diff --git a/checker/build.gradle b/checker/build.gradle
index f1de668420d..4cd19612b82 100644
--- a/checker/build.gradle
+++ b/checker/build.gradle
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation platform('com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-bom:1.12.293')
     // For the Resource Leak Checker's support for JavaEE.
     testImplementation 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0'
+    // For the Resource Leak Checker's support for IOUtils.
+    testImplementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0'
 
     testImplementation group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.13.2'
     testImplementation project(':framework-test')
diff --git a/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/mustcall/IOUtils.astub b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/mustcall/IOUtils.astub
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f35d8febbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/mustcall/IOUtils.astub
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.apache.commons.io;
+
+import org.checkerframework.checker.mustcall.qual.*;
+
+class IOUtils {
+    @NotOwning static InputStream toBufferedInputStream(InputStream arg0) throws IOException;
+    @NotOwning static BufferedReader toBufferedReader(Reader arg0);
+    @NotOwning static InputStream toInputStream(CharSequence arg0);
+    @NotOwning static InputStream toInputStream(CharSequence arg0, Charset arg1);
+    @NotOwning static InputStream toInputStream(CharSequence arg0, String arg1) throws IOException;
+    @NotOwning static InputStream toInputStream(String arg0);
+    @NotOwning static InputStream toInputStream(String arg0, Charset arg1);
+    @NotOwning static InputStream toInputStream(String arg0, String arg1) throws IOException;
+}
diff --git a/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/mustcall/MustCallChecker.java b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/mustcall/MustCallChecker.java
index fc89dfa5733..617fe571db6 100644
--- a/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/mustcall/MustCallChecker.java
+++ b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/mustcall/MustCallChecker.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * another. The Resource Leak Checker verifies that the given methods are actually called.
  */
 @StubFiles({
+  "IOUtils.astub",
   "JavaEE.astub",
   "JdkCompiler.astub",
   "Reflection.astub",
diff --git a/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/resourceleak/IOUtils.astub b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/resourceleak/IOUtils.astub
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9caed0051ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/resourceleak/IOUtils.astub
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.apache.commons.io;
+
+import org.checkerframework.checker.calledmethods.qual.*;
+
+class IOUtils {
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(Reader arg0);
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(Writer arg0);
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(InputStream arg0);
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(OutputStream arg0);
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(Closeable arg0);
+    @SuppressWarnings("ensuresvarargs.unverified")
+    @EnsuresCalledMethodsVarArgs("close")
+    static void closeQuietly(Closeable... arg0);
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(Socket arg0);
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(Selector arg0);
+    @EnsuresCalledMethods(value = "#1", methods = "close")
+    static void closeQuietly(ServerSocket arg0);
+}
diff --git a/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/resourceleak/ResourceLeakChecker.java b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/resourceleak/ResourceLeakChecker.java
index 5f5401a6b49..b5a30070da5 100644
--- a/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/resourceleak/ResourceLeakChecker.java
+++ b/checker/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/checker/resourceleak/ResourceLeakChecker.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import org.checkerframework.checker.mustcall.MustCallNoCreatesMustCallForChecker;
 import org.checkerframework.common.basetype.BaseTypeChecker;
 import org.checkerframework.common.basetype.BaseTypeVisitor;
+import org.checkerframework.framework.qual.StubFiles;
 import org.checkerframework.framework.source.SupportedOptions;
 
 /**
@@ -23,8 +24,12 @@
   MustCallChecker.NO_LIGHTWEIGHT_OWNERSHIP,
   MustCallChecker.NO_RESOURCE_ALIASES
 })
+@StubFiles("IOUtils.astub")
 public class ResourceLeakChecker extends CalledMethodsChecker {
 
+  /** Creates a ResourceLeakChecker. */
+  public ResourceLeakChecker() {}
+
   /**
    * Command-line option for counting how many must-call obligations were checked by the Resource
    * Leak Checker, and emitting the number after processing all files. Used for generating tables
diff --git a/checker/tests/resourceleak/IOUtilsTest.java b/checker/tests/resourceleak/IOUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..757320760c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checker/tests/resourceleak/IOUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import org.checkerframework.checker.mustcall.qual.*;
+import java.io.*;
+
+class IOUtilsTest {
+  static void test1(@Owning InputStream inputStream) {
+    org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(inputStream);
+  }
+
+  static void test2(@Owning InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+    try {
+      InputStream other = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toBufferedInputStream(inputStream);
+    } finally {
+      inputStream.close();
+    }
+  }
+}