diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
index 4030911a0..e4c38496d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ book formatText(std::string text,book mBook,int maxLine, int lineSize)
 MWGui::JournalWindow::JournalWindow (WindowManager& parWindowManager)
     : WindowBase("openmw_journal_layout.xml", parWindowManager)
     , lastPos(0)
+    , mVisible(false)
 {
     //setCoord(0,0,498, 342);
     center();
@@ -111,6 +112,15 @@ MWGui::JournalWindow::JournalWindow (WindowManager& parWindowManager)
     //displayLeftText(list.front());
 }
 
+void MWGui::JournalWindow::setVisible(bool visible)
+{
+    if (mVisible && !visible)
+        MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager()->playSound ("book close", 1.0, 1.0);
+    mVisible = visible;
+
+    mMainWidget->setVisible(visible);
+}
+
 void MWGui::JournalWindow::open()
 {
     mPageNumber = 0;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp
index c5009d654..cacdb9414 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ namespace MWGui
             JournalWindow(WindowManager& parWindowManager);
             void open();
 
+            virtual void setVisible(bool visible); // only used to play close sound
+
         private:
             void displayLeftText(std::string text);
             void displayRightText(std::string text);
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             std::vector<std::string> leftPages;
             std::vector<std::string> rightPages;
             int mPageNumber; //store the number of the current left page
+            bool mVisible;
     };
 
 }