diff --git a/adb/socket_test.cpp b/adb/socket_test.cpp
index 7908f82e9..5e28f7601 100644
--- a/adb/socket_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/socket_test.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, write_error_when_having_packets) {
     EXPECT_EQ(2u + GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(socket_fd[0]));
 
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(2s);
+
     WaitForFdeventLoop();
     ASSERT_EQ(GetAdditionalLocalSocketCount(), fdevent_installed_count());
     TerminateThread();
diff --git a/adb/sockets.cpp b/adb/sockets.cpp
index f7c39f0a1..420a6d5a3 100644
--- a/adb/sockets.cpp
+++ b/adb/sockets.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@
 #include "transport.h"
 #include "types.h"
 
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
 static std::recursive_mutex& local_socket_list_lock = *new std::recursive_mutex();
 static unsigned local_socket_next_id = 1;
 
@@ -238,16 +241,64 @@ static void local_socket_ready(asocket* s) {
     fdevent_add(s->fde, FDE_READ);
 }
 
+struct ClosingSocket {
+    std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point begin;
+};
+
+// The standard (RFC 1122 - 4.2.2.13) says that if we call close on a
+// socket while we have pending data, a TCP RST should be sent to the
+// other end to notify it that we didn't read all of its data. However,
+// this can result in data that we've successfully written out to be dropped
+// on the other end. To avoid this, instead of immediately closing a
+// socket, call shutdown on it instead, and then read from the file
+// descriptor until we hit EOF or an error before closing.
+static void deferred_close(unique_fd fd) {
+    // Shutdown the socket in the outgoing direction only, so that
+    // we don't have the same problem on the opposite end.
+    adb_shutdown(fd.get(), SHUT_WR);
+    auto callback = [](fdevent* fde, unsigned event, void* arg) {
+        auto socket_info = static_cast<ClosingSocket*>(arg);
+        if (event & FDE_READ) {
+            ssize_t rc;
+            char buf[BUFSIZ];
+            while ((rc = adb_read(fde->fd.get(), buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (rc == -1 && errno == EAGAIN) {
+                // There's potentially more data to read.
+                auto duration = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - socket_info->begin;
+                if (duration > 1s) {
+                    LOG(WARNING) << "timeout expired while flushing socket, closing";
+                } else {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (event & FDE_TIMEOUT) {
+            LOG(WARNING) << "timeout expired while flushing socket, closing";
+        }
+
+        // Either there was an error, we hit the end of the socket, or our timeout expired.
+        fdevent_destroy(fde);
+        delete socket_info;
+    };
+
+    ClosingSocket* socket_info = new ClosingSocket{
+            .begin = std::chrono::steady_clock::now(),
+    };
+
+    fdevent* fde = fdevent_create(fd.release(), callback, socket_info);
+    fdevent_add(fde, FDE_READ);
+    fdevent_set_timeout(fde, 1s);
+}
+
 // be sure to hold the socket list lock when calling this
 static void local_socket_destroy(asocket* s) {
     int exit_on_close = s->exit_on_close;
 
     D("LS(%d): destroying fde.fd=%d", s->id, s->fd);
 
-    /* IMPORTANT: the remove closes the fd
-    ** that belongs to this socket
-    */
-    fdevent_destroy(s->fde);
+    deferred_close(fdevent_release(s->fde));
 
     remove_socket(s);
     delete s;
diff --git a/adb/test_device.py b/adb/test_device.py
index 34f8fd9fa..f95a5b3cd 100755
--- a/adb/test_device.py
+++ b/adb/test_device.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import threading
 import time
 import unittest
 
+from datetime import datetime
+
 import adb
 
 def requires_root(func):
@@ -1335,6 +1337,63 @@ class DeviceOfflineTest(DeviceTest):
             self.device.forward_remove("tcp:{}".format(local_port))
 
 
+class SocketTest(DeviceTest):
+    def test_socket_flush(self):
+        """Test that we handle socket closure properly.
+
+        If we're done writing to a socket, closing before the other end has
+        closed will send a TCP_RST if we have incoming data queued up, which
+        may result in data that we've written being discarded.
+
+        Bug: http://b/74616284
+        """
+        s = socket.create_connection(("localhost", 5037))
+
+        def adb_length_prefixed(string):
+            encoded = string.encode("utf8")
+            result = b"%04x%s" % (len(encoded), encoded)
+            return result
+
+        if "ANDROID_SERIAL" in os.environ:
+            transport_string = "host:transport:" + os.environ["ANDROID_SERIAL"]
+        else:
+            transport_string = "host:transport-any"
+
+        s.sendall(adb_length_prefixed(transport_string))
+        response = s.recv(4)
+        self.assertEquals(b"OKAY", response)
+
+        shell_string = "shell:sleep 0.5; dd if=/dev/zero bs=1m count=1 status=none; echo foo"
+        s.sendall(adb_length_prefixed(shell_string))
+
+        response = s.recv(4)
+        self.assertEquals(b"OKAY", response)
+
+        # Spawn a thread that dumps garbage into the socket until failure.
+        def spam():
+            buf = b"\0" * 16384
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    s.sendall(buf)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                print(ex)
+
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=spam)
+        thread.start()
+
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+        received = b""
+        while True:
+            read = s.recv(512)
+            if len(read) == 0:
+                break
+            received += read
+
+        self.assertEquals(1024 * 1024 + len("foo\n"), len(received))
+        thread.join()
+
+
 if sys.platform == "win32":
     # From https://stackoverflow.com/a/38749458
     import os