	// close the resource in the background
-	go p.closeRes(res.value)
 }
 
 func removeResource(slice []*Resource, res *Resource) []*Resource {
@@ -253,3 +255,17 @@ func removeResource(slice []*Resource, res *Resource) []*Resource {
 
 	return slice
 }
+
+func (p *Pool) constructResourceValue(ctx context.Context) (interface{}, error) {
+	value, err := p.constructor(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	p.destructWG.Add(1)
+	return value, nil
+}
+
+func (p *Pool) destructResourceValue(value interface{}) {
+	p.destructor(value)
+	p.destructWG.Done()
+}
diff --git a/pool_test.go b/pool_test.go
index bfdb8cc..7fe042e 100644
--- a/pool_test.go
+++ b/pool_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (c *Counter) Value() int {
 	return n
 }
 
-func createCreateResourceFunc() (puddle.CreateFunc, *Counter) {
+func createCreateResourceFunc() (puddle.Constructor, *Counter) {
 	var c Counter
 	f := func(ctx context.Context) (interface{}, error) {
 		return c.Next(), nil
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func createCreateResourceFunc() (puddle.CreateFunc, *Counter) {
 	return f, &c
 }
 
-func createCreateResourceFuncWithNotifierChan() (puddle.CreateFunc, *Counter, chan int) {
+func createCreateResourceFuncWithNotifierChan() (puddle.Constructor, *Counter, chan int) {
 	ch := make(chan int)
 	var c Counter
 	f := func(ctx context.Context) (interface{}, error) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func createCreateResourceFuncWithNotifierChan() (puddle.CreateFunc, *Counter, ch
 	return f, &c, ch
 }
 
-func createCloseResourceFuncWithNotifierChan() (puddle.CloseFunc, *Counter, chan int) {
+func createCloseResourceFuncWithNotifierChan() (puddle.Destructor, *Counter, chan int) {
 	ch := make(chan int)
 	var c Counter
 	f := func(interface{}) {
@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ func TestPoolCloseClosesAllAvailableResources(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, len(resources), closeCalls.Value())
 }
 
-func TestPoolReleaseClosesResourcePoolIsAlreadyClosed(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPoolCloseBlocksUntilAllResourcesReleasedAndClosed(t *testing.T) {
 	createFunc, _ := createCreateResourceFunc()
-	closeFunc, closeCalls, closeCallsChan := createCloseResourceFuncWithNotifierChan()
+	var closeCalls Counter
+	closeFunc := func(interface{}) {
+		closeCalls.Next()
+	}
 
 	p := puddle.NewPool(createFunc, closeFunc)
 
@@ -221,18 +224,14 @@ func TestPoolReleaseClosesResourcePoolIsAlreadyClosed(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 	}
 
-	p.Close()
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, closeCalls.Value())
-
 	for _, res := range resources {
-		res.Release()
+		go func() {
+			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+			res.Release()
+		}()
 	}
 
-	waitForRead(closeCallsChan)
-	waitForRead(closeCallsChan)
-	waitForRead(closeCallsChan)
-	waitForRead(closeCallsChan)
-
+	p.Close()
 	assert.Equal(t, len(resources), closeCalls.Value())
 }