diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandler.php
index f3e11c8c5..cc9202cca 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandler.php
@@ -155,6 +155,36 @@ protected function write(LogRecord $record): void
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function handle(LogRecord $record): bool
+    {
+        $result = parent::handle($record);
+
+        // close the resource if possible to reopen it after we are done writing
+        if ($this->url !== null && $this->url !== 'php://memory') {
+            $this->close();
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function handleBatch(array $records): void
+    {
+        foreach ($records as $record) {
+            parent::handle($record);
+        }
+
+        // close the resource if possible to reopen it after we are done writing
+        if ($this->url !== null && $this->url !== 'php://memory') {
+            $this->close();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Write to stream
      * @param resource $stream
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandlerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandlerTest.php
index 882f8d843..8549e2e77 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Handler/StreamHandlerTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
 
 class StreamHandlerTest extends TestCase
 {
+    public function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+
+        @unlink(__DIR__.'/test.log');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler::__construct
      * @covers Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler::write
@@ -48,17 +55,31 @@ public function testCloseKeepsExternalHandlersOpen()
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler::close
      */
-    public function testClose()
+    public function testHandlerOwnedHandlesAreClosedAfterEachWrite()
     {
-        $handler = new StreamHandler('php://memory');
-        $handler->handle($this->getRecord(Level::Warning, 'test'));
+        $handler = new StreamHandler(__DIR__.'/test.log');
+        $handler->handle($this->getRecord());
         $stream = $handler->getStream();
 
-        $this->assertTrue(is_resource($stream));
-        $handler->close();
         $this->assertFalse(is_resource($stream));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @covers Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler::close
+     */
+    public function testHandlerOwnedHandlesAreClosedAfterEachBatchWrite()
+    {
+        $handler = self::getMockBuilder(StreamHandler::class)
+            ->onlyMethods(['close'])
+            ->setConstructorArgs([__DIR__.'/test.log'])
+            ->getMock();
+        $handler->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('close');
+        $handler->handleBatch([$this->getRecord(), $this->getRecord(), $this->getRecord()]);
+
+        self::assertCount(3, file(__DIR__.'/test.log'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler::close
      * @covers Monolog\Handler\Handler::__sleep