diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e29cadd2a3..c3160f9ec7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([nice],
              [AC_MSG_NOTICE([libnice version does not support TCP candidates])]
              )
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB([nice],
+             [nice_agent_close_async],
+             [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CLOSE_ASYNC)],
+             [AC_MSG_NOTICE([libnice version does not have nice_agent_close_async])]
+             )
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB([dl],
              [dlopen],
              [JANUS_MANUAL_LIBS="${JANUS_MANUAL_LIBS} -ldl"],
diff --git a/ice.c b/ice.c
index a38dbedbbf..8ebaaeefe5 100644
--- a/ice.c
+++ b/ice.c
@@ -1377,6 +1377,19 @@ static void janus_ice_handle_free(const janus_refcount *handle_ref) {
 	g_free(handle);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOSE_ASYNC
+static void janus_ice_cb_agent_closed(GObject *src, GAsyncResult *result, gpointer data) {
+	janus_ice_outgoing_traffic *t = (janus_ice_outgoing_traffic *)data;
+	janus_ice_handle *handle = t->handle;
+
+	JANUS_LOG(LOG_VERB, "[%"SCNu64"] Disposing nice agent %p\n", handle->handle_id, handle->agent);
+	g_object_unref(handle->agent);
+	handle->agent = NULL;
+	g_source_unref((GSource *)t);
+	janus_refcount_decrease(&handle->ref);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void janus_ice_plugin_session_free(const janus_refcount *app_handle_ref) {
 	janus_plugin_session *app_handle = janus_refcount_containerof(app_handle_ref, janus_plugin_session, ref);
 	/* This app handle can be destroyed, free all the resources */
@@ -1436,9 +1449,22 @@ static void janus_ice_webrtc_free(janus_ice_handle *handle) {
 		handle->stream = NULL;
 	}
 	if(handle->agent != NULL) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOSE_ASYNC
+		if(G_IS_OBJECT(handle->agent)) {
+			JANUS_LOG(LOG_VERB, "[%"SCNu64"] Removing stream %d from agent %p\n",
+				handle->handle_id, handle->stream_id, handle->agent);
+			nice_agent_remove_stream(handle->agent, handle->stream_id);
+			handle->stream_id = 0;
+			JANUS_LOG(LOG_VERB, "[%"SCNu64"] Closing nice agent %p\n", handle->handle_id, handle->agent);
+			janus_refcount_increase(&handle->ref);
+			g_source_ref(handle->rtp_source);
+			nice_agent_close_async(handle->agent, janus_ice_cb_agent_closed, handle->rtp_source);
+		}
+#else
 		if(G_IS_OBJECT(handle->agent))
 			g_object_unref(handle->agent);
 		handle->agent = NULL;
+#endif
 	}
 	if(handle->pending_trickles) {
 		while(handle->pending_trickles) {