diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5b64b273..52365929 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# UNRELEASED
+
+- [FIXED] ComplianceFetcher session object is auto-closed now in tearDownClass.
+
 # 1.2.7
 
 - [CHANGED] Removed PyYAML dependency to resolve downstream dependency issues.
diff --git a/compliance/fetch.py b/compliance/fetch.py
index 8b27342f..a0867063 100644
--- a/compliance/fetch.py
+++ b/compliance/fetch.py
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 class ComplianceFetcher(unittest.TestCase):
     """Compliance fetcher automation TestCase class."""
 
-    _multiprocess_can_split_ = True
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        """Perform clean up."""
+        if hasattr(cls, '_session'):
+            cls._session.close()
 
     @classmethod
     def session(cls, url=None, creds=None, **headers):
diff --git a/test/t_compliance/t_fetch/test_base_fetcher.py b/test/t_compliance/t_fetch/test_base_fetcher.py
index f34e3099..ede5556d 100644
--- a/test/t_compliance/t_fetch/test_base_fetcher.py
+++ b/test/t_compliance/t_fetch/test_base_fetcher.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 from compliance.config import ComplianceConfig
 from compliance.fetch import ComplianceFetcher
+from compliance.utils.http import BaseSession
+
+import requests
 
 
 class ComplianceFetchTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -30,9 +33,31 @@ def setUp(self):
         # unittest.TestCase, we must pass a method in the
         # constructor (otherwise, we will get a ValueError). Since we
         # don't need this method, passing ``__doc__`` is enough for
-        # building a ComplianceCheck object successfully.
-        self.check = ComplianceFetcher('__doc__')
+        # building a ComplianceFetcher object successfully.
+        ComplianceFetcher.config = ComplianceConfig()
+        self.fetcher = ComplianceFetcher('__doc__')
+        self.fetcher.config.load()
 
     def test_config(self):
         """Check that the config property returns a ComplianceConfig object."""
-        self.assertIsInstance(self.check.config, ComplianceConfig)
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.fetcher.config, ComplianceConfig)
+
+    def test_session(self):
+        """Ensure that a session is constructed correctly."""
+        # Create a requests.Session
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.fetcher.session(), requests.Session)
+        # Recycle session, create a BaseSession and persist it
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            self.fetcher.session(
+                'https://foo.bar.com', ('foo', 'bar'), foo='FOO', bar='BAR'
+            ),
+            BaseSession
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.fetcher.session().baseurl, 'https://foo.bar.com')
+        self.assertEqual(self.fetcher.session().auth, ('foo', 'bar'))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.fetcher.session().headers['User-Agent'],
+            'your_org-compliance-checks'
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.fetcher.session().headers['foo'], 'FOO')
+        self.assertEqual(self.fetcher.session().headers['bar'], 'BAR')